Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Sep 6, 2007, at 10:18 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > > > >> I noticed while watching a couple of the Pentaxian videos that a >> microcam of some sort was attached to the camera, showing the shutter >> release and the top right of the lens, a-la "War Photographer". >> Did you >> happen to have one of these mounted on your camera at any time? >> And did >> you take note of what it was? I'd love to play around with something >> like that, but all my searching keeps leading me back to surveillance >> cameras. >> > > They had a little spy cam on a fixture bolted to a K10D body with a > video recorder that I stuck in my bag. We exchanged bodies for the > shots that it was used for rather than set up my camera for it. > > No idea what brand or model the spy cam setup was, but I like how > they used it in the videos; worth the work to use it. It was somewhat > of a pain to work with, though, as it increased the weight and volume > of the camera in my hand by a good bit. That changes the hand-held > dynamics of the kit enough to throw off my timings when doing the > 'see and grab' stuff we were shooting. > > Godfrey > > Thanks, Godfrey. As I don't have a microcam, but I do have a palm sized camcorder, I'll try mounting that! Maybe bend a flash bracket a little. :)
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