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[tomthetreeman]

Mind blown. Great job with the video, Eric. That's cutting edge right about now for sure!

Tom

 

[oceans]

Thanks Tom. You know, I'm pretty sure that Jared has been climbing with stuff similar for a while now. I'd love to see what he's been doing/has done. I really think the Bone can ALMOST rival the easy of loading/unloading a Rig. When he and I were chatting at Mark & Brian's workshop, he touched on it a bit.
I'm blessed to work with people that embrace this type of stuff. It's hard to imagine what it would be like to be relegated to a standardized system.

 

[islandarb]

Great vid E, really good stuff....

 

[oceans]

Thank you, Paul. I appreciate that. My fingers were about to freeze that morning. I'm thinking about your life near the equator!

 

[Reg]

Good planning, and economy of movement. How old are you ? Gorilla pods are good for mounting a head cam in the tree. Would be great to see a similar job, but with video set in the tree (not your helmet). Thanks for posting.

 

[oceans]

Thanks, Reg. I just turned 40 in September. Pretty old, right? You know, I often think my head moves around a bit much when I look back at the helmet video footage. Makes the ground shots sort of soothing, I guess.

 

[monkeylove]

Ah 40, I remember that age, lol. I thought the vid was fine, no motion sickness at all.

 

[TreeLogic]

I always think the same thing E. Then I try to focus on keeping my head more still (stiller?) the next time. Never works. Guess I'm just fidgety. Or there's just a lot for us climbers to focus on.

And that's where editing comes in.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

..... Or there's just a lot for us climbers to focus on.
And that's where editing comes in.

Yes, I would rather miss the perfect camera shot than miss something else!
I have a bad habbit of trying to adjust the camera angle to get what I'm working on and if I'm talking at the same time I end up with a terrible noise that is difficult to edit out.
No matter how many times I tell myself to stop doing, I keep doing it! I feel like such an idiot sometimes. That's what I get for trying to talk and for being an idiot sometimes.

 

[TreeLogic]

That's what I get for trying to talk and for being an idiot sometimes.

Damned multitasking!

 

[oceans]

I went through some trial and error to find a good angle on the camera. I marked a line across the hinge with white paint marker to make sure its correct when I mount it. Then I try with all I have not to knock it out of position while I'm climbing. Nice thing is that if I think I did, I have the white line as reference to know. I feel that one proper angle can catch it all.

 

[TreeLogic]

I went through some trial and error to find a good angle on the camera. I marked a line across the hinge with white paint marker to make sure its correct when I mount it. Then I try with all I have not to knock it out of position while I'm climbing. Nice thing is that if I think I did, I have the white line as reference to know. I feel that one proper angle can catch it all.

Kinda like the marks I put on the engine adjusting bolts for tightening and loosening the belts on the chipper. Helps make sure the engine is square again.

 

[John_KAYS]

Great video and great technique! I think the solution to the fast helmet cam would be for Eric to not be as efficiently talented! He's just too good!

Oceans, just slow down to normal person speed and let us all catch up.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Kinda like the marks I put on the engine adjusting bolts for tightening and loosening the belts on the chipper. Helps make sure the engine is square again.

Now you have me wondering if my chipper motors are crooked.

 

[TreeLogic]

No huge biggie I don't think, unless it was a lot off square, and I think there'd be other indicators.

I once noticed that on 'all new belts' that the far left belt was pretty tight but the far right wasn't. We just eyed it that day and got them all about equally tight.

But on ours, the left bolt is much shorter than the right bolt, and a lot more threads show on the right, so you can't just count the threads.

Then I came across the bandit maintenance video that showed how to use a piece of string to square everything up. They said to mark/paint the bolts.


Sorry to derail.

 

[oceans]

Great video and great technique! I think the solution to the fast helmet cam would be for Eric to not be as efficiently talented! He's just too good!

Oceans, just slow down to normal person speed and let us all catch up.

Thanks Jon, although I feel as ordinary as anyone...at least from what I've seen here on the Buzz. Some real talent and lots of sharing of good ideas.