May 26 2012 boat race Bogalusa La

[chris3298]

Here's some videos I made of the modified class, sorry for the videos not being so clear these were the first I have ever take or even posted. I was using a Nikon Coolpix 720P HD although they don't look as clear as other videos I see on youtube. If anyone has any pointers how to take better videos please tell me. Camera was about 119 dollars so that maybe why it isn't so clear.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqltJ7QJnSs&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfnq4fEGQEg&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0SQhckId1E&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJu9qbcmDXg&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKi2rNiBfYA&feature=plcp

Anyone else have videos or pictures are welcome to post. I have some pictures of other peoples boats so will try and upload them.

[chris3298]

Few pictures of boats, wish I had got more pictures

[orangebeast]

Nice photos chris!! And for everyone else THE BEAST has struck again

[chris3298]

Nice photos chris!! And for everyone else THE BEAST has struck again

Thanks, the pictures came out ok, wish the video was better

[ima75man]

thanks for videoing the races,, bugtussle boyz,,how many orange boats y'all got?? orange juice looks like you made a 80 mph pass,but we know it's only 59 mph.. looks like everyone had a great time.. until next time..

[southern racing]

great race this weekend, and everyone stayed dry...now to start getting ready for july..

[Ray Downes]

If anyone has any pointers how to take better videos please tell me.

Hi Chris;

I'm betting that your camera started using digital zoom when you zoomed to the starting area, as opposed to sticking with the max optical zoom. If your camera has a 3-5x optical lens, that's about the best it'll do. Regardless, thanks much for showing us the videos.

[chris3298]

Hi Chris;

I'm betting that your camera started using digital zoom when you zoomed to the starting area, as opposed to sticking with the max optical zoom. If your camera has a 3-5x optical lens, that's about the best it'll do. Regardless, thanks much for showing us the videos.

Thanks, i actually manually zoomed it out all the way when they started and as they came closer I would zoom back in as they went past me. I really didn't think I'd enjoy taking the video so much. I may end up just keeping this camera and may look into buying a better one in the future for videoing. I was kinda hesitant about buying a really expensive one being anywhere near water Saturday. I know they have the GOPRO cameras which look really nice, have you ever tried them before? I've seen people post videos with them scuba diving down to like I think 160ft there capable of, this really maybe the camera to get.
The camera I have says a wide 6x zoom whatever that means.

Thanks,
Chris

[Ray Downes]

The GoPro cameras are intended for really wide perspective movies, and don't / can't zoom at all if I remember correctly. You'd likely be better off with a true video camera or a compact camera with a 10-12x zoom.

I think your results were pretty good actually for what you're using - good sound and relatively steady - good job!

[chris3298]

The GoPro cameras are intended for really wide perspective movies, and don't / can't zoom at all if I remember correctly. You'd likely be better off with a true video camera or a compact camera with a 10-12x zoom.

I think your results were pretty good actually for what you're using - good sound and relatively steady - good job!

Thanks, I was reading up on the gopro and you're right no zoom on them, I'll hang onto this camera a while and just have to learn to play with it and make it work. Oh an being steady well youtube has a thing to correct the shakes

Thanks
Chris