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Old November 2nd 20, 01:59 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default New alpine soaring video on YouTube

On 11/1/20 12:55 PM, wrote:
Am Freitag, 23. Oktober 2020 20:02:39 UTC+2 schrieb Christopher FLEMING:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4okrE4xfc

An ASH 31 Mi starts off by scraping the rocks low in the valleys, then climbs up above the highest peaks in the Southern French Alps. Fantastic video!


Hi,
How and where was the camera attached and how do you control it?
Are there any photos of the mounting?
regards
Burli


These cameras have two 180 degree fish-eye lenses mounted back to back.
This one would have been mounted on a short stick going up from the
glare shield, with one lens pointed port and the other starboard. The
camera stiches together the two videos into a single 360 degree video.

They simply record everything, the panning effect is done after the
flight with high-end image processing software. Most of the fish-eye
effect is removed in the post processing.