Re: shooting from a helicopter

Sorry if my post seemed to assume Tyler mount. I just related my experience as an example of how even when using time tested tools the reults can still be problematic and that testing is crucial. On one job, after testing with HD and seeing the micro-vibes,I did mount our SD camera, Sony550, to the Tyler to see if micro vibrations we were seeing were isolated to the HD camera. The SD stuff played back with the jitter dramatically reduced...same copter, same mount, same day. Fortunately we had budgeted for testing that covered the extra hour of flight time and camera swapping. We still had to shoot that day with HD so we did and then stabilized in FCP and that, while time consuming, worked beautifully.

Mark D'Agostino
www.synergeticproductions.com