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Re: [OT] Aerial Videography - WAS Tiny SD Video Camera



Tim if you are going the IXUS route it's worth looking at
http://chdk.wikia.com
which is a replacement firmware for quite a few
Canon cameras, it does RAW, external trigger support, motion dectection
and much more.

Sadly my IXUS isn't yet supported

pjqx wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A few weeks ago I asked for suggestions for a tiny Video camera to
> attach to a helicopter.  I got a few suggestions (thanks) but the
> real SPIRIT of UKHA ? solution didn't come to me for a week ? Buy a
> bigger helicopter and fix a camera you already have to it.  Anyway
> here are the results from the maiden flight
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6r9uwk
>
> The shake is from some tail wag that I can hopefully solve by
> adjusting the Gyro gain ? and it was pretty windy. Now I'm off to
> ebay to find an Ixus or similar with a cracked screen, so I don't
> have to risk my camera again.  I might be looking for help with a
> circuit at some point to try and trigger the camera from a PWM signal
> from a spare Tx/Rx channel.
>
> Chocks away,
>
> Tim.
>
>
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