A Kite and a Camera

Roommate Nick recently purchased a tiny camera. He then threw the camera on a kite and sent it up for aerial phtography.

Check it out!

Kite Photo!

Sick!

Does anyone have any other cool ideas of things we could do with this tiny camera?

17 thoughts on “A Kite and a Camera

  • 12/6/2010 at 11:01 am
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    How “tiny” is it exactly?

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    • 12/6/2010 at 11:06 am
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      I will get the exact dimensions and weight. stay tuned.

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      • 12/6/2010 at 11:21 am
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        Oh, and find out if it has a flash. Some tight spaces might require lighting.

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        • 12/6/2010 at 12:14 pm
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          Come now Mr. Abad, I meant legitimate purposes, like boroscoping engines or looking inside your walls or something fun. Mind out of the gutter please.

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        • 12/6/2010 at 12:19 pm
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          Actually, a gutter or drainpipe could be pretty neat.

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    • 12/6/2010 at 12:33 pm
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      I’m the roommate!

      It’s the GoPro Standard Def Wide (170 degree view!). It’s waterproof/shockproof. I’ve had it for a while, even tested the shockproof part a few times (like crashing it on a bike at about 100mph… it was unfortunately out of batteries at the time).

      It is small, but not that small, especially in its protective case, but you can use it without. In camera mode it shoots 5MP, or an hour of video at SD. Lots of options (like continuous shooting) and mounts. They have an HD one, and just lowered the price on the SD. Check out the video page for REALLY awesome ideas.
      http://www.goprocamera.com/products/wide-hero-camera.php
      http://www.goprocamera.com/videos/

      No flash. And too big to be a boroscope. And bad at low light, shutter times are pretty slow, and the kite was bouncing around bad, enough to smear many of the 200+ pictures it took while on the kite.

      I did have ANOTHER camera on it though, and I just got this one. Should be called the super creeper cam. $20, shoots an hour of video with sound at SD resolution as well. Quality and lens is a bit crap, as are options, can’t do timed pics, etc. It is TINY though, and $20! It was taking video on the kite and it was worthless, shaking around wayyyyy too much.
      http://www.themicrocamera.com

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  • 12/6/2010 at 11:12 am
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    We always had swallows build nests in the closed off metal “I” beams inside our boat house. I would have loved to get intimate nest photos with a tiny camera and a stick like this. But, you’ll have to wait till spring/summer and find a nest.

    Oh, inside a squirrel’s nest where it hibernates in a tree!!! You’ll need a really long stick for that one.

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  • 12/6/2010 at 11:19 am
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    This is too cool. I’ve got an r/c airplane we should put this on.

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    • 12/6/2010 at 12:04 pm
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      i agree. Have you seen the video of the rc flyover of lower manhattan and statue of liberty?

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    • 12/6/2010 at 12:38 pm
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      The GoPro would be too big, but the micro would do this great. I have a nitro RC car it will go on soon, and an RC plane that I need a new transmitter/receiver for, so it won’t be flying anytime soon, but eventually. You’re welcome to borrow it.

      Remote flying is a whole other ballgame though, you need $$$ for that. Can’t fly an RC plane out of sight without some expensive gear (need to transmit signals much farther, as well as transmit the video feed), especially in a city.

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  • 12/6/2010 at 9:19 pm
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    I got a dog you could put it on. Or perhaps a crawling baby. perhaps attaching it to a boomerang. a model rocket, or an RC plate like Ben suggested. maybe put it on the face of a practice dummy, then bust out some kung fu on it. Nothing like seeing what it would look like on the receiving end of a Black Belt Roundhouse.

    what about attaching it to the front grill of a car. maybe on the lower fender like in the movies.

    attach it to a helmet of one of the roller girls.

    Fly it up a flag pole.

    Thats just a few ideas, right off the top of my head.

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    • 12/6/2010 at 11:04 pm
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      ROLLER GIRL CAM IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE IDEA! Bravo Kurt.

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  • 12/6/2010 at 10:42 pm
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    Ideas:
    1. Hide it somewhere on the front of a police car.
    2. ” ” ” inside an elevator
    3. I’m pretty sure Ryan Schenk has access to underwater ROVs – there’s gotta be something to this.
    4. Mail one to Chuck Norris, ask if he’ll carry it around a while, and mail it back.

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    • 12/7/2010 at 4:07 pm
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      1a. Record somebody attaching another camera to the front of a police car.

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    • 12/7/2010 at 4:20 pm
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      Put one in front of a cake, then tell sander there is cake in the break room. Put a piece of plexiglass between the cake and sander. Hilarity.

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