Here is my highlights package from most of this amazing rally for Freedom in Melbourne Australia, thanks for all that made it out on this day all around the world.
Schteve Riley Going for a walk through the crowd Melbourne Freedom Day 23rd October 2020 before his arrest.
This uses some footage kindly shared by Real Rukshan.
His channel can be found here.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe4rnz_rsmx5XGIeewjHXow
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVzPw-E4Rwc
Filming a Kangaroo and its baby (joey) in the park with my GoPro Hero 3 Black + on a DJI Phantom and Gimbal From XPro Heli.
Filmed in 2.7k30 medium mode protune and cam raw, just before sunset as thats when the Roos come out so not the best light for the gopro but it does ok. Medium mode also lets me stay further away from them then if shot in wide mode, in better light narrow mode would work ok but 2.7k medium cropped will be pretty similar to narrow mode in 1080p as done here.
Graded in GoPro studio 2.0 & Premiere Pro with magic bullet looks.
Music used "Morning Mood by Grieg" from youtube creation tools music library.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imK0LUvKYAg
Diving the HMAS Canberra in Melbourne testing the URPro CY filter at 15-20m depth no lights used. Filmed in 2.7k cam raw wb, protune mode.
GoPro cineform studio used for basic grading WB adjust, Contrast, exposure and Saturation all same settings throughout to see what can be achieved with and without the filter at these depths.
Filter is an early test version of the new SRP filter, video best viewed in 1080p
http://www.snakeriverprototyping.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PynRo0vKRFA
Testing the Gopro HD hero with 3 retail underwater focus fixes, using all modes r1-r5 and photo in NTSC mode.
Standard housing, Oculus R5, Eye of Mine and a SRP Blurfix with and without a URpro CY filter.
Filmed at Rye pier at 5.1m 16.7ft depth, visibility between 5-10m, water temp 9c on a sunny winters day at Rye pier in Melbourne.
Videos untouched and left at the resolution they where filmed at, the red filter videos have had a simple eye dropper auto white balance adjustment to reduce the red tint due to the shallow depth.
My conclusions from this test the standard GoPro housing is no good under water as its very blurry.
The oculus R5 (very similar to other drop in type fixes like the mako, goforfocus etc) is best used in r5 mode as all other modes have vignetting on the edge of frame. Maybe would have been better if I used a non black background to show this better. It can be seen easier in the 4 window shots how much of the frame is lost compared to the other fixes.
The Eye of mine is good in all modes other then r4 and photo where it has some vignetting. Main disadvantage is the fixed plastic design which can be scratched and not easily repaired also very hard to clean the inside of the housing due to the undercut with only a small opening. There's no easy way of installing filters to this housing either.
The SRP blurfix is also vignette free in all modes other then r4 and photo similar to the EOM housing, with just a fraction less as the EOM has a slight white ring before the black vignette in those modes. Glass screw in filter design makes for easier cleaning and replacement if needed and as can be seen the URpro filter does produce much better colours underwater and its just a simple screw in install with this fix.
Link to Snake River Prototyping website makers of the BlurFix
http://snakeriverprototyping.com/index.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlCvDaDrUss
Diving off El Nido, Philippines. All footage shot by GoPro hero black edition camera using the SRP tray and BlurFix3 SO adapter with a URPro cyan filter.
All video with protune on and cam raw white balance mode.
Using mostly 2.7k30 and 1080p60 wide, no lights used on this video its all just natural light to a max depth of 25m.
Grading done using GoPro Cineform studio, edited in premiere pro cs6.
Here is a video showing my GoPro hero 3 black dive setup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u73BNgs8U6c
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgfevNMjX3M
Some 3D sunset flying amongst the trees testing out the DJI AVL58 FPV setup flying amongst some trees. I had no issues here with the video link with quite a few trees in los at times including the huge tree right next to me. I will go deeper and lower testing the limits of this 5.8 DJI video link but I am first upgrading my radio as this is still flown with the toy phantom DJI radio which shows weakness if going too deep behind objects.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOMT31twLY
A quick flight on a calmer day 5-10kmh with winds with my Phantom practicing some manual mode FPV flying. So much more fun then the ATTI mode flying I have been doing, need to avoid hitting anything at these speeds :)
My Phantom Mods.
Tiger Motors mt-2216 kv900 motors
9050 triblade plastic propellers
DJI AVL 5.8 video TX RX
Skylark 7 inch 1000cd/m2 monitor mounted on stock radio (will upgrade radio at some point)
Snake River Prototyping Blurix3 micro 52 adapter & Marumi ND4 used here.
GoPro Hero3 Black edition camera 1440p30 pt on cam raw Phantom.
Helipal.com carbon fiber anti jello mount (stiffened up with some foam and rubber bands)
Black Paint job on the phantom.
DIY Battery door as original broke :(
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jTnb-szvYE
GoPro Hyperlapse of my 2017 US Canada road trip From Seattle Washington to Whistler BC, Revelstoke BC, Canmore Alberta, Fernie BC, Darby Montana, Sun Valley Idaho, Jackson Hole Wyoming, Salt Lake Utah, Aspen Colorado and finishing in Denver Colorado.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBMVbxi9kdg