My Scope Cam Setup (Video)

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I watched this video from the position of walking the walk. As you know, I spent lots of time researching and building what was not available in order to have solid scope camera footage. You did an excellent job not only engineering the components to allow you to realize your vision but you did an excellent job narrating, editing, and capturing what is necessary for the up and coming scope cam operators to add to the video catalogs. Thoroughly enjoyed it, my friend.
 
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Impressive! I like low cost alternatives. So which one are you all choosing? The Eaglevision or the SideShot?
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Both have pros and cons

Love how simple is to remove and add the sideshot without having to fight the eagle vision to find the center for a while. It's also discouraging if during the hunt I bumped the eagle vision and then lose the center.

Sideshot should offer an equivalent prism 75/25 And I won't any doubt about which to pick. 

Because I have both this is what I do. I take my time before the hunt and attach the eagle vision but take the sideshot with me as a backup, something happens during the hunt and I don't have to waste time adjusting again... 
 
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Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. It is cool that you are intimate with both systems.

I haves watched videos and read for hours without a clear answer for a "value" solution until now. I was leaning towards the Eaglevision because I like the simple no bracket design, but your comment about losing center is making me think twice.

If I were to buy the Sideshot and Hawkeye Firefly 8SE, which Sideshot version should I get? The phone model or the GoPro Hero 5.6.7 version?


 
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Just happened across this post and I really got a lot out of it. I'm using the Firefly 8se as well but didn't understand a lot of the settings until now. I also never thought about adjusting the diopter to the camera and not my eye as usual. I also opened up the sides and back to allow for more cooling and access to the microphone jack which I use while filming most of the time. 

Thanks for the very informative video

jking
 
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Using which camera?

I am still new to this, and still working on setup yet

Flip as in 'mirror image', not rotate?

I believe you have to flip the video after filming. 

Right now, when and if I actually review and edit I do on my android phone with 'Flip' free app. and on my windows 10 with 'filmforth'

We can do it while recording?

That would be great if there is a way to do while recording.
 
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The settings I shared are optimal for video editing but if you don't want to edit you should change the frame rate. I was using the max I can on this camera 120fps and depending on what program you use to watch the video it will show as slow motion.

Now....when filming there are three phases and each phase will benefit from a different video format.

  • Capture: here you record using the max amount of data you can so you have more room when editing. In this scenario more data is in the form of FPS but it could be also recording 10bits vs 8bits or a different bit rate. The idea is to have more data for later
  • Editing: here while you are working you might need to transform the data so it's "workable" remember on the previous phase you captured huge files, most if the time those files are very heavy for the video editor and you need an intermediate format so you can work, some video editors let you have parallel files one optimized for working while keeping the big original file for the next step.
  • Delivery: this is the final video you release, typically I release my videos in 23.9fps reason is because it will look natural and with my source being at 120fps I can get pretty smooth slow motion.

All of this being said, if you followed my settings and you are not editing you don't need the 120fps settings change it to 60 or 30 and see what works better for you.

To flip the image and see the numbers right you will need a video editor. I use Davinci Resolve, is powerful and free 

Hope this helps




 
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