Hello everyone,
I hope I'm posting in the right forum, as this is not specifically mac/iOS related, but I'll definitely be editing everything on my macs and I always get some good advice on these forums.
I'm actually a surgeon in training, and my consultant and I would like to get some good footage of a small operation that we do. It takes some time, but only has an incision (cut) of a few inches at most. As everything around the operating field has to be sterile, I can't just lean over and hold a camcorder. The idea I've had is getting a small, probably action-type video camera and clamping it someway to one of the movable theatre lights, so it points straight down at the action. This presents a few problems.
1. Most importantly, it has to be totally secured - I can't have a dirty camera falling straight down into the middle of the operation, and possibly KOing one of my colleagues!
2. As the area to be videoed is small, I really need quite a long focal equivalent lens. For comparison, when I have taken stills (when I can lean over carefully for a moment), I have had great results with my Pentax K-5 and 105mm Sigma macro lens. This camera will probably have to be a fair bit further away (~2x).
3. Controlling the camera directly will also be a problem, so I am drawn to the GoPro Hero3, so I can control it with the iPhone, but I have heard very disappointing reliability reports, as well as thinking that the lens might be far too wide.
I know that this is a very specific set of needs, but does anyone have any ideas?
Many thanks in advance,
David
I hope I'm posting in the right forum, as this is not specifically mac/iOS related, but I'll definitely be editing everything on my macs and I always get some good advice on these forums.
I'm actually a surgeon in training, and my consultant and I would like to get some good footage of a small operation that we do. It takes some time, but only has an incision (cut) of a few inches at most. As everything around the operating field has to be sterile, I can't just lean over and hold a camcorder. The idea I've had is getting a small, probably action-type video camera and clamping it someway to one of the movable theatre lights, so it points straight down at the action. This presents a few problems.
1. Most importantly, it has to be totally secured - I can't have a dirty camera falling straight down into the middle of the operation, and possibly KOing one of my colleagues!
2. As the area to be videoed is small, I really need quite a long focal equivalent lens. For comparison, when I have taken stills (when I can lean over carefully for a moment), I have had great results with my Pentax K-5 and 105mm Sigma macro lens. This camera will probably have to be a fair bit further away (~2x).
3. Controlling the camera directly will also be a problem, so I am drawn to the GoPro Hero3, so I can control it with the iPhone, but I have heard very disappointing reliability reports, as well as thinking that the lens might be far too wide.
I know that this is a very specific set of needs, but does anyone have any ideas?
Many thanks in advance,
David