Originally Posted by Isoprop

There's definitely something wrong with your CMOS module. Wobbly and moving dirt, so it looks as if something internaly has broken off and the processor is receiving wavy information from the CMOS module.
I think you mentioned that you had opened and broken something. That's too bad, because this is a case for replacement. However, if you can solder SMD, you may be able to persuade the seller to send you a new CMOS module, including the cable, or maybe the'll give you a good discount on a new camera.

I'm afraid you don't have any other choice. A real bummer, I know.
Good luck

Unfortunately, the pliers I was holding the sensor with slipped and must have damaged something else on the circuit board, so It's difficult to know what needs replacing. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Originally Posted by lead foot

I've finally stepped up from the edvr to the #11. Looking at raw or natural test video with quicktime it jumps 2x per second like it has dropped some frames. After putting it on youtube to ask questions here I see it's nice & smooth. So first, does the raw vid require some conversion to clean it up even though it is an .mov file? Is quicktime possibly the culprit & I should use a different viewer? Or could my winxp system not be up to the task?

Other casues?

Thanks,
Doug



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXx-hQakxrE

Try KM player It really improved playback on my ancient XP machine. Much better than VLC media player.

http://kmplayer.en.softonic.com/

Hi Gents,

Is there a software fix so that when the #11 is in camera mode it takes photos at set intervals until the camera button is pressed again?.......

or do we have to solder in a servo channel controlled switch to fire off shots when we are in the air like this?

http://robotbirds.com/catalog/produc...oducts_id=2718

Thanks,

Paul.

Originally Posted by draxx

Hi Gents,

Is there a software fix so that when the #11 is in camera mode it takes photos at set intervals until the camera button is pressed again?.......

or do we have to solder in a servo channel controlled switch to fire off shots when we are in the air like this?

http://robotbirds.com/catalog/produc...oducts_id=2718

Thanks,

Paul.

There is no auto photo mode with this camera. And worse, the photo mode records UPCONVERTED images, expanding the native still image 640x480 pixel frame size by about a factor of 4.05 to produce the still images it saves on the flash card. In effect, it records the equivalent of a digitally zoomed image, maybe with image enhancements, but compared to the video frames, the photos are blurry and less defined. Copying good individual still frames from the HD video normally produces better still images! This is not the best choice of cameras for shooting still images.

Thank you Tom for the quick response, You've just saved me a tenner on one of those camera actuators

Paul.

Originally Posted by Tom Frank

Copying good individual still frames from the HD video normally produces better still images!

Especially if you do some processing on the video, like temporal noise reduction. Those filters analyze multiple frames to create a higher quality video (and also better stills).

Originally Posted by mavlo77

Especially if you do some processing on the video, like temporal noise reduction. Those filters analyze multiple frames to create a higher quality video (and also better stills).

As does sharpening, saturation reduction, "hot spot" color correction and vignetting brightness/color correction (the latter being less of an issue with the stills due to the smaller 640x480 subsampled image from the sensor.

If we could only get a better CMOS/lens module, much of this would not be needed.

Just wandering if my video quality could be improved if I update the firmware of my #11

Here is my 1st video posted on youtube ... done some time ago ... but not in the 2009

Tchuss

e_lm_70

Pawlowice - Wroclaw - Aerial Video (4 min 11 sec)

ps: I do direct streaming (no re-encoding) in all the processing ... actually I save the .MOV into AVI from VLC, and then I used VirtualDubMOD for convert into .mkv (this format is finally playable on my Samsung LE B6xx) as well via VirtualDubMOD I just crop the central part of the video, cutting the switch on and switch off phase that are quite booring ...

Originally Posted by e_lm_70

Just wandering if my video quality could be improved if I update the firmware of my #11

Here is my 1st video posted on youtube ... done some time ago ... but not in the 2009

Tchuss

e_lm_70

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxamn8RDOwo

ps: I do direct streaming (no re-encoding) in all the processing ... actually I save the .MOV into AVI from VLC, and then I used VirtualDubMOD for convert into .mkv (this format is finally playable on my Samsung LE B6xx) as well via VirtualDubMOD I just crop the central part of the video, cutting the switch on and switch off phase that are quite booring ...

What firmware does it now have? Have you updated it at all? If not, when did you get the camera. The best software is available for download in the link in post #3. Depending on what firmware you have, it might have some slight exposure improvements. It may not be all that noticeable, but it certainly won't make it worse.

BTW, If all you need to do is trim and repackage into .mkv container, you can do that with a direct copy using AviDemux editor, which imports the .MOV file directly and outputs in .mkv directly. MUCH easier than what you are currently doing.

Originally Posted by Tom Frank

What firmware does it now have? Have you updated it at all? If not, when did you get the camera. The best software is available for download in the link in post #3. Depending on what firmware you have, it might have some slight exposure improvements. It may not be all that noticeable, but it certainly won't make it worse.

BTW, If all you need to do is trim and repackage into .mkv container, you can do that with a direct copy using AviDemux editor, which imports the .MOV file directly and outputs in .mkv directly. MUCH easier than what you are currently doing.

Thanks for the tip ...

The camera is some months old ... around 3 .... got it from eBay, from the best

I may try to update the firmware someday ...

Thanks a lot for all the info and help that you are putting on this thread

Tchuss

e_lm_70

Originally Posted by e_lm_70

Thanks for the tip ...

The camera is some months old ... around 3 .... got it from eBay, from the best

I may try to update the firmware someday ...

Thanks a lot for all the info and help that you are putting on this thread

Tchuss

e_lm_70

I forgot to mention, the time stamp can also be removed, which for many is a big improvement!

Hello,
Just joined today. I had a quick question about the camera. i can't get smooth playback on my laptop. It's definitely my old computer, because I tested the video on a friends newer computer and it plays perfectly. I tried the various converter programs and players but the video still freezes and jumps.
My question was if anyone knew of a cable that could hook the camera up to the AV jacks on my TV. My fuji digital camera has this and it works great. Is there such a cable, Fuji cable won't fit, and if so does anyone know what it would be called?

Thanks in advance, I hope to actually contribute to the discussion in the future.

Originally Posted by Bowbuilder

Hello,
Just joined today. I had a quick question about the camera. i can't get smooth playback on my laptop. It's definitely my old computer, because I tested the video on a friends newer computer and it plays perfectly. I tried the various converter programs and players but the video still freezes and jumps.
My question was if anyone knew of a cable that could hook the camera up to the AV jacks on my TV. My fuji digital camera has this and it works great. Is there such a cable, Fuji cable won't fit, and if so does anyone know what it would be called?

Thanks in advance, I hope to actually contribute to the discussion in the future.

This camera has no video-out jack, so you can't stream video out to a monitor with it.

Thanks Tom,
Guess it's time to start saving for a newer laptop, LOL.

I recorded my first video mounted to my T-28. Is there anyway to limit video bounce? It's real bad at full throttle. Thanks!