Non-super wide video

[faulknerwn 38]

Is there a good video camera out there that does not record as wide as a go-pro?  Videoing CRW this weekend even being super close to the formation and the go-pro set on Linear it still seems super far away.  My old mini-dv cameras and such back in the day had a much better viewing angle that was not nearly as wide.  

[kleggo 145]

Hi Wendy, can't help with your go-pro issue (though I suspect it may just be a function of the go-pro hardware [lens]).

but

It was good to unexpectedly see you  in Cleveland.

 

Cheers

 

Craig

 

[faulknerwn 38]

Good to see you too!  Yeah GoPros even on the narrowest setting are super wide.  You can be 10 feet behind a CRW formation and look like you are a hundred yards..

 

[mccordia 74]

I modded my GoPro 7 with a 3rd party lens (was just a matter of unscrewing the standard lens and replacing it). It took some effort to get the focus perfect, but it cropped the view quite a bit).

Downside is that its a mod you do permanent, so you'd have to dedicate a camera to it.
on the GoPro8 and onward, the lens replacement is less easy (or so I understood from the websites selling them), and a mode expensive modification is needed..

[Divalent 135]

Have you looked into software solutions that correct for the wide angle?

Here's a demo of software I found by googling: Corel VideoStudio 2018 (they are now up to 2021 version).

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI05ia_jbSKgC9E7uvLA76Q

It apparently has preset for many GoPro setting, so I suspect you can modify them pretty easily. Looks like you can get it for less than $60.