Just started shooting a little experimental short with Gaz the other day. Since the short uses a lot of 1st Person perspective shots I ended up buying a new camera to shoot it on. It’s a camera that takes the saying, “size doesn’t matter’ to great (or tiny?) lengths. Check it out…

It’s from a company called Go Pro who deal in cameras for extreme sports. Despite being smaller than most digital stills cameras, it shoots up to 1080P (and stills), comes with a waterproof housing and is bompproof…apparently (but I’ve yet to test this…anyone have any spare C4?). The one I bought had a nifty head mount, so I can strap it to my head and get my 1st Person POV’s, and because it’s so small you only look like sort of a munter, rather than a complete one….

…well maybe you still look like a complete munter, but anyway, last Saturday, I dressed Gaz up in all black and had him chase me around some woods in Newtown, not looking dodgy at all (it was Newtown after all).
Coolest thing about these cameras, apart from the price (450-500 bucks), is that if you buy 2 of them you can get a 3D camera rig that pops them together for $200!

Pretty awesome…Santa, hope you’re listening
Mike