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GoPro, GoSchmo — Real Men Have Real Cameras on Their Chests

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Photographer Justin Olsen was frustrated by the limitations of helmet cams, particularly with their lower resolution vs. DSLRs. So instead he rigged a custom chest mount for a DSLR that athletes could wear and that could be remotely fired to capture something closer to the rider’s field of view, from behind the bars, and that would include their hands in the frame. His primary aim: Make the weight secure. And, uh, yeah, he’s risking some pretty fancy hardware, hanging a Canon 5D Mark II onto riders flying through the air. So far…no damage. Next up, Olsen’s going to try the setup on skiers and snowboarders.

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