Garmin Virb Elite, Dog Harness, and TT15
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:54 pm
Bought a Virb Elite action camera which showed up today. I really want to get some dog's eye view videos.
Took it out and played a little fetch with Maddie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVx2GQqLhMM
Note - be sure to hit the little gear/sprocket button and change the quality to 1080P
It works great! It's as steady as one could hope for with the dog running. Image stabilization is turned on in the camera which is helping.
I need to trim the excess on the harness straps once I am satisfied it is adjusted correctly. The harness rolled a little with the weight of the camera, when mounting it I need to allow for that so the video is level.
I was controlling it via a TT15 collar and an Alpha. The only - minor - complaint I have is the controls are a little clunky from the alpha. To get to the camera remote you have to bail out of the tracking screen and launch the Virb remote app which takes a good 10 seconds to start and connect. Alternately you have to go into the settings on the dog to start and stop recording. Hopefully Garmin will update the firmware to include a button the tracking screens to run the camera. What I would really like to see would be the ability to map one of the physical correction buttons to "start record" so you can run it while the screen is locked.
I'm looking forward to playing with it hunting.
I'll take the dog out of suburbia tomorrow for a real field test.
Took it out and played a little fetch with Maddie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVx2GQqLhMM
Note - be sure to hit the little gear/sprocket button and change the quality to 1080P
It works great! It's as steady as one could hope for with the dog running. Image stabilization is turned on in the camera which is helping.
I need to trim the excess on the harness straps once I am satisfied it is adjusted correctly. The harness rolled a little with the weight of the camera, when mounting it I need to allow for that so the video is level.
I was controlling it via a TT15 collar and an Alpha. The only - minor - complaint I have is the controls are a little clunky from the alpha. To get to the camera remote you have to bail out of the tracking screen and launch the Virb remote app which takes a good 10 seconds to start and connect. Alternately you have to go into the settings on the dog to start and stop recording. Hopefully Garmin will update the firmware to include a button the tracking screens to run the camera. What I would really like to see would be the ability to map one of the physical correction buttons to "start record" so you can run it while the screen is locked.
I'm looking forward to playing with it hunting.
I'll take the dog out of suburbia tomorrow for a real field test.