Best angle for videotaping pool
- Thread starter BVal
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In my experience videotaping myself here at the house, I've found that there really isn't a best angle.
I have had the camera at the footrail looking down the long rails and the birdseye view. Both have their advantage and disadvantage.
If you're planning on playing 14.1, I'd put it off the footrail looking down the table since the vast majority of your play will be on the footside of the table.
If you're playing 8 or 9-ball, you may decide to try to rig the birdseye view.
Either way, I'm looking forward to seeing you on youtube.
I have had the camera at the footrail looking down the long rails and the birdseye view. Both have their advantage and disadvantage.
If you're planning on playing 14.1, I'd put it off the footrail looking down the table since the vast majority of your play will be on the footside of the table.
If you're playing 8 or 9-ball, you may decide to try to rig the birdseye view.
Either way, I'm looking forward to seeing you on youtube.
BVal said:
I want to say "direct from the top center: but there isn't a lens available for a home camera to cover the entire table in a regular room.
Second best choice, directly behind the center of the foot rail, as high as possible..
You might want to check out this thing:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/88763-REG/NRG_59005BK_59005_BK_4_Spring_Clamp.html
you should try the angle that they use on accustats.
something like this would be good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-RRaA1xC0o
something like this would be good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-RRaA1xC0o
Somehow it's more tiresome and less interesting to watch a perfect top down view. It might be more instructional because it's just like a diagram view but I hate that angle, sometimes the height makes it hard to judge the trickiness of a cut etc. too.
An angled view from the foot rail looking towards the break rail is good, high enough that the entire table is on screen. Definitely height is your friend. Try to perfect the zoom and angle so that almost none of the stuff outside the table shows up.
An angled view from the foot rail looking towards the break rail is good, high enough that the entire table is on screen. Definitely height is your friend. Try to perfect the zoom and angle so that almost none of the stuff outside the table shows up.
It depends on why you are taping. If you want to check your fundamentals, there is no good single angle, and you are better off shooting a series of specific shots with specific camera placement to catch what you want to check. If you are taping for review of strategy/planning, then centered on the foot rail and as high as you can arrange in your room is likely best.BVal said:
I remember a lesson from my acting class many years ago, "Always face the camera !!!". seriously, if you're experimenting, it's ok to use multiple angles. but it's quite tiring since you need to move the camera from different angles more often. but if you want to setup your camera in a single position, an isometric projection of the table is standard. again, you must be seen atleast facing the camera while breaking from that angle, which means the camera is located on the area near lower left corner pocket of the table and atleast be high enough to give you an isometric view.