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    Default How far would you go to get the footage?

    I consider my self a sort of "I'd do anything to get the footage person, but my limits arnt that high, im intrested to know how far youve been?

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    Default How far would you go?

    The reason that no one is responding is probably because, if you videotape someone you can't show their picture without a release. (Unless it's news, and no one here does news.) We don't want to get sued.

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    I wound up in the ER during a shoot when I lost my footing, fell and in trying to save the camera from hitting the ground caused the counter weight on my stabilizer to collide with my skull.

    A 2.5lbs weight doesn't seem like much, until it slams at high velocity into your cranium.

    Ended up not getting and stitches or anything, but since I was suddenly bleeding profusely from my head it seemed a good idea to have it checked out. I got the shot though, and while it worked the final project was a complete waste. hehe.

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    I do not have a strap to put the camera on a motorcycle so I had to ride on the back of it. And I'm talking about pushing a motorcycle to its limits (Fast).

    Unrelated story
    Another time I was riding on the back of a motorcycle and my friend who is driving decided to pop a wheelie. I was not holding on properly and needless to say I almost fell off.

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    Is unlawful entry far? Hm - Iīd never hurt someone except of me or break something that isnīt mine to get the footage.
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    Ahem Duke!
    "(Unless it's news, and no one here does news.)"
    I have 2 colleagues currently working undercover in Harare to bring news of Zimbabwe's 'election' results,gmaier.
    They risk their lives every day.
    veg.

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    Corrected, I bow my bloodied head in defeat...

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    Quote Originally Posted by veg View Post
    Ahem Duke!
    "(Unless it's news, and no one here does news.)"
    I have 2 colleagues currently working undercover in Harare to bring news of Zimbabwe's 'election' results,gmaier.
    They risk their lives every day.
    veg.
    I would want a camera even smaller than the HV20 for that. Like something I could fit in a pen. Spy type stuff.

    Your friends must have balls of steel.

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    They have a Z1 and two of these..
    http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/April2003/5238.htm

    As they like to say..
    Balls of Steel and
    Knobs of Butter.

    veg.

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    In a high school video class, one of our excersises was to put together a chase scene. Well, during the screening of the final product (it was awesome, we had a 100" screen and video projector...best...class...ever!), you can imagine how white our teacher turned when our boring little epic suddenly ended up in the subway tunnels. Granted, it was the extension at the end of the line where no trains actually went (Kennedy Station for anyone in T.O.), but it still ranks pretty low on the list of intelligent activities I've engaged in. Needless to say, the 3 of us invloved weren't allowed to take cameras off of school grounds for a while after that....

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