I am looking for some inexpensive ideas about video swimmer's strokes underwater. A former coach now with USCD Masters, purchased a device which attached to his camcorder and was like an aluminum pole ~6-10' long which enabled an underwater view in B&W. I've heard these are available in color (video in color), and I'm wondering if anybody has any other ideas or have made anything for this purpose.
Any ideas? Feel free to email me directly if you have some ideas. Thanks!
Jason Kincaid
Parents
Former Member
Just to note, the relatively inexpensive submersible digicams with video are great IF there is a willing camera operator to submerge him/herself and take the videos. That's been fun with my kids, BUT I agree with user "letsrace" here that a waterproof camera on a boom is the most common solution seen in several areas on both USMS forums and on the USA Swimming web site to on deck use of video.
The Lorex 6991 sure looks like an attractive alternative to build a solution around. I will pursue with our team and see if there is interest, I'm game to buy one of these and if someone can bring a video camera with an RS-170 input to attach to this boom that can be over 100' from the recording device we'd then do the hard work of capturing and analyzing our strokes! Following user "letsrace" post above there's more discussion on what it take to build equivalent of older packed boom cameras.
Just to note, the relatively inexpensive submersible digicams with video are great IF there is a willing camera operator to submerge him/herself and take the videos. That's been fun with my kids, BUT I agree with user "letsrace" here that a waterproof camera on a boom is the most common solution seen in several areas on both USMS forums and on the USA Swimming web site to on deck use of video.
The Lorex 6991 sure looks like an attractive alternative to build a solution around. I will pursue with our team and see if there is interest, I'm game to buy one of these and if someone can bring a video camera with an RS-170 input to attach to this boom that can be over 100' from the recording device we'd then do the hard work of capturing and analyzing our strokes! Following user "letsrace" post above there's more discussion on what it take to build equivalent of older packed boom cameras.
