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This tiny video camera makes everything you shoot look amazing

36 points by alexkcd 9y ago

donbonjenbi 9y ago
wow, that's awesome!
pen2l 9y ago
The article talks about 3 videos that the reviewer was wowed by... but has neither the videos nor links to videos. For a native advertisement piece, this is not the greatest one.
- exhilaration 9y ago
  This looks like all their videos: https://www.rylo.com/shotonrylo/ https://www.rylo.com/shotonrylo/
  - mikehines 9y ago
    Impressive
  - thinkythought 9y ago
    that's an awful lot of lens distortion when they pan up/down still, it's honestly really distracting and takes away from the "seemless" effect quite a bit. randomly having fisheye effects that appear and disappear is more jarring than just having them at a constant level like most action cams
oftenwrong 9y ago
>"You asked what convinces people to work with us? That's it. It's always the video." And yet the article has no video? Their landing page has the actual video: https://www.rylo.com/ https://www.rylo.com/ or if you just want a direct link: https://player.vimeo.com/video/240323835 https://player.vimeo.com/video/240323835
- kiriliponi 9y ago
  Thanks for providing the video link
- johnwheeler 9y ago
  The video makes me ponder... Since when did it become normal to run along the edges of sheer rock walls? I’ve been noticing a lot more of this stuff lately on Youtube as if it’s crossed some mainstream threshold. Extremely dangerous behavior with very low payoff to offset it.
primordialsoup 9y ago
But none of the said footage is shown. So I have no idea if the footage is really fantastic, as the author claims.
kiriliponi 9y ago
I must confess the video is making me feel pretty sick. Anyone else feels the same thing ?
- mbrookes 9y ago
  Someone risking certain death for a promotional video is pretty nauseating.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    "Risking certain death" is an interesting saying. Reminds me of George Carlin's rant against the term "self-help".
    - mbrookes 9y ago
      The main page video is of someone running and leaping along a narrow path on a precipice. There is a significant risk that they could trip or slip and fall. Such a fall would not be survivable. They are not risking a fall with some possibility of death (or perhaps just a grazed knee), they are risking certain death. You fall, you die. I have no idea what George Carlin's rant against the term "self-help" has to do with this, but it was pretty funny. So, thanks?
      - glenra 9y ago
        I suspect that cliff side isn't as steep as it looks - the steepness is being exaggerated by the camera's fisheye lens. The path looks like the sort of ridge trail used by skiers in the winter. Also, the path isn't that narrow, so the chance of tripping and falling off the path (especially assuming they already know the route) seems minimal.
- icebraining 9y ago
  A bit, yeah. It seems there are "micro-jumps" between each frame. I wonder what a frame-by-frame analysis would show.
philfrasty 9y ago
„breakthrough stabilization technology“ Does this mean mechanical-stabilization of some form (like a free-floating lens mechanism)? Or software-stabilization (usually implies heavily cropping the pic)?
- dawnerd 9y ago
  From the camera alone there’s no obvious gimbal so unless they’re tricking everyone and using an attached gimbal it’s probably just cropping. Nothing new, honestly. Sony’s higher end cameras all do a pretty good job, but still requires some touch up in post. I imagine their demo reel has a lot of color correction applied too.
- patch_collector 9y ago
  Software stabilization, they're taking 360 video with the intention of cropping it down into a standard video format.
ph0rque 9y ago
Is it waterproof/water-resistant? One part of the video makes me think so, but I was unable to find any more details on that.
ksk 9y ago
Looks like a GoPro/action camera clone that has image stabilization. I have shot a lot with action cameras, but ended up never editing it or sharing it. I think they're addressing a real issue with making it super easy to edit/share. Also, Apple should be making things easier for device makers to seamlessly transfer data.
lightedman 9y ago
The one thing I look for in any action camera is the ability to hook it up to my PC and use it as a web camera. Cheap $30 spy glasses cams from China have this feature almost universally. Even my old Vivitar pocket digital camera did this. Why do newer more expensive cameras tend to not have this function? Especially in the case of this camera, being able to do a live video from my laptop and simply frame the shot or control it live would be perfect when I'm doing something like live lapidary lessons. Such a simple feature that would guarantee a sale from me, something most cheap ubiquitous cameras have, yet it's not present.
kyriakos 9y ago
I scrolled all the way down for a sample that was not there. Can't believe someone wrote an article about a video camera and did not include a single sample.

36 points by alexkcd 9y ago

wow, that's awesome!

The article talks about 3 videos that the reviewer was wowed by... but has neither the videos nor links to videos. For a native advertisement piece, this is not the greatest one.

exhilaration 9y ago
This looks like all their videos: https://www.rylo.com/shotonrylo/ https://www.rylo.com/shotonrylo/
- mikehines 9y ago
  Impressive
- thinkythought 9y ago
  that's an awful lot of lens distortion when they pan up/down still, it's honestly really distracting and takes away from the "seemless" effect quite a bit. randomly having fisheye effects that appear and disappear is more jarring than just having them at a constant level like most action cams

oftenwrong 9y ago

>"You asked what convinces people to work with us? That's it. It's always the video." And yet the article has no video? Their landing page has the actual video: https://www.rylo.com/ https://www.rylo.com/ or if you just want a direct link: https://player.vimeo.com/video/240323835 https://player.vimeo.com/video/240323835

kiriliponi 9y ago
Thanks for providing the video link
johnwheeler 9y ago
The video makes me ponder... Since when did it become normal to run along the edges of sheer rock walls? I’ve been noticing a lot more of this stuff lately on Youtube as if it’s crossed some mainstream threshold. Extremely dangerous behavior with very low payoff to offset it.

primordialsoup 9y ago

But none of the said footage is shown. So I have no idea if the footage is really fantastic, as the author claims.

kiriliponi 9y ago

I must confess the video is making me feel pretty sick. Anyone else feels the same thing ?

mbrookes 9y ago
Someone risking certain death for a promotional video is pretty nauseating.
- icebraining 9y ago
  "Risking certain death" is an interesting saying. Reminds me of George Carlin's rant against the term "self-help".
  - mbrookes 9y ago
    The main page video is of someone running and leaping along a narrow path on a precipice. There is a significant risk that they could trip or slip and fall. Such a fall would not be survivable. They are not risking a fall with some possibility of death (or perhaps just a grazed knee), they are risking certain death. You fall, you die. I have no idea what George Carlin's rant against the term "self-help" has to do with this, but it was pretty funny. So, thanks?
    - glenra 9y ago
      I suspect that cliff side isn't as steep as it looks - the steepness is being exaggerated by the camera's fisheye lens. The path looks like the sort of ridge trail used by skiers in the winter. Also, the path isn't that narrow, so the chance of tripping and falling off the path (especially assuming they already know the route) seems minimal.
icebraining 9y ago
A bit, yeah. It seems there are "micro-jumps" between each frame. I wonder what a frame-by-frame analysis would show.

philfrasty 9y ago

„breakthrough stabilization technology“ Does this mean mechanical-stabilization of some form (like a free-floating lens mechanism)? Or software-stabilization (usually implies heavily cropping the pic)?

dawnerd 9y ago
From the camera alone there’s no obvious gimbal so unless they’re tricking everyone and using an attached gimbal it’s probably just cropping. Nothing new, honestly. Sony’s higher end cameras all do a pretty good job, but still requires some touch up in post. I imagine their demo reel has a lot of color correction applied too.
patch_collector 9y ago
Software stabilization, they're taking 360 video with the intention of cropping it down into a standard video format.

ph0rque 9y ago

Is it waterproof/water-resistant? One part of the video makes me think so, but I was unable to find any more details on that.

ksk 9y ago

Looks like a GoPro/action camera clone that has image stabilization. I have shot a lot with action cameras, but ended up never editing it or sharing it. I think they're addressing a real issue with making it super easy to edit/share. Also, Apple should be making things easier for device makers to seamlessly transfer data.

lightedman 9y ago

The one thing I look for in any action camera is the ability to hook it up to my PC and use it as a web camera. Cheap $30 spy glasses cams from China have this feature almost universally. Even my old Vivitar pocket digital camera did this. Why do newer more expensive cameras tend to not have this function? Especially in the case of this camera, being able to do a live video from my laptop and simply frame the shot or control it live would be perfect when I'm doing something like live lapidary lessons. Such a simple feature that would guarantee a sale from me, something most cheap ubiquitous cameras have, yet it's not present.

kyriakos 9y ago

I scrolled all the way down for a sample that was not there. Can't believe someone wrote an article about a video camera and did not include a single sample.