Here at Back-Bone we do a lot of inspection work on our electronic components and fabricated parts, so we put together a high magnification solution using our own modified GoPro cameras and high magnification C-Mount lenses. With ability to output at 1080p to a large screen it makes even the tiniest details easy to see in real-time. Pictured is a Ribcage with an incredible Computar 2/3″ macro zoom lens. An LED ring light is attached using step up rings.
GoPro probably didn’t have this in mind when they designed the Hero3+ ! We finally had a chance to test out the Ribcage on our Telescope. These images and the video below were taken by attaching a c-mount to 1.25″ nosepiece adapter to our Celestron C6 750mm Newtonian Reflector telescope. No lens was used on the Ribcage. It’s great to be able to see everything through a field monitor and not have to peer through an eyepiece. We can achieve additional magnification by using a barlow, however we didn’t have one when this was shot.
We’ve been getting a lot of requests from people wondering how the Ribcage performs in low light situations. We’ve shot a few examples here at 1440p (2.7k). Both videos were shot in the early or late evening, and also at dusk. The example above was shot entirely with our 2/3″ 16mm 5MP Ultra Low Distortion C-Mount lens at F2.0 (http://www.back-bone.ca/product/23-16mm-5mp-ultra-low-distortion/). The example below was shot with a combination of SLR lenses. A Canon EF 17-40mm and a Nikon DX 18-70mm were connected to the Ribcage using our C-Mount adapters. Both lenses were wide open for capture. Don’t forget to watch it in HD!
Our Ribcage modified camera was recently used to shoot snowboarding footage for this new Volkswagen commercial.
Special thanks to our friends at Tectum for the pics! (www.tectum.tv)
Production Comany – United Visions: http://www.united-visions.de/
Christoph Griep DOP: http://www.christophgriep.com/
Timelapse taken over two hours after feeding a thirsty plant. Taken with a Back-Bone Ribcage modified Hero3+ Black using a Nikon DX 18 – 70mm DSLR lens.
Some sample footage shot at night with the IR-Cut filter removed from our Ribcage Modified Hero3+ Black. Shot with an IR corrected 4.5-13mm CS-Mount. The default look has a purple hue, but tinting or desaturating the footage will easily give it the traditional night vision look as demonstrated in the video. Light source was a small IR LED panel powered by a nine volt battery.
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