Bear-4 HD Camera Flight

March 23rd, 2010 | by admin |

August 24th, 2009, Bear-4 carried a Canon Vixia HF20 HD Camera to take video at ~ 107,145 feet.
http://bear.sbszoo.com/bear3-4/bear4.htm
Heres a link to Daily Planets coverage of our balloon launch:
http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/daily-planet/september-2009/daily-planet-september-18-2009/#clip215393
Skip forward to the 10:00 mark to get to our story.

Duration : 0:9:58


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  1. 25 Responses to “Bear-4 HD Camera Flight”

  2. By kaidose on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    the gov. would have …
    the gov. would have seen it and said
    HOLY SHIZ

  3. By MXedos on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    I’m so sorry for …
    I’m so sorry for bursting your bubb.. ballon! It was in my path and I couldn’t avoid it ! :(

    Thanks for the video ! ^_^

  4. By andreloja on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    I guess if you’d …
    I guess if you’d put in some kind of counter weight attached to the lens part, it would have captured a (kind of) steady image on the way down!

  5. By heliscat on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    you must have fired …
    you must have fired the guy responsible for keeping the camera pointed in one direction/yaw control. this video made me want to vomit!

  6. By heliscat on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    you oughta call it …
    you oughta call it “GET DIZZY IN HD!”

  7. By LKN1TRO on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    How long does it …
    How long does it take to upload the video on youtube???????????

  8. By lordwinters on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    i gonna sick……
    i gonna sick……

  9. By eRaness on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    that is AMAZING!!!! …
    that is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRATE JOB GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved watching this. truly fantastic. amazing what a balloom, camera, gps. ect can do. Thanks for sharing this amazing event with us. it so made my night. hehe keep it up guys! *”Now where is MY camera?” lol jk hehee

  10. By Rejexted on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    It’s amazing how …
    It’s amazing how you can see the curvature of the Earth from such a low alititude

  11. By rarincas on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    cool :)
    cool :)

  12. By pppllluuummm on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    wow…. ナイス! this …
    wow…. ナイス! this is way better than i can ever dream of doing, even though i have had plans for something similar for quite awhile

  13. By suicidecrew on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    WOW! How did you …
    WOW! How did you find the Cam ? Using GPS?
    I mean In wrost case it could get 1000 Miles off the place you started…

  14. By kamaujackson811 on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    FAKE!!!

    Any …
    FAKE!!!

    Any experienced balloon flyer can tell that the altitude is closer to 107, 150 feet.

  15. By randyl74 on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    Totally cool. …
    Totally cool. Would have been nice to have an altimeter in view of the lens so you could see how high at any given time.

  16. By ocdpfsas on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    Way to make me …
    Way to make me dizzy as fuck

  17. By jeka100 on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    it would be nice if …
    it would be nice if you could take the real pictures of the moon not the fake pos NASA moon pics

  18. By jeka100 on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    ha ha -_-
    ha ha -_-

  19. By 0rip0 on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    Without a doubt the …
    Without a doubt the most amazing video I’ve ever seen!

    Makes my “camera on a kite” experiment seem totally lame.

  20. By KrumpingKatie on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    This is kinda THE …
    This is kinda THE BEST THING EVER

  21. By awhoergek on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    commercial purpose
    commercial purpose

  22. By ReikiLightBringer on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    Awesome but I’m …
    Awesome but I’m wondering if you were ever afraid of it hitting someone on the head coming down? Seriously!!

  23. By YOUPUBEISGAY on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    anyone else getting …
    anyone else getting dizzy watching it ^^

  24. By teogt23 on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    NICE!
    NICE!

  25. By dtunzzlistener on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    Is there a chute …
    Is there a chute slowing the decent or is that just the drag from the ripped balloon that seemed to slow the fall? Seemed to not be falling very fast at the end.

  26. By Clevo89 on Mar 23, 2010 | Reply

    Well done! what …
    Well done! what model camera was it? and did you modify it in any way?

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