SHOOTING THE MOON

Jon Clouter
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… Read More

RIBCAGE 2.7K LOW LIGHT TESTS

Jon Clouter
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/).… Read More

RIBCAGE: NIGHT VISION

Jon Clouter
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… Read More

RIBCAGE: INSECTS UP CLOSE

Jon Clouter
We recently had a fun evening exploring the insect exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Nature and had a chance to test out some new high-res glass from Computar. All of this footage was shot on a Ribcage modified Hero3+ Black with our new Computar 2/3″ 16mm C-Mount and 1/2″ 25-135mm C-Mount. A big thanks to the Canadian Museum of… Read More