With the advancement of compact camera technology, products like the GoPro have really taken off in terms of use in sports and other action-based activities. While the iPhone has almost always had one of the best mobile cameras, its adoption in those fields has been somewhat behind. Today, however, 25-year-old Nicolas Vuignier has shared an incredible video on YouTube showcasing himself skiing down a mountain in Sweden, with all of the footage being shot on an iPhone.
As you can see, this isn’t your normal shaky-cam ski video. This looks like it was shot with something a lot more professional than the iPhone. Throughout the video, Vuignier swings his iPhone around him while skiing, giving a 360 degree view of the adventure. Slow motion footage is also integrated into the final product.
It’s unclear exactly how the video was shot, but Vuignier says a “making of” video is coming soon. In the video, you can vaguely see the outline of at least one wire that Vuignier is using to swing the iPhone around him, but it’s unclear how the phone is mounted. TNW says that the setup, which Vuignier calls Centriphone, was created with a 3D printer and the video was filmed at 240fps. Vuignier hopes to release the template he used to make his phone mount available to the public so anyone can create a video like his.
It’s definitely an amazing video, especially considering that it was shot entirely on an iPhone. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Apple is brining back its award-winning Shot on iPhone ad campaign to highlight the camera capabilities of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. The iPhone 7 is rumored to adopt a twin-camera setup that could potentially allow features like optical zoom to make their way to the iPhone, at least in the Plus model, so these should only get better.
Watch Vuignier’s video below:
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WOW – That’s incredible made even more so by the fact that it was shot on an iPhone!
True, I’m big fan of GoPro but iPhone shots look amazing here, the true potential comes out when you try something like this with an iPhone!
Wow super well done! And brave hehe
It would have been less risky to use a GoPro camera which is designed to take greater impacts than the iPhone.
Apparently they tried a GoPro but it wasn’t fast enough. THey used the iPhone because it could do 240 fps.
There are multiple GoPro models and at least the Hero4 Black can do 240fps at the same resolution (720p) as the iPhone.
He is basically swinging his phone around him, using centrifugal force to keep the iPhone from falling down (hence the name Centriphone) You have to use slow motion to make it watchable. That said it looks quite nice, however it is risky to do this, since you not only have to focus on skiing but also on swinging the iPhone around, also good luck finding your phone (or whatever camera you use) if the tether brakes.
centripetal force*. Centrifugal force does not actually exist :)
Amazing feat of balance to be skiing like that while twirling a camera above your head on 2 pieces of fishing line. I haven’t been able to find a picture of the 3D printed cradle they invented … that would be interesting to see.
Surely it’s just a mini-kite, 2 strings
He’s not twirling the camera. The rig is self-propelled, it’ll be interesting to see his solution fully detailed..
My father did something similar decades ago on Super8 (film not video) mounted on an old Cox U-control plane. This idea fairly similar probably.
Why risk it with an iPhone? It would be much easier and safer to use a GoPro? Some people seem obsessed with using an iPhone for everything when other cameras are better suited to the job.
If the manufacturer picks up the video and features it in their promotional efforts…
A. who has more money to spend, GoPro or Apple?
B. Who has more exposure and therefore more press following?
That should answer the question of why use an iPhone. ;)
I think the point wasn’t, that he wanted to do this video. I think the point was, that he wanted to do this video on an iPhone. So the question, if another cameras were better suited to the job, was irrelevant for him.
And if you want to ask “why?”, i would ask “why not?” in return ;)
read the title… it says iphone experiment, not let’s try something else (e.g. gopro) experiment
Not that it really matters but could you replace “Sweden” by “Switzerland” please ?