How do you guys do it? This is my setup. You can see my buddies up close, and mine pointing at me down below. After watching BHOD, I have see you guys do this... I have the long arm on the fluid head.... any advice?? Which hand/leg do you use ha? Do you even adjust zoom at full draw as well?
I wouldn't think there is a lot you can do at full draw except bump the camera to the right if needed. There might be some tricksters on here who can help you though. Good luck, looks like nice gear.
If you are self filming, the only thing you can do is "bump" the camera over with a leg or hip if possible. Unless you let down its not really possible. If your cameraman stand was hung beside you then they could possibly move the arm but that is a lot of extra movement you might not get away with. Each situation is different.
I will just say that pretty much you are limited to a subtle bump away from you and even that is a gamble. Pretty much you just have to know where it is that you want to shoot that animal in relation to yourself and set up for that scenario before you draw back your bow. Self filming a whitetail hunt from a tree stand is an incredibly difficult challenge. You learn the more that you do it how to set up your stand, camera arm, and camera to maximize your opportunity to get the shot on video. And you learn how to react fast! But even doing all of that does not guarantee anything. If you are serious about getting each of your kills (or the majority anyway) on video, then you have to come to terms that there are going to be MANY times that you let an animal walk that normally you would have sent an arrow at if you did not have a camera. It takes 100 things to go right to put an arrow through a deer while self videoing. It takes 1 thing to go wrong and force you to let that animal walk on for another day. That is the reality of being dedicated when it comes to self video work. That is why the challenge is so worth the reward when it actually works out.
I have my camcorder mounted to my bow so I can zoom in and out with my index finger at full draw. Problem is the camera shacks when I shoot. But I often thought you guys could mount your remote controls to your bows and work your cameras that way. Not sure if they are RF or not though.
Good info guys, I guess the key will be to draw very quickly after I get the camera positioned. It worked on my doe last year, but the cam wasn't zoomed in close enough(to cover more area) as I would have liked.
