# Video camera falls from plane. Records all the way down. Lands in pig pen. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338 "2014-10-04T02:12:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/21 "2014-10-04T22:36:05Z")
The pig just sidling up to the camera made me laugh more than I would have guessed. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/22 "2014-10-05T00:58:40Z")
Anyone else think of _Hannibal_? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/23 "2014-10-05T01:48:11Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > > [@Flander](#): > > > > It landed face up?! With a clean lens?!? With a fisheye?!? BULLSHIT! > > What’s so unbelievable? 50% chance of landing face up and it didn’t have a whole lot of time to get crap on the lens. I’m not sure what being a fisheye has to do with your disbelief. GoPro’s are known for having a wide field of view & distortion. I use mine in a balloon & it’s amazing the curvature of the earth from the video that I don’t see in real life. [Here’s](https://gopro.com/channel/wild-animals/cheetah-licks-my-gopro) an example from their website of a cheetah closeup. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/24 "2014-10-05T02:10:31Z")
I sure as hell hope I never see a pig from that angle in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/25 "2014-10-05T02:33:45Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > GoPro’s are known for having a wide field of view & distortion. I use mine in a balloon & it’s amazing the curvature of the earth from the video that I don’t see in real life. [Here’s](https://gopro.com/channel/wild-animals/cheetah-licks-my-gopro) an example from their website of a cheetah closeup. It’s actually changeable. You can change the field of view in the settings. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/26 "2014-10-05T13:56:20Z")
I’d like to see the great Leslie try _that_ ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/27 "2014-10-05T14:50:18Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > GoPro’s are known for having a wide field of view & distortion. I use mine in a balloon & it’s amazing the curvature of the earth from the video that I don’t see in real life. [Here’s](https://gopro.com/channel/wild-animals/cheetah-licks-my-gopro) an example from their website of a cheetah closeup. That addresses my fisheye concern. I had imagined a camera with a fisheye attachment. If it is a marketing gimmick for GoPro, I hope it works. I have stock in the company, not a lot because I am brokeish, but it has been killing lately. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/28 "2014-10-05T15:03:27Z")
The video was posted in February, so if it was a marketing gimmick it has already done most of its work by now I’d imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/29 "2014-10-05T18:18:06Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > That addresses my fisheye concern. I had imagined a camera with a fisheye attachment. I was poking around & they actually address the fisheye issue on their [website](http://gopro.com/support/articles/curved-nature-pictures-videos). ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/30 "2014-10-06T23:22:05Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > I’d like to see the great Leslie try _that_ I see what you did there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338.md?page=1)