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Hello everyone!

 

I have a Sony a7sII and I need to be able to record video upside down. As in the camera will be in a normal orientation (It needs to be mounted right side up) but the video that I have to produce needs to be inverted in the Y axis (ground would be at the top of the screen). I know the obvious answer is to do it in post processing, however this is not an option for me because the video that I take is not allowed to be modified in anyway after shooting. 

 

Are there any solutions to make this happen?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

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Yes but the camera will not be absolutely

right side up. It will be pointed at the ground.

Not upside down, so hopefully workable for

you. Acoarst you also need a mirror, and  

preferably front surfaced.

 

This will rotate around the X-axis and leave

the Y-axis unchanged, so there will be no

left-for-right reversal. IOW, should any text

[signage] appear in the frame it will be seen

as reverse reading. If THAT is a problem

then you need a dual prism image erecting

combo, which will have a very narrow FoV,

but will not require pointing the camera at

the ground [camera will be right-side-up]. 

  

BTW, you seem to be required [?] to alter

only one axis. Mounting the camera upside-  

down would alter both ... top for bottom and

left-for-right, like the image erecting prisms. 

  

Innie hoo, rotsa ruck widdat ! 

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Bizarre requirements for not allowing rotating in post. Image can be rotated itself without any run through a NLE so file bytes remain the same but if they have a problem doing that, shoot normal and have viewer flip their TV display on its head. Either that or have them watch it on iPad, lock rotation, rotate device.

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