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Boh Tea Farm @ Cameron Highland by kelvin_0857

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SJCAM M20 test shot by Raitis Misa

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CAMERA

Videos from this and other cameras on VideoFromFoto channel:

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Слон и моська:) by Дмитрий Черенцовский

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iPhone X & Samsung Gear360 Photography by KathyCat102

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Thought I would share some information about our photography expedition to Chanticleer Gardens. My camera bag is going to be equipped differently for our next trip. In the past, photography was done via an Olympus mirrorless and an SJCAM action camera.

For this test, I decided to try going with just an iPhone X, the Samsung Gear360, and the GoPro Hero 6. Also packed my little flexible tripod, a motorized pan head, GoPro filters, and the external microphone for the iPhone. Conditions were hot (84 degrees give or take) and VERY bright. Would have been ideal for infrared photography but for regular photography not so much. But, as vacationing photographers we can’t sit around waiting for ideal conditions so we do the best we can. My wife took only stills with her iPhone. We spent about 3 hours wandering the garden.

The iPhone X:

I had the brightness up all the way and still had an awful time seeing the image on the screen. I used a lot of “auto” features and had all I could do to simply compose an image on the screen. I got better as the day went on. It takes getting used to because photography, to us, is a little more than simply lifting the phone and pushing a button.

I used FiLMic Pro for video which was great but I’ve got to get more familiar with where the controls are because it was so hard to see the screen.

For stills, I used an app called Manual which lets you control things like white balance, shutter speed, etc. I found myself checking focus because, at times, I wasn’t sure it was selecting the proper focus point on its own.

About 1/2 hour into the expedition, we found a shady spot to check our captures and both of us were pleased with what we had. Some compositions were off but at least sharpness and exposure, for the most part, were pretty good. I was just near impossible to check our work out in the bright sun.

Normally I would have brought a regular tripod and a defuser BUT this was a test of our vacation rig.

BTW, both of us were using those iPhone grips. Both of us felt the stub could have been longer. Wouldn’t leave home without one none the less.

I can see why people buy those wide angle lenses for the iPhone but I’m just not ready to add that layer of complexity to the process.

I didn’t get to use the external microphone. Frankly, there was nothing in the background that I wanted to record.

My phone was at 100% battery when I left home and I returned with it around 40%. I didn’t put it into airplane mode which, I suspect, would save on battery.

BE AWARE: All of the image files taken by my wife with the builtin camera app have an .heic extension. I ran into this before and found an iMac app (iMazing HEIC Converter) to convert them to .jpg files.

The Samsung Gear360 (2017 Edition):

Earlier this week, I got an “Insta360” selfie stick to try out. My other one was intended for a GoPro and had the knob sticking out to the side AND no tripod socket in the base. The Insta360 stick was obviously meant for 360 and worked well. I never did get to mount it on a tripod.

I took the camera in/out of my backpack a couple times before finally just slipping the whole thing in my pocket for easy access. Yes, the stick was attached the whole time.

Earlier in the week, I also got a remote control for it. In a word, it was GREAT! The remote is about the size of our thumb and came with it’s own lanyard. It was nice extending the camera on the stick then using the remote to turn the camera on/off.

I took some 360 video both on the move and other times just standing still.

I even found a place to prop the stick against something so we could move away from the camera. It was windy and we feared the rig blowing over but it didn’t. Initially, I wanted to mount it on the tripod so we could walk around it but never got to try it.

I recently saw a 360 tip where they mentioned having the camera turned so the seam line would be facing the major light source. That way exposure for both lenses would be the same. I made an effort to position the camera this way.

I only took 360 videos. I didn’t take any 360 still images.

Final thought on the Samsung 360…. I loved it but I don’t see it being the goto camera for ALL of my photography the way LIFE in 360 does. There definitely are some places/times when it will add another perspective for sure. I have to look at what I captured before making a final decision on the Insta360 One. The Samsung might just be all the 360 camera I need …AND… I have a remote for it!

The GoPro Hero6:

Never came out of my backpack. I’ve gotten some decent videos and stills with it (in bright light) and should have taken it for a spin. I recently purchased some “wind jammers” for it and could have tested their effectiveness.

SanDisk Connect:

I decided to move everything from the iPhones to the SanDisk Connect flash drives much as I would when doing backups on a vacation. My intention is to do daily backups when traveling.

Still images went pretty fast. Videos definitely took longer.

One annoyance, transfer would stop when the iPhone went to sleep. I had to keep it awake by touching the screen. I believe there is a way to lengthen the going to sleep time. Have to check into that.

For some reason the SanDisk app shutdown a couple times. It didn’t lose connection, I just had to go back in and restart the download after figuring out how far it went. A better solution is to select a dozen or so files to download at a time IF they are video files. I was able to select more files (did ~50 from my wife's iPhone) if they are the much smaller still image files.

On a vacation, I’ll be setting up a folder for each day to dump files into.

Post Production:

I’ve got LOTS of material to work with. The challenge will be to put something together WITHOUT duplicating a particular section of the garden 3-4 times.

I’ve got 46 video clips, 140 still images between us, and 17 Samsung 360 clips.

Here is a link to the video we assembled for Chanticleer Gardens...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB1UJM4JN9U

Here is a link to just the Samsung Gear360 clips....

www.flickr.com/photos/kathycat102/41201647114/in/datepost...

May 7, 2018 UPDATE: Just ordered an Insta360 ONE. I really like the Samsung but the Insta360 brings some extra features along like image stabilization, etc.

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Marina da Gloria by Thiago Vieira SJCAM User