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Tiny Walk Along the Beach

A short while back I was down in Pattaya to visit with some friends for Australia Day, even though I’m not Australian. Mostly it was just a day to pick when we’d all come down from wherever we’re living across Thailand, and meet up for an evening to drink beer and swap stories. It was a lot like what Burningman became to me over time, a single physical location, and a single point in time where I could meet up with geographically scattered friends.

Anyway, for part of one of the days, I took my 360 degree camera down to Beach Road in Pattaya. These photos were taken with a Samsung Gear 360 (2017) camera (about $100 USD) and edited with the free Gear 360 android application on my phone. I did not need to use any other computers or software to change the spherical images into flat ‘Tiny Planet’ photos. The only other addition is that I do use a remote bluetooth trigger to activate the shutter.

enjoying a drink
A mango smoothie on the beach
walking
Strolling down the beachwalk
building out the beach
A lot of beach reconstruction going on
courtyard
The start of my walk. Beach Road and Pattaya Klang in Pattaya Thailand
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The Talking Head

I bought an inexpensive 360 camera last year, and while it’s gotten some good use as a 360 still camera, I really have not done much of anything with it as a video camera. I made a couple of handheld GoPro videos that I wasn’t happy with at all. 

After learning that Samsung has added stabilization to their $100 USD Gear 360 (2017) camera, I wanted to give it a try. It works really well. For walking around with the camera on the end of a two to three foot long pole, the stabilization works amazingly well. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO1MqNz8Iog
My very first Gear 360 test video. 

I’m not entirely happy with the audio quality, but that’s going to be true for most small cameras. That’s why external audio recorders are so popular with Vloggers who make vlogs that you actually want to listen to. 

I’m dropping this video here so I’ve something to compare to if I decide to make future videos. All in all though, for a walking and talking style of video, I’m pretty happy with it. 

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