From the course: Video Gear

A field test with the V.360

From the course: Video Gear

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A field test with the V.360

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- So Rich we've made it out to the field and we are here at Urban Evolution in Alexander, Virginia and this is a parkour type gym and in just a few minutes we're going to have some althletes come in a do sort of crazy tricks all over the gym. I think one of the cameras that I want to use is the V360. This is going to be a perfect camera for this environment. We have a large space, lot of things going on. There's going to be a lot of athletes around and why not capture it in 360 degrees. - Yeah, what's going to happen is their going to be rehearsing sort of a theatrical fight scene as well as some parkour classes that are going on. There's two different groups we're going to be recording. The truth of the matter is they're going to be everywhere. This is a giant pipe gym back here. There are going to be people going off through the paces. They're running full speed, they're jumping and we just don't know where they're going to be. One of the things that happens in parkour is people sort of decide as their going, based on which way their leaning, where they're going to jump. - It's free form, right, exactly. - I said, Well can you show me where your going to go on the course? Like, I'm going to go over there on the bars and then I'm going to go up there and them I'm going to come back. All right. - I think that this is a perfect camera for a set up like this. Where a traditional action camera you have to focus it on a specific point and space. This is great right in the center of the room. The cool thing when we get back to the studio later, is that when we start processing some of this footage, that you can actually choose which portions of the 360 degree image you want to use. - So what I'm going to do here is attach this just so you can see it here and then we'll actually put it downstairs into action. - Yep. - Now, one of the things I noticed, Rob, while I love this rubber sleeve for not slipping... - It does prevent mounting securely. - Yeah, so we'll take that off and you've got the remote control there, right? - I do, yeah. This is the remote that comes with the device. Again, this looks like a little, I don't know, a floatie that you might see on a lifeguard's keychain. This is the remote and it has three buttons on it, power button on the top right here, and then it has two buttons right here on the side. One for taking video and one for taking stills. Now of course, Rich, we can use the app on a mobile device but, you know, I think for just running around, running gun kind of style, this is great. Turn it on, trigger video, trigger photos. - Now one of the things that's important here, you'll notice as I'm adjusting this clamp, there is a bubble level on the top of this device. In order to move this up and down I had to turn the clamp so that this can be actually moved on that axis. That becomes very important as your positioning things. Now we can still move things but you don't have to worry about where your putting this because it's a full 360. So what I'm looking at here is the bubble level. Let's tighten that in there and then by adjusting this arm, and this is your classic bubble level like you have on a tripod. - Yep. - There we go. - Looks pretty good. - That is pretty level. Another thing to realize is that why your shooting 360 stop worrying about all 360 degrees being usable or perfect. The fact of the matter is just we've got coverage. You don't have to have perfect coverage. - Right. That's what I was saying is that once you go back and start processing things you can kind of choose the segment that you want. So if you had somebody pop in and out of frame on one part of the 360, not that big of a deal. Rich the other thing I would say to keep in mind is that this camera is optimized for outdoor lighting. So depending on the lighting that you have in the scene you might need a little more light, you might need to take away some light. I think it's going to be a pretty fun use of this camera and I'm really excited to see the results when we get back to the studio.

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