Based on my experience with the GoPro Omni I decided to take a look at what a stereo version would look like. Managing the individual GoPros is a big part of the challenge. Before Omni I had a basic 5 camera rig that required getting the GoPro remote to connect to all...
I really love Blackmagic cameras, they are real video cameras, not still cameras trying to be video cameras, so the software is enjoyable to use. The quality is very good, and they have genlock which is important for a 360 rig. I've been eyeing 360 designs Blackmagic...
I received a batch of connectors from chargeconverter.com. There are 30 pins on the Herobus, it would be great if I didn't have to connect all of them because they are tiny! The BacPac extender cables worked for everything except what I believe is sync. I was able to...
Never satisfied I'm working on another rig. The GoPro Omni has been great, very reliable in the field, and the Kolor workflow has been very good. However, I really want stereo. My mind is not fooled by monoscopic 360 images, they don't look real to me. I'm so invested...
I’m working on another rig based on last weekend’s shooting. So I was searching for inspiration and ran across this page of ridiculous rigs! https://thefulldomeblog.com/2015/11/17/collection-of-360-video-rigs/#360-video-stereo[ngg src="galleries" ids="4"...
At SIGGRAPH 2017 I attended a talk by John Knoll, VFX supervisor at ILM, where he outlined his work on Rogue One. One bit of technology that I found very interesting was his team’s use of a handheld virtual camera. This was an iPad like device that allowed Gareth...
After working on my multiple GoPro setups I imagined “what would this look like if it were easy?” That led me to purchase an MFT Stereo lens from Loreo. Having a stereo camera removes the need to worry about shutter sync, syncing individual clips, color/exposure...