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Shot this time lapse at the Desert Sky Park in Mesa Arizona. I’m using an Insta 360 x4. The quality of the footage is such a significant improvement over previous models of 360 cameras I’ve used. I’m very impressed with the x4’s ability to capture the landscape. I have learned that the action in a clip shot by the x4 has to be right next to the camera or very big. As you look around the horizon you can see the movement of cars, the sun and even rain but they have no detail and  appear as blurs. To the east I’m using my telephoto lens to capture a couple images. The x4 is not for the shy people who prefer to be unseen. There are some dark spots on the image because I dropped the camera a couple weeks back. I will soon be using the Instacare to get that repaired.

Watching this footage you can see the build up of clouds in the atmosphere but the time lapse stops right as the lighting was getting dramatic (there was literally lightning). I stopped filming because I thought it was too dark  but reviewing the footage I could have waited longer. I will continue experimenting with the camera to improve my story telling but I am very curious to see how long people will watch a VR version of this footage.

I have found the 15 second time lapses I posted on YouTube shorts do get watched and even have gotten a couple subscribers. Join me as I continue experimenting with cameras and sharing what I learn along the way.