The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) is the largest organization of Location Managers and Location Scouts in the motion picture, television, commercial and print production industries. Their membership plays a vital role in the creativ
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Cameras, but they were closed due to the COVID restrictions. Unfortunately, my credit line was only available when signing in person—face to face. With credit plans abandoned, I found a lone star on Granville Street. Peter opened his doors by appointment, and I began the reprogramming of a lizard brain rooted in the darkrooms of yesteryear. I remember enlargers and hand developing. The big technological advance when I worked on a newspaper was the 35mm film negative scanner! Over the last 30 years, I had abandoned my beloved 35mm Nikon. Then I forgot all about my digital Canon. I was currently mirrorless with the Sony Alpha A7 iii. Now I had to contend to a camera with two lenses?! Change is hard. That was 2020. Recently, I purchased an Insta360 One X2 after chatting with location manager Robert "Fluffy" Millar/LMGI. During the peak of social distancing in 2020, Fluffy used the Insta360 One for live streaming on his television series. In addition to livestreaming, my recent experiments have been sticking the Insta360 One X2 out my vehicle's moonroof and driving through tunnels and over bridges. This camera has given me access to imagery I would not be able to access on foot. Now I am editing video clips and have a YouTube channel to document these bridges and tunnels. All of which must seem quite pedestrian to the TikTok generation. I was playing with the "multiview" theme for driving footage when I killed it. I killed that Insta360 One X2 within weeks of purchase. I was trying to remove the "sticky lens guards" to no avail. Then I tried dental floss. Then I tried Reddit. I blame social media for a lot of things. I also blame social media for making me apply acetone to a camera lens. Insta360 lenses are not made by Zeiss. They are made of plastic. Acetone kills plastic. Be smart. Don't be Tonya. "I have been able to virtually talk location surveys through The Shipyards—with its many components. The virtual tours have also proved extremely valuable for our staff when assisting clients discuss potential events in this location." –Clare Husk the Film + Community Events Coordinator for the city of North Vancouver, BC 360-degree cameras convert a spherical image into an omnidirectional planar image. This main image format for 360-degree cameras is called "equirectangular." 360 cameras work within the realm of photogrammetry. Photogrammetry is the process of scanning environments into digital assets. With Lidar, this process has been powering virtual production into the mainstream. With my 360 equirectangular panoramas, I have created floor plans and measurements by outsourcing them to the professionals. Similar to Lidar tasks, we outsource to niche professionals. I invested approximately $10,000 CAD between 360 cameras, accessories, software, hosting and failed experiments. The bigger investment, however, was the time. It took approximately four months before I became proficient and over a year before I felt vaguely confident. Most of the work has been filed in the trash bin. I have the Ricoh Theta Z1 for its superior image quality in a consumer camera. I have the Insta360 One X2 for video or livestreaming. I have a server in the Netherlands, and I use 3D Vista for its customization The Shipyards, BC