Stumped...

 

You cut down a tree?  No, but thanks for asking.  Still working on the issue with the X2 camera.  I have followed "tips" from Insta and also from people on that forum on Facebook - nothing seems to restart the camera's wifi (the camera has a built-in wifi transmitter to connect to my phone or iPad).  It just doesn't show up in the available wifi signals.  I messed with it for a couple hours last night, and a few more again this orning.

Frustrating, because it worked fine when testing it while at Steph and Dan's house.  So, I am thinking: it may be a situational problem.  The 5th wheel that pulled in next to us has a large antenna on the back, which is close to the front of our rig.  Interference, perhaps?  I haven't tried using the camera (and its wifi connection) in the motorhome since that 5th wheel showed up on the first of the month.

And then, a signal from the camera (it's beginning to feel like a satellite launched into deep space that occasionally sends a signal back to Earth) - it said, "There is an interference with the wifi signal."  So, when we go to Steph and Dan's later this afternoon, I'll try it again there.

In the words of the philosopher Rosanna Rosannadanna: "It just goes to show you, it's always something."

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Cut to this afternoon: Joan and I did some running around, then to Steph and Dan’s house… just as I suspected: away from the neighbor’s Wi-Fi antenna, the camera connects fine.  77 video clips downloaded, viewed, and edited.  Only took about an hour, which is impressive speed for this new iPad.  If I had thought to bring my MacBook Pro, I would have had everything loaded and ready to start placing clips into the music video.  Another day; right now, I’m just relieved the camera is working and I have the video clips in a workable format.

Big thanks to Cindy, who shot most of the video yesterday, so I could make some music with the guys!  It was her first time ever holding a 360 camera - they are very different from a typical stills or video camera… you just have to trust that the view is in there… somewhere.  All the labor-intensive stuff comes afterwards, when you move the view around to get “your vision.”

Here are a few “snapshots” from the video clips…