It's a Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood...

 

If you said, "Mr Roger's Neighborhood," you get 10 bonus points.  If you added: "Would you be my neighbor?" you get an additional 10 bonus points.

It was a lovely day in the desert - a high of 72º and abundant sunshine.  An outing so I could try out the new camera (DJI Pocket 3) in a moving vehicle; we had a few errands to run, so it worked out.  Joan drove, I filmed.  Does anyone use the verb "filmed" anymore?  When one runs a video camera, there is no film, so I guess, technically, I "data-ed."  But, again I digress.

I shot way more video than necessary, anxious to see how the Pocket 3 does with the movement in the car.  Spoiler Alert: I'm impressed.  I'll put together some video later.  Here's a still from the Pocket 3, looking out the windshield...

Crisp image, good color.

After taking care of our errands, we had lunch at Oregano's; Joan was feeling like salad, I could easily be talked into pizza.  They have a basket of fortune cookies there - no, I don't know why an Italian eatery has fortune cookies.  I think the cookie got my fortune right...

 And more camera testing on the way home.  We tried the camera with the DJI Mic 2 wireless mics and with the internal mic in the camera.  I had concerns that there might be some "bouncing" with the footage - a gimbal (this DJI is made with the camera on a gimbal).  For those not familiar with using a gimbal, it does a great job of physically stabilizing camera movement.  But, most consumer gimbals still have an issue with "the up and down" movement.  In fact, there is a technique for walking with a camera on a gimbal: the "ninja walk"... knees slightly bent, heel and toe walking, trying to keep your upper body and arms from bouncing while you walk.  Really, it's a thing.  And while trying to hold a lightweight camera in a moving vehicle, as you go over bumps and imperfections in the road, there is going to be some up and down movement.

We'll see how the test video turns out.

When we got home, I downloaded the videos to my laptop, did a very brief look, breathed a sigh of relief, then decided to get out for some scooter time...

This was shot with the DJI Action 4, a true "action camera."  It uses software stabilization - a very different camera from the Pocket 3.  The Pocket 3 has a longer focal length.  It will have a different function from my other action and 360 cameras.

A couple stills from the scooter ride...

Check back here later for another "private" test video from the car.  A good day!

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Here's the raw video we shot in the Equinox...

 No, this won't be going onto Facebook or any other social media - this was a test for me to see if the Pocket 3 camera could keep the footage smooth in a moving vehicle - yep.  I'm pleased with how the camera (and the mics) did - we'll be ready to use this when we get out and about in the Roadtrek.  I am liking this camera!

Woohoo - 2 videos in one day.  One test, the other just for the fun of it.