A test of the Ray-Ban Wayfarer Meta Gen 2 glasses, this time while driving. On my way to Mark's yesterday to make some music with the guys, I shot some video with the new glasses. Not necessarily for public consumption, but I wanted to see how the on-board mics would handle the audio and how the 3k vertical video would hold up when cropped to horizontal.
No other post production video work done other than adding a few titles and transitions - no adjustments for exposure, contrast, and color. Other than a lot of jerky head movements (I keep my head on a swivel when driving in this Phoenix traffic), the video is decent. I can see where this new addition will fit in with my other cameras... and I will be sure to use it when I don't need to make all those head movements... you can't trust just your mirrors, even with all the safety stuff on the vehicles that beeps at you when it thinks you are getting too close to other traffic (or it is getting too close to you).
Let's cut to the video...
Here's what the format would look like without the crop...
And, with the crop...
The issue for me comes in using a video production software (iMovie) that doesn't have a set up that works with vertical video. It takes that vertical clip and puts it in the middle of a black horizontal frame.
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Yeah, who cares about that test video - where's the cat content? Easy, big fella - here ya go...
Murphy and Stella sharing a bar stool in front of the patio door. Not an easy shot to get because I can't get further to the side because of furniture in the way. And, I am shooting into the sun in the east from this angle. Technical stuff aside, two cats sharing a space - one big furry boy and one short hair little girl. Together. Oh, they still have their rowdy moments, but I appreciate these sweet, sharing times.
Joan sent me this photo as a test from her new iPhone...
That is a definite improvement from her previous phone/camera. It has taken a while to convince her that an upgrade was necessary. Not too many of those coal-fired iPhones out there anymore. ;-)
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I have an iPhone SE - I still need that button. Something about the "swipe" method does not work for me. I cannot get Alice's iPhone to wake up for me. She has a 14, I think. I usually get her technology hand-me-downs, except last time she traded hers in. My steam-powered phone and watch have no trade-in value. But I agree that the camera is better.
My friends in Alaska are new kitten parents again as of last Sunday. A pair of Maine Coon purebreds from the same litter. I'm sure that the house is in total chaos right now, and they have to integrate them with their 16-year old adult. Every time they send photos I need another dose of insulin - so sweet, and such BIG EARS. They are also polydactyl, so bigger "murder mittens" as Alice puts it.
Hi Earl. There have been 3 iterations of the iPhone SD. If it is from the first, that was 2016 to 2018... in smart phone years, that would make your phone approximately 77 years old in human years. Considering my age, that doesn't seem so old to me. ;-)
A pair of Maine Coon kittens? OMG, I would never leave the house - wouldn't want to miss one minute of those kitten antics!
There have been a steady stream of texts with adorable photos. Such wildness and energy from four-month old kittens who get along. They have fully polydactyl white paws, so they have become "snow shoes" even though these guys will always be indoor cats. My friends live on the wooded outskirts of Anchorage, so their back yard sees moose, bears, lynx, and bald eagles regularly. Not a good place for bite-sized felines to roam.
There is nothing quite so adorable as kittens. Even more so with Maine Coon kittens with white "mittens."
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