Thanks for the tip. I will give this a go. Thanks for watching

I've always used the Ansel Adams Zone system: just add or subtract 10 percent for each of the different "zones." Experiment with it: every camera is a little different. The zone that works best on one camera for a certain lighting situation may need to be tweaked on another camera with different light-collecting capacities. Full frame, lower MP cameras collect more light than APSC with higher MP count (A7S3 vs A6700), for example, so you might wish to raise or lower the zebra sensitivity for the same situation depending on the camera used.

I had to look up Simon D’Entrement, but now I know, that a great compliment. Much appreciated and thanks for watching and taking your time to comment!

Second that!

Great, I too transitioned from Premier Pro to Final Cut. I find it a lot easier and faster, and never crashes. Unlike Premier Pro. That M3 Apple will breeze through your editing. I have an M2 Mac Mini, which is brilliant! Thanks for watching

Good luck, I’m sure you’ll get to grips with it all. I learnt a lot of what I know from KZbin! Thanks for watching.

Interesting, I’ll have to give this a go. The Opacity 50% action is a good idea! Thanks for watching

I’m sure some day (soon) these tiny camera will be doing everything! Thanks for watching!

Thanks, I really appreciate your comment. It's not something I am planning on at this stage, but perhaps further down the line. Finding time to make the videos around work and kids is hard enough! Comments like yours make it worthwhile though. Thanks!

I’ve not done a video on this yet, but I will keep it in mind. I’d shoot on S-Log 2, to make the most of the dynamic range when editing. S-log 3 is not a great idea on this camera as it’s only 8 bit colour. Make sure you’re shooting at 50 or 60 FPS so you can slow the footage and get nice smooth shots when editing. Hope that might help for now.

I don’t use a plugin, I just manually correct the distortion in Final Cut, and then copy and paste the edit to other clips. I rarely use the wide lens due to this distortion, as by the time you have fixed it, you’re pretty much back to the standard lens width.

Just seen the link your description!

This is the one I bought off Amazon. I got 4 years ago and still going strong. Moman Monopod, Aluminum Monopod

Agreed. You can create your own light with the flash. Thanks for watching and commenting

That's a great idea to put the question of lights on or off in your questionnaire. Good luck in your new endevour in to real estate photography. There are plenty of opportunites to build a decent career with all the different services you can offer alongside taking photos. Thanks for wtahcing and commenting.

That’s a video I am considering making soon. Thanks for suggesting it and commenting!

It’s always best to put everything back as you found it. Thanks for watching and the sub!

I think the majority of Real Estate photographers have Nathan to thank for improving the quality of their work. He’s done a fantastic job. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thanks for watching!

I too sometimes have this issue. You can change the direction the exterior faces once you have placed it on the plan. It’s a circle with arrows pointing both directions I think. Sometimes it doesn’t show up how you have changed it in you edit, but I’ve found when you open the live tour up it is facing the correct direction. I think it’s a bit of a bug in the software. Hope that helps and thanks for watching!

I will do a video on this soon. It too can be very quick using layers and darken mode, as long as you take the window pull the correct way in the property. I will be posting it soon. Thanks for watching!

If you go on the Matterport site it has a list of compatible 360 cameras. I’ve linked it here. Looks like it’s up to the Insta 360 X2, so your pro is unfortunately not compatible. They do update regularly, so I’m sure you’ll be able to use it soon. matterport.com/cameras/360-cameras Thanks for watching.

They actually have support for the Insta360 X3, but very annoyingly STILL don’t have support for the X4. I had to return my X4 because I expected after multiple months of release they’d have released the firmware now but unfortunately not for the X4. They’ve been saying they’d update since the camera came out but still have never fixed it so your best bet is the X3

I’ve never produced a floor plan using Matterport as I draw them manually, so I couldn’t comment on the accuracy. I imagine they would be pretty good. I guess there’s no way of telling until you compare it to one you’ve drawn yourself with the dimensions. Sorry that’s not much help. My main jobs include photos and floor plans. I only shoot a few of these each month, that’s why I draw my floor plans. I might do a video soon on how I produce floor plans soon. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@jonathanshilton Thanks for your response man. Would love to see your process on making floor plans. Do you use a laser measure for the measurements then?

@@samanshp yes, I use a Leica Disto laser measure and sketch the plans on squared paper. I then send the sketch’s off to be drawn up by a company in India who send it back to me the next morning. Costs around $3-5 per plan up to about 1500 sq ft.

​@@jonathanshilton I've seen some folks use a Leica laser that connect to an app via bluetooth so every time you get a measurement, it shows up on an app on their iPad so they don't have to draw it by hand. Have you seen that process before? I just don't know what that app is called lol

All comes down to how much you charging and how busy you are. The Insta 360 X3 cost about $400 plus the the cost of the Matterport subscription. Up to 150 scans costs about $115 p/m I think. You’d start making a profit after shooting just 3 or 4 job’s depending on your pricing structure.

Generally yes. I’d say about 80% of the shots I take are just two shots. Obviously times when it’s really bright outside and you might need to take a 3rd window exposure shot. Here in the UK it’s often quite dull, so I can shoot like this. Might be different where you are if there’s a lot of bright sunshine. I’ll make another video soon about how to shoot and edit window exposures.

@@jonathanshilton i do auto HDR so for windows i do widow selection and lower the exposure..

@@jonathanshilton i do like to see this method but with more shots. i live with a lot of bright sunshine so i probably need more then 1 flash..

It’s not something I’ve done, but as far as I’m aware you can upload other media using tags. There is more information on their support page here. Thanks for watching and commenting! support.matterport.com/s/article/Add-Multimedia-to-a-Mattertag-Post?language=en_US

I think the Insta 360 cameras are only compatible up to the X3 at the moment. You might want to check with them though, as they constantly updating. Their website currently only shows the X3 though. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Yes, I use the camera fully on auto when shooting in Matterport. I don’t think you can enter the setting manually if shooting through the Matterport app. Correct me if I’m wrong though! Thanks for watching and commenting! 😊

Thanks for watching. Hope it helped!

Yes, I shoot in SLOG 3. I have gamma assist and zebras’s turned on in my display to help with exposure. I shoot at the base ISO of 640 or if it’s a dark interior I shoot at the higher native ISO of 12800 and adjust the aperture as necessary until zebra’s just start to show in the interior. I will be doing a video about my video settings soon so keep your eyes peeled for that. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Great, glad it helped. Good luck with you business! Thanks for watching and commenting!

No problem. Thanks for watching! Hope it helps your editing!

The Pro 2 will give you a better quality image. It just comes at twice the price of the Ricoh Theta Z1 and is also a lot bigger and heavier to carry around. It’s fine if you’re only doing virtual tours, but if your shooting photos too, it becomes a bit bulky to carry around. The Pro 2 is a great bit of kit though, so I’m not saying don’t get it. Just a couple of things to consider. Thanks for watching!

Hi Pierre, I’m not using the Insta 360 to shoot with as I use the Ricoh Theta Z1. When shooting in Matterport it just uses the automatic HDR settings, so I imagine it would be similar for the Insta 360. You might be able to change how many photos are included in the HDR image to help with exposure. Thanks for watching!

Great! Thanks for watching!

The pricing is listed on Matterports site. You can start for free and pricing depends on how many 3D scans you want live at once.

Yeah, I love it. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Yes, if you hide a selected scan it means it won't show in the tour. This is handy if perhaps you have done too many scans and want to get rid of some, or perhaps your reflection is in the mirror and you don't want it included. It doesn't delete it, so you can always reinstate it if needed. So it is a very handy tool. hope that helps. Thanks for watching and commenting

Thanks so much!!​@@jonathanshilton

I don't own the insta x4, so that's the main reason I have never used it. My only 360 camera I own is the Ricoh Theta Z1. I don't like to shoot videos with this for my interior work or KZbin videos, as you have to convert 360 video files in to a usuable format. I think this is easier with the insta app and editing software. The Osmo pocket 3 is just a great camera for convenience and shoots great qulaity video for it's size, that's why I use it for some of my KZbin videos and also shooting some sections of real estate videos with agents.

Thanks for watching and commenting

Really good to hear this has helped your work flow. Thanks for watching and taking your time to comment. Much appreciated!

It's a great camera, enjoy! Thanks for watching and commenting!

That’s a good question, something I should have covered in the video. I do have a client that only ever orders the standard package what ever the property. In the case that it’s nice and might warrant the extra photos. I take some extras on site but I still only edit 15 and keep the others in a separate folder in case they ask, but they are usually happy with what I’ve sent. You could also send them a contact sheet of all of them unedited and they can choose the 15 they want to be edited. Only problem with this is that it can slow the process of getting the photos to them, which most of my clients want turned around in 24 hours.

​@@jonathanshilton Thank you very much, that helps a lot. I was thinking of creating per-square footage packages for properties, like 0-2000 and taking all the photos I think the property needs with a minimum of 15. Of course, I'll have a maximum amount I'd keep to myself. What do you think of that idea? One more question... You said you only have 2 packages, wouldn't it be better to have a middle one that is more expensive and attractive than the first, making so your clients would go for the second option because they feel they are getting a better deal when it's not that much more work for you to do, for example, 25 photos with something extra vs just 15 in the first package?

Hi, sorry for the late reply. Doing prices by size can be a good way to go, and it’s how I started pricing mine. I changed however due to the fact that you could only give the size once you had been to the property. That’s why I changed to pricing it by the amount of photos. I then charge an additional 1p per Sq ft for properties over 2000 sq ft which makes up for the time spent drawing larger properties. In regards to having more than 2 packages, that’s absolutely fine. I did do 3 initially, but found people rarely went for the higher band, so to simplify it I just did two packages. Pricing is always a tricky thing and varies from place to place. You can check out my prices on my website. They probably seem crazy cheap compared to the American market, but they are competitively priced for here in the UK, and I still often get agents trying to push me down.

Unfortunately I don’t think there is a way of removing this. I know other software providers have the option to add your own logo instead of just blur it, which would look much better. It’s something Matterport should perhaps take a look at. Thanks for watching and taking your time to comment.

@@jonathanshilton Noted, thanks for your detailed answer. Since this is not available on Kuula (to take the example of another tour host), I was wondering if Matterport has the same flexibility or not (we may see if they will amend this)

I deliberated for a while whether to get the FX30 as it looks a great camera. In the end the low light capabilities of the full frame ZV E1 is what won me over. I don’t think you’ll regret the switch.

Thanks for watching and commenting. What’s the 10 days reference? I watched my video back and couldn’t work this out?

@@jonathanshilton Ah Sorry!! It was a reference to the weather, I think. You said something like we had 10 days of good weather. I left the UK 23 years ago and the weather was a big part of it.

Great! Thanks for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it!