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Guy Centerpole goes shopping for survival equipment, makes suggestions and explains a bit about what to take. Upcoming website http://guycenterpole.com

Short clips testing Nikon A900 under various conditions shooting 4K with minimal editing. More stills, etc. here https://www.flickr.com/photos/wideeyevideo/albums/72157678458819896 Won't replace my larger cameras but can't always carry them with me. Been a Panasonic fan for years (currently own 8 o theirs) so bought their new ZS60 and was very disappointed, like this one much better and it costs less. My first Nikon. Have seen some bad reviews of this camera but with the right settings and expectations I've got some good output. Stills on flickr. (flickr.com/wideeyevideo/) I don't see much sense in 4K TVs since I agree with several tech articles that the human eye has it's limitations and you'd need a huge screen and have to be way too close to see any real difference, but 4K video has the advantage of allowing for more editing (cropping especially) without looking horrible. Another advantage is to save still frames at a much higher resolution than 1920X1080, which I've tried and they came out great. Usually I will downscale any recorded 4K from 4K to 1080P for uploading. I expect my main video camera (Panasonic X920) and my main still camera (Panasonic FZ1000) to remain what I use on planned shoots.

Compilation of short HD clips of Hazel shot with Panasonic X920 and WXF991. FYI: The clip under the computer desk, on the vinyl floor and "the nap" and "window" with the X920, the others with the newer WXF991. No editing other than combining and rendering, not the best lighting, but best watched on a smart TV or large computer monitor. Music downloaded from youtube. title: Sunflower.mp3

Aerial from Wachapreague waterfront on eastern shore of VA. Best watched on a smart TV or other large HD monitor. Music is original compilation.

Aerial video of Crocheron public wharf in small fishing village of Crocheron, , MD on the eastern shore. Best viewed on a smart TV or other large monitor, pointless to watch on a phone sized screen. Yuneec Typhoon H (H480)/CGO3 camera. Shot in 4K but rendered at 1080p for upload. Music credits: Music by Chris Zabriskie Song title: (Chris_Zabriskie_-_03_-_Theres_a_Special_Place_for_Some_People.mp3) by Chris Zabriskie from album "Thoughtless" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Thoughtless http://chriszabriskie.com/licensing/

Overgrown abandoned school on eastern shore of VA. Some of the graffiti may be offensive but it is as it was. Sorry we did not explore every corner... (could have spent days there) appears to be a cellar but stairs were mostly gone and pitch dark, attic also too risky due to rot and darkness. It's a shame because the basic structure seems mostly solid and we first noticed this place being abandoned about 10 years ago but probably empty much, much longer before we saw it. If you are watching these on a phone, tablet or some other small device you are not experiencing it as intended. You need a good size screen and good sound system to become immersed in the video experience as said here by David Lynch. http://youtu.be/wKiIroiCvZ0 Ambient Music credits: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A"Josh+Korda" "A collection of ambient pieces I tossed together from samples and audio recordings, meant to be played as soothing background music. This music has no copyright and you can use it however you see fit." The tune is OverlappingEventsInTime.mp3 FYI: Our rules for URBEX (Abandoned building exploration) We do not enter any buildings if we see signs posted or which do not have open doors which do not need to be forced or if there are obvious signs someone is staying there. If possible we close doors when leaving that might have been open. We do not move or touch any personal property and never take anything (they have already lost enough). When editing, we try to avoid any closeups of anything that could jeopardize the privacy of the owners or anyone who might have left personal items on the property. If someone contacts us and convinces us they are the owner, we will gladly take the video offline at their request. (We have had more than one who were grateful we posted the video since it reminded them they have a situation to take care of). We do not divulge exact addresses and such as most of these places have already been ruined by vandals and we do not want to be a tool for more vandalism, etc.

Aerial and some stills and other video of the town of Cape Charles, VA. Love this area. Best viewed on a smart TV or other large monitor with good sound system. Aerial shot with Yuneec Typhoon "H" with CGO3+ camera, other video from Panasonic WXF991 all rendered down from 4K to 2k. Stills from Panasonic Lumix FZ1000. Music credits: All by "Hyson" Soundtrack for the Weary Vol. II by Hyson is licensed under a Attribution License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hyson/Soundtrack_for_the_Weary_Vol_II/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Tune 1: Hyson_-_03_-_All_Will_See.mp3 Tune 2: Hyson_-_04_-_All_Who_Are_Weary.mp3 Whispers by Hyson is licensed under a Attribution License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hyson/Soundtrack_for_the_Weary_Vol_I/Hyson_-_Whispers http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Tune 3: Hyson_-_02_-_Whispers.mp3

Abandoned house on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Willards House If you are watching these on a phone, tablet or some other small device you are not experiencing it as intended. You need a good size screen and good sound system to become immersed in the video experience. http://youtu.be/wKiIroiCvZ0 FYI: Our rules for URBEX (Abandoned building exploration) We do not enter any buildings if we see signs posted or which do not have open doors which do not need to be forced or if there are obvious signs someone is staying there. If possible we close doors when leaving that might have been open. We do not move or touch any personal property and never take anything (they have already lost much). When editing, we try to avoid any closeups of anything that could jeopardize the privacy of the owners or anyone who might have left personal items on the property. If someone contacts us and convinces us they are the owner, we will gladly take the video offline at their request. (We have had more than one who were grateful we posted the video since it reminded them they have to do something about the situation) We do not divulge addresses and such as most of these places have already been ruined by vandals and we do not want to be a tool for more vandalism, etc.

Abandoned house on the eastern shore of Maryland. Best viewed in full HD on a good monitor with a good sound system. If you are watching these on a phone, tablet or some other small device you are not experiencing it as intended. You need a good size screen and good sound system to become immersed in the video experience. http://youtu.be/wKiIroiCvZ0 FYI: Our rules for URBEX (Abandoned building exploration) We do not enter any buildings if we see signs posted or which do not have open doors which do not need to be forced or if there are obvious signs someone is staying there. If possible we close doors when leaving that might have been open. We do not move or touch any personal property and never take anything (they have already lost much). When editing, we try to avoid any closeups of anything that could jeopardize the privacy of the owners or anyone who might have left personal items on the property. If someone contacts us and convinces us they are the owner, we will gladly take the video offline at their request. (We have had more than one who were grateful we posted the video since it reminded them they have to do something about the situation) We do not divulge addresses and such as most of these places have already been ruined by vandals and we do not want to be a tool for more vandalism, etc.

Mostly aerial views of Sunset Beach Resort. KOA Campground and Hotel/Beach Club near Cape Charles, VA Best watched on smart TV or other large monitor. Aerial Shot with Yuneec Typhoon "H" with CGO3+ camera rendered down from 4K to 2k. Ground based video from Panasonic WXF991 and stills from Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 Music credits: music by audionautix.com http://audionautix.com/index.php This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Tune is called MediumRock.mp3

Aerial from eastern shore of MD near Tyaskin. Best watched on a smart TV or other large HD monitor. Music is composed using free audio loops from looperman.com. Clip names used: looperman-l-0162676-0055993-chrisneal-silhouette-piano.WAV looperman-l-0159051-0094426-minor2go-strings-universal-otherworld-2.WAV looperman-l-0159051-0094427-minor2go-strings-universal-otherworld-1.WAV looperman-l-0000013-0086970-djpuzzle-dj-puzzle-cinematic-drums-120.WAV Soon as it was uploaded to Youtube got a copyright claim from these guys, who I guess claim they created this stuff.... but didn't. So many ripoffs on youtube. The claim was released after I disputed it and showed where the tune originated, but WTF? https://www.youtube.com/user/DivinumMusic

Mostly aerial views of Whitehaven, Maryland (early in the morning) and the Whitehaven ferry. Shot with Yuneec Q500+ Typhoon and parts with SJCAM SJ4000. Original soundtrack compilation. Not a huge amount of editing done, some slight color/saturation correction, some speed changes in parts so it didn't drag on too much, most of the ferry ride cut because it was monotonous. Wanted to get some closer video near the end but Osprey live right next to the ferry on either end and didn't want to upset them or have them attack the equipment. To me it's like a painting that moves and has sound.

Short initial clips using Soocoo C30. All recorded handheld. recorded at 1080p/60 except last 2 segments recorded in 4K/24p. Rendered at 1080p/30. Will probably not record in 4k most of the time, since at 24p movement can appear choppy. My copy looks much better than after youtube re-encoded it, almost to the point of deleting the upload but will leave it for now. Best viewed on a large monitor or smartTV Seems like a good upgrade to my SJCAM SJ4000 finally, after buying a couple others which did not equal the SJCAM and were returned. This one comes with a remote, and a remote app as well as a lot of mounts, etc. You can also change the viewing angle to minimize fisheye, has slow motion, time lapse, stabilization that really works and lots of other nice features for under $100. Biggest complaint is the battery compartment and battery life but that is typical of these cameras. I have upgraded the firmware to the latest and it appears that the stabilization now works also on 4k and perhaps a little less "digital noise" when lighting isn't great, but none of these do very well in poor lighting. Probably more to come, just got this yesterday. Seems versatile enough and good enough might use it for more than usual "action" scenarios. Music is from youtube's download library: Far_The_Days_Come.mp3

Abandoned house in VA on the Eastern Shore. Soundtrack is an original composition. If you are watching these on a phone, tablet or some other small device you are not experiencing it as intended. You need a good size screen and good sound system to become immersed in the video experience. http://youtu.be/wKiIroiCvZ0 FYI: Our rules for URBEX (Abandoned building exploration) We do not enter any buildings if we see signs posted or which do not have open doors which do not need to be forced or if there are obvious signs someone is staying there. If possible we close doors when leaving that might have been open. We do not move or touch any personal property and never take anything (they have already lost much). When editing, we try to avoid any closeups of anything that could jeopardize the privacy of the owners or anyone who might have left personal items on the property. If someone contacts us and convinces us they are the owner, we will gladly take the video offline at their request. (We have had more than one who were grateful we posted the video since it reminded them they have to do something about the situation) We do not divulge addresses and such as most of these places have already been ruined by vandals and we do not want to be a tool for more vandalism, etc.

Serene short compilation of clips of local scenery and weather. As seems to be more common than ever, a Youtube user called "routenote" has filed a false copyright claim on one of the (first one listed) tunes used here which was downloaded as free to the public from looperman and credited as such. This is disgusting cause if we do not dispute these the claimant receives any ad revenue. Once more I have disputed it and will do my best to degrade routenote for their practices. Here is the page to download it free: https://www.looperman.com/users/tracks/1086187 Mostly shot with Panasonic X900M. Aerial with Yuneec CG02. Music compiled from free clips at looperman.com : looperman-t-1086187-0175494-orlando51-in-the-grip-of-himalaya.mp3 looperman-l-1137042-0093700-danb10-rain-emote.wav

Abandoned house on the eastern shore. Music obtained here: https://archive.org/details/tzpdc19/tzpdc_19_SunDummy_04_Sermons_5.mp3 If you are watching these on a phone, tablet or some other small device you are not experiencing it as intended. You need a good size screen and good sound system to become immersed in the video experience. http://youtu.be/wKiIroiCvZ0 FYI: Our rules for URBEX (Abandoned building exploration) We do not enter any buildings if we see signs posted or which do not have open doors which do not need to be forced or if there are obvious signs someone is staying there. If possible we close doors when leaving that might have been open. We do not move or touch any personal property and never take anything (they have already lost much). When editing, we try to avoid any closeups of anything that could jeopardize the privacy of the owners or anyone who might have left personal items on the property. If someone contacts us and convinces us they are the owner, we will gladly take the video offline at their request. (We have had more than one who were grateful we posted the video since it reminded them they have to do something about the situation) We do not divulge addresses and such as most of these places have already been ruined by vandals and we do not want to be a tool for more vandalism, etc.

Short video with similar clips from both drones (Q5600+ and H-480), FYI not really a "review" just a look at both. If you need more info either research the models or look for other YT video reviews, but I will try to answer sensible questions having had both. Best viewed on a smart TV or large computer monitor. We like both of them but expect to use the "H" more as it has more features, is faster, goes further, has better connectivity, has a better camera, 360 degree camera, retractable landing gear, etc. Music credits: Waiting for Daylight V.1 by Coldnoise is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/Waiting_for_Daylight_V1/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Song title: Coldnoise_-_06_-_Nameless_2013.mp3

Aerial clips of Frenchtown, MD on the eastern shore. Just a sliver of land with Rumbley (slightly larger sliver) across the way. Best watched on a smart TV or other large monitor. Shot with Yuneec Typhoon "H"/CGO3 camera. Music credits: music by audionautix.com http://audionautix.com/index.php This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US First tune: TheVoyage.mp3 Second tune: Touchpoint.mp3 Also thanks to the nice "Frenchtonian" ladies who let us park in their space to shoot some of the video.

Clips of inlet/boardwalk (where they were preparing for Sunfest) and "uptown" areas around 33rd and also further north on the ocean side around 94th St. Best viewed on a smart TV or other large monitor, pretty pointless to watch on a phone sized screen. Yuneec Typhoon H (H480)/CGO3 camera. Shot in 4K but rendered at 1080p for upload. The originals (which are 4K) look much better than the upload, the downgrade and rendering took their toll as will re-encoding it after upload. Music credits: 1st tune Maccary Bay.mp3 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 2nd tune Rhastafarian.mp3 by audionautix.com http://audionautix.com/index.php This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US 3rd tune Blind Love Dub by Jeris (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/55416 Ft: Kara Square (mindmapthat)

Video of 2008 Chevy HHR LS, walk around and drive. First 2 clips were shot with Nikon A900 (stabilization not as good). Driving clips shot with Soocoo C30 and the rest shot with Panasonic WXF991. Stills shot with Panasonic Lumix FZ1000. All clips were shot in 4K but reduced to 1080P for youtube. Best if viewed on a large monitor or smart TV. Music credits: Waiting for Daylight V.1 by Coldnoise is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/Waiting_for_Daylight_V1/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Song title: Coldnoise_-_06_-_Nameless_2013.mp3

Guy Centerpole braves the cold to demonstrate some good outdoor clothes, finds himself hiking in the dark in bad weather and looking for shelter, shows how to start a fire with a piece of wood and assures you not to worry about bears. Upcoming website http://guycenterpole.com

Aerial of tiny bridge where there used to be a small ferry, remote Maryland Eastern shore location. Best watched on a smart TV or other large HD monitor. Music courtesy of youtube's free download library. Tunes are called Open_Sea_Morning.mp3 and Seeger.mp3

Abandoned house on the Maryland eastern shore. Not much contents but thought it might interest someone anyway. Poor "Fluffy" !!! Music credits: It's time for adventure ! (All Versions) by Komiku is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Its_time_for_adventure__vol_1-5 Track title is: Komiku_-_14_-_The_Ultimate_Threat.mp3 If you are watching these on a phone, tablet or some other small device you are not experiencing it as intended. You need a good size screen and good sound system to become immersed in the video experience. http://youtu.be/wKiIroiCvZ0 Please browse through the comments before repeating a question that has already been answered many times, we will no longer repeat answers ad nauseum. Thanks. All comments will be screened. FYI: Our rules for URBEX (Abandoned building exploration) We do not enter any buildings if we see signs posted or which do not have open doors which do not need to be forced or if there are obvious signs someone is staying there. If possible we close doors when leaving that might have been open. We do not move or touch any personal property and never take anything (they have already lost enough). When editing, we try to avoid any closeups of anything that could jeopardize the privacy of the owners or anyone who might have left personal items on the property. If someone contacts us and convinces us they are the owner, we will gladly take the video offline at their request. (We have had more than one who were grateful we posted the video since it reminded them they have a situation to take care of). We do not divulge exact addresses and such as most of these places have already been ruined by vandals and we do not want to be a tool for more vandalism, etc.

Initial tests of Hexacopter Typhoon "H" by Yuneec. The CGO3 camera is the one with this package. Other than a couple cuts and speed variations not a lot of editing, did add slightly more vivid color, but am used to the CGO2 which was oversaturated, the CGO3 has more realistic colors. Original clips were 4k but rendered down to 1080p. First part flown at Webster's Cove marina in Mt. Vernon, MD on the eastern shore. Went out over 1/2 mile toward small island where you may see the kayaks, could have/would have gone further but it was only second flight. Was very hard to see it out there. Second part was flown from near Frenchtown, MD and includes distant Rumbley the rightmost little peninsula (which we have other videos of).... and Frenchtown on the left. This video clip was not sped up, this thing can fly over 40MPH. Hopefully more to come. So many features on this thing ... many I will likely never use. Best viewed on a smart TV or other large monitor. Music credits: The Mystics by Barbarix is licensed under a Attribution License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Barbarix/The_Mystics/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Chuck tells his story about the Water Tower