Does anyone have any advice about the camera equipment that I would need to become a Google trusted photographer?
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Hi @HelenTran
More about camera, https://www.google.com/streetview/publish/
Please review this post about the Street View Trusted Photographer program.
You are eligible to become a trusted pro after you publish 50 Maps-approved 360 photos on Google Maps. After you have published 50 Maps-approved 360 photos, please make sure you have turned on the “Available for Hire” switch found in settings in the Street View App. You will then see an invitation in the Street View app to be marked as a trusted pro.
After accepting, you’ll then receive an email: please complete the form linked in the email, and, upon verification of your published 360 photos, your information will be listed on the for-hire index within one business week and you’ll have access to the Trusted badge.
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Hola @HelenTran , si estás inĂciando, comienza con tu propio celular, haz tus fotos 360 y publĂcalas, despuĂ©s cuando tengas un poco más de confianza y ganas de invertir un poco de dinero utiliza la ricoh theta s, y despuĂ©s ya hay que ver.
Los consejos que indica @OlegKostyukevich , son muy buenos léelos que te ayudarán mucho a comprender de que se trata Google streetview.
Saludos Farid.
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I use the first camera Samsung 360 gear and is very practical and takes photos with excellent quality. Look at my picture 360
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This is a question that keeps popping up. I think the only thing that everyone here can agree on, is that nobody agrees what is best. A couple of things to think about.
- Cameras that take a 360 photo-sphere in one shot (Richo 360, LG 360, Kodak 360…) are a lot quicker, easier to work with, smaller, and lighter then using a DSLR to shoot multiple photos that you have to spend time stitching together to make a photo-sphere.- BUT - They usually create an image with less resolution. normally about 15Megapixel, which is not necessarily a bad thing
- DSLR cameras require you to take multiple photos of each scene, use specialized software and time back at the shop stitching the photos together into a set of photo-spheres
- Anything you buy today (September, 2017), will probably be outmoded within a year (I could be WRONG, BUT I’m assuming there will be a lot of new/better equipment coming out shortly if this 360 stuff catches on) so buy what you need to get started today, and worry about better/more expensive stuff in a year or so.
- NONE of the cameras out today (again, Sept, 2017) are IMHO anywhere near 90% perfect, so don’t wast time looking for the perfect camera.
I currently own a bunch of high end Canon DSLR stuff, - BUT - for the 360 shots, I’m using one of the cheapest 360 cameras around (The LG-360) and it works fine, and customers are happy with the quality of the photo-spheres - and I’m sure not going to argue with a happy customer.
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Hi @HelenTran , I would recommend you to start with phone at the beginning but use tripod… Then when you achieve great results you can start to make photosphere with some camera… I use old sony a200 18mm… Do not spend money at the beginning… But if you have some money to spend you can buy lg cam 360 or theta s … But you can have better results with any camera then with those 360 cams… But of course you will need some stiching software such as autopano giga or ptgui … Feel free to ask here anything but also contact me if you like.
Also @LucioV can help you…but also everybody here will do same…
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Excellent answer and I think if we talk about the perfect camera, there would be a lot of debate in that, since we all use the camera that most satisfies us and that becomes our favorite camera, either a reflex or a 360Âş, as long as the Image quality is good and the customer is satisfied with quality and work, your work will be perfect
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If you do it for fun, use a phone. It need big space to get a good result though, not good for tight areas.
Best result in even light.
What phone you’re using doesn’t matter, result is mostly depending on you as a photographer.
End result is usually very up and down.
360° dedicated camera, “can” be used for professional use, but it takes a while to learn when and how to use it.
This type of camera need even light, HDR is quite limited as they take pictures in every direction at the same time.
Direct sunlight or dark rooms with sharp light is not on the menu for this type of camera.
As DroneProject360 showed with his image, very noisy and dynamic rang was reached many times over in that picture, light is flooding over the borders.
Dusk and dawn is it’s best hours. If this is the time you will work, there you go.
I’ve seen good work with this type of camera, some that you can’t even believe is taken with a 360° camera, but mostly it’s very bad.
As photographer think camera will fix everything, this camera actually requires a lot from the photographer, much more then a DSLR Kit.
If you want to work with 360° photos 24/7, you need a DSLR kit. Camera, fisheye lens, a tripod made for this purpose, and some software. If you don’t have any of this already, it can be quite pricy to start.
Here light doesn’t matter that much, it can always be fixed one way or another.
Personally I’ve “been” using a dedicated 360° camera for 90% of my work, note “been”.
But lately customers want more quality as they are getting more and more used to this service.
Now the DSLR kit is what I use the most.
Phone I never use for taking spheres anymore, it just don’t cut it.
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You can make photospheres with any camera, or mobile phone, but the easiest is with 360 camera like Ricoh theta
I’ve uploaded more than 50 360° photos .i still can’t turn on “available for hire” button …
The best thing you can do is use the latest phones to take quality pictures. As long as your shots are nice, have quality and if possible pick the best shots possible.
You use an a200? Can you use a nex7? Can the exposure level be set on the driven sequenced shots in an a200? Please let me know thank you. fudcffwky
I’ve been trying to find the approved list of camera bodies but can’t seem to locate it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you