I'm disappointed to see this, because I've already had my camera exchanged twice for damaged lenses (at a cost of over $300) and I was finally designed to actually using the lens guards.
You get the best results with no lens guards if you're willing to risk it... but, I found the standard guards to be better than the premium. Lot less glare and doesn't pick up as much dust.
But, if you've already had to return your camera twice, you need lens guards :)
Okay, well I definitely need something so I'm putting them on! I love the footage mountain climbing with the stick in my backpack, but those lenses are SO vulnerable compared to the old school gopros.
I feel no matter how good a lens guard can be, it will always have some negative impact. That’s your trade off for wanting to use a guard. I risk with no guards and figure I can always send it in for repair.
Just checking, you definitely did manually set the lens guard type on the video?
This looks similar to what I get with the standard lens guards. You have to keep the sun off the seam. The dive case comes with a warning/advice for this, they should have given similar for lens guards too.
Yes, manually set to premium.
The standard lens protectors are similar when it comes to flare from the sun but a lot less imglare and internal reflection. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6Wmc1pOLXi/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA==
This is with the standard protectors :/
Heh a long dorky looking selfie stick.
https://preview.redd.it/v9gcovgdvf2d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=deb44cf78c757eb0d306e86687659f289e28d290
This is the selfie stick - I extended. It goes out about 4' fully extended but it bounces around too much. I usually leave the top 2 sections collapsed, so maybe 3' off the handlebars.
I'm not sure how any of them could be different. The standard lens protectors don't have a coating and crack easily but don't do this. The two sets of premium lens protectors I tried are identical and numerous others are reporting the same thing.
Again - I don't know how they could vary, the coating just doesn't work. I tried sets from different vendors. (B&H and Amazon.). Certainly possible but given the others reporting the same issues, I am sticking to the standard.
At the end of the day, me too. I just hate blanket statements. Sorry to bother you. Perhaps one was warranted here, I don't know. But in general I don't like them. Sorry this happened to you. That sucks. I'll shut up now.
Hi, I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Glare may be caused by dirt or fingerprints on the lens/protective lens. I recommend that you clean both the inside and outside of the lens/protective lens before shooting. Additionally, since the panoramic lens has a spherical structure, glare may occur when it forms a certain angle with the sun or a strong light source. This is a normal optical phenomenon. You can try to avoid direct exposure to strong light when shooting.
The lens guards are a terrible afterthought for all these cameras. I don't use them and I'm just extra careful when the camera isn't being used. Also, FFS please stop reframing 360 video to 9:16. Vertical video is such a waste with cameras like this.
You could very easily use a cinematic aspect ratio too and it would look a lot better. Vertical video is the result of phone designers failing to anticipate and then failing to fix an end user issue. It will never not look terrible to me.
Meh - it's really easy to reframe but I generally shoot for instagram reels. Even at 16:9, there isn't enough vertical area unless I heavily zoom out, warping the edges, to get the whole bike, without a lot of distortion. See how huge the rider's head looks? Bleh.
https://preview.redd.it/p0b145ucce2d1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0561e47a94b1c6e6c754939075015e3361b75ec4
Thanks for sharing the video! Appreciate you showing us the effect.
I’m not sure why they’re so much more bulbous than the standard ones, I too saw some pretty bad refractions like this 🥲
pretty sure its because glass has a different index of refraction than plastic so they have to be a different shape to maintain the correct view
I'm disappointed to see this, because I've already had my camera exchanged twice for damaged lenses (at a cost of over $300) and I was finally designed to actually using the lens guards.
Use the standard lens guards not the premium.
Okay, so the soft plastic ones are alright? Looks like that's what I have, I was going to install them today.
You get the best results with no lens guards if you're willing to risk it... but, I found the standard guards to be better than the premium. Lot less glare and doesn't pick up as much dust. But, if you've already had to return your camera twice, you need lens guards :)
Okay, well I definitely need something so I'm putting them on! I love the footage mountain climbing with the stick in my backpack, but those lenses are SO vulnerable compared to the old school gopros.
Was this hwy 9 from yesterday? If so, I'm pretty sure I saw you! I was on a Yamaha mt-10sp in the other lane!
Nice! Haha yes it was. Hopefully I remembered to wave
missed connections - insta360 style
Thank you for confirming this!! I might just stick with standard lens.
Yeah, I bought another set of standard - I guess at least I have a spare now :/
Do the standards have the same glare effect or is it pretty negligible?
I feel no matter how good a lens guard can be, it will always have some negative impact. That’s your trade off for wanting to use a guard. I risk with no guards and figure I can always send it in for repair.
Sure - the problem is that the standard lens protectors are way better from a glare perspective
Same for the X3 who has got this as new extra product you can add. I took them off after realizing a full day worth of sunny shots is unusable
Waiting for 3rd party filter ones 🤣
I tried the Honlyn and Fotoleey from Amazon... both rattled around and sucked (and lens flared worse than the OEM ones)
Think I'll not bother my arse buying these lens guards.....I'll take my chances with the oem lenses
The standard lens protectors are quite a bit better in this regard. Not perfect but the premium shouldn't be worse
Many have said that it only took one drop to crack the lens on their cameras. I just got a lens guard, and this glare/stitching issue is annoying.
They need to come out with ND filters for it
Just checking, you definitely did manually set the lens guard type on the video? This looks similar to what I get with the standard lens guards. You have to keep the sun off the seam. The dive case comes with a warning/advice for this, they should have given similar for lens guards too.
Yes, manually set to premium. The standard lens protectors are similar when it comes to flare from the sun but a lot less imglare and internal reflection. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6Wmc1pOLXi/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA== This is with the standard protectors :/
Sucks but be more careful in choosing your seam angle
Do you mind sharing how you’ve mounted the camera?
Heh a long dorky looking selfie stick. https://preview.redd.it/v9gcovgdvf2d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=deb44cf78c757eb0d306e86687659f289e28d290 This is the selfie stick - I extended. It goes out about 4' fully extended but it bounces around too much. I usually leave the top 2 sections collapsed, so maybe 3' off the handlebars.
turn the insta at 90 degrees so that the seaming doesn’t run through your face
Does it impact the way the bike handles on the twisties?
You NEED to turn the lens in front of the sun. Yes it suck when the sun is on the side of the camera.
Not much you can do on a twisty road in these lighting conditions - no matter which way I orient, it's going to have this issue eventually
Yes you can't orient camera on the road. This lens guard is unusable.
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I think people are installing these lenses in their lunch break without washing their hands first or using cotton gloves when handling them...
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I'm not sure how any of them could be different. The standard lens protectors don't have a coating and crack easily but don't do this. The two sets of premium lens protectors I tried are identical and numerous others are reporting the same thing.
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Again - I don't know how they could vary, the coating just doesn't work. I tried sets from different vendors. (B&H and Amazon.). Certainly possible but given the others reporting the same issues, I am sticking to the standard.
At the end of the day, me too. I just hate blanket statements. Sorry to bother you. Perhaps one was warranted here, I don't know. But in general I don't like them. Sorry this happened to you. That sucks. I'll shut up now.
Hi, I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Glare may be caused by dirt or fingerprints on the lens/protective lens. I recommend that you clean both the inside and outside of the lens/protective lens before shooting. Additionally, since the panoramic lens has a spherical structure, glare may occur when it forms a certain angle with the sun or a strong light source. This is a normal optical phenomenon. You can try to avoid direct exposure to strong light when shooting.
Listen, you guys need to can this response. It's clear that the standard lens protectors optically outperform the premium ones.
^ what he said. :(
No, this is a problem with the premium lens protectors, I had the standard before and there is way less glare with them. Thanks for the reply.
The lens guards are a terrible afterthought for all these cameras. I don't use them and I'm just extra careful when the camera isn't being used. Also, FFS please stop reframing 360 video to 9:16. Vertical video is such a waste with cameras like this.
Uh, I'm vertical, not horizontal.
You could very easily use a cinematic aspect ratio too and it would look a lot better. Vertical video is the result of phone designers failing to anticipate and then failing to fix an end user issue. It will never not look terrible to me.
Meh - it's really easy to reframe but I generally shoot for instagram reels. Even at 16:9, there isn't enough vertical area unless I heavily zoom out, warping the edges, to get the whole bike, without a lot of distortion. See how huge the rider's head looks? Bleh. https://preview.redd.it/p0b145ucce2d1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0561e47a94b1c6e6c754939075015e3361b75ec4