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Imagine a Camino where every pilgrim is holding a selfie stickHello everyone. Well the selfie stick I bought over three years ago for my cancelled Camino in 2020, is not compatible with my bigger phone. Since then I’ve gone from an iPhone 8 to 14 max pro. The pictures and or videos were to be for family and friends and myself (musings on the Meseta perhaps ).
My question. For those who have used one in past caminos for reasons similar to above or currently planning or currently doing a Camino, are you using it and is it giving you what you were expecting it to?
Thanks
There are many many "imagine" scenarios that conjure up weird images. Imagine a Camino where every pilgrim is wearing a hands-free umbrella.Imagine a Camino where every pilgrim is holding a selfish stick
I did - in the Sarria to Santiago section. But many of them tended to overpack anyway or in some cases - only had a daypack and shipped their bag forward.I never saw anyone use a selfie stick. Seems like a hassle to carry one around. There are always welcoming pilgrims willing to take a picture for you.
Flying out April 17thI brought one on my last few Camino's, and mostly for vlogging (which I recently started to do). I have to say, the times I used the selfie-stick, I really liked the resulting photos/videos. BUT, it was often easier to just pull out my phone, hold my arm out, and hit record. Those videos are fine! Sometimes I forgot I was even carrying the selfie-stick... but one key, for me, was to keep it in my waist-pack so that it was easily accessible. I think if you're not going to wear a waist-pack or have an easy-ish way of accessing the stick, you might find it to be too much of a hassle to stop, take off your pack, dig around, etc.
Hope you can reschedule your canceled Camino soon! (or maybe you already have!)
You've always got good company then!As a solo walker I enjoy using one, its fun, its light
I wished for one while walking many times…but not sure I would have been happy carrying it…if small and light enough, yes, especially if solo.Hello everyone. Well the selfie stick I bought over three years ago for my cancelled Camino in 2020, is not compatible with my bigger phone. Since then I’ve gone from an iPhone 8 to 14 max pro. The pictures and or videos were to be for family and friends and myself (musings on the Meseta perhaps ).
My question. For those who have used one in past caminos for reasons similar to above or currently planning or currently doing a Camino, are you using it and is it giving you what you were expecting it to?
Thanks
I wonder if @roamingpaddy 's great selfie made you question the above? I did take one with me in 2017, (but interestingly not on subsequent trips). I remember that I took some great selfies with it. I just skimmed through my photo album of that camino, and yes, they were good, but curiously there were only 5 selfies out of a couple of hundred photos . So...…are you 100% sure. I’m not even 25% sure and THAT cinched it for me.
I bought one to bring to my first Camino. Big mistake… I never used it and it became weight I didn’t need. I’m only 103 pounds and every ounce counts.Hello everyone. Well the selfie stick I bought over three years ago for my cancelled Camino in 2020, is not compatible with my bigger phone. Since then I’ve gone from an iPhone 8 to 14 max pro. The pictures and or videos were to be for family and friends and myself (musings on the Meseta perhaps ).
My question. For those who have used one in past caminos for reasons similar to above or currently planning or currently doing a Camino, are you using it and is it giving you what you were expecting it to?
Thanks
Hi Paddy,Oh, go on, go on. Do not be too sensible on the camino, my one is light and fits in my pocket and bluetooth enabled, they are such fun
THAT is an amazing picture of two happy and content pilgrimsHi! On our Camino Frances in 2014 I took a lot of selfies, and timed photos by using my hiking pole and two fat rubber bands. I stuck the hiking pole on the ground, attached my phone to the pole with the rubber bands, making sure not to cover the lenses, set the timer and that was it! Or found a flat place to place the phone. Done, rubber bands back in the pocket, no investment of selfie stick or extra heavy equipment! Hope this helps! Buen Camino!
Sadly here is the latest on the Pixy device. Announced august 2022A tale of personal selfie sticks: on my first Camino, I got a lightweight, Bluetooth enabled stick that I diligently charged every evening and carried in my waist pack. Every single time I tried to use it, it never worked. Half way through the Primitivo as my recently found Camino companions lined up for the selfie, it became the running joke. It never worked, not once. Little by little just mentioning selfie stick elicited loud laughs!
I now take a lightweight drone-ish super lightweight thing that is considered a selfie stick called Pixy. I love it! Here is a picture as some Camino friends and me as we were arriving in Obradoiro. @roamingpaddy, Whaddaya say?
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It’s not the first time Snapchat, the parent company, has done this with products that are successful. I bought 2 extra batteries just in case. It is a lot of fun to use and people of all ages seem to be fascinated when it takes flight from the palm of my hand and returns. See the faces of onlookers in Obradoiro.Pixy project was getting scrapped as part of a reprioritization of company resources.
Thank you. Buen CaminoLynne, I cannot see a name on it and I left the box at home, Im on the camino now, but I enclose a pic.
I took a carried a selfie stick with me my 2019 Camino. Everyone around me would tool their eyes every time I threatened to use it. At about 409 miles I decided to ignore my camino friends and dig it out of my pack back and take a group photo. Alas, it was broken and useless. All that unnecessary weight.Hello everyone. Well the selfie stick I bought over three years ago for my cancelled Camino in 2020, is not compatible with my bigger phone. Since then I’ve gone from an iPhone 8 to 14 max pro. The pictures and or videos were to be for family and friends and myself (musings on the Meseta perhaps ).
My question. For those who have used one in past caminos for reasons similar to above or currently planning or currently doing a Camino, are you using it and is it giving you what you were expecting it to?
Thanks
A Gopro camera in a harness on your breast is a nice optionI do not have a selfie stick but have a gimbal. This allows you to walk and film at the same time if you were interested in doing videos.
If it is just photos you want, suggest leaving the stick at home.
Even my gimbal was a bit too heavy and I mainly used it to film the churches and the Botafumero in Santiago. Still have not decided if it will be coming along this spring or not. If the money was there, would get one of those little pocket gimbals. Light, unobtrusive, smooth videos.
I stopped wearing a watch at 17. Had a really boring summer job and kept counting the minutes away lol. But your idea is good to know. ThanksI’d just mention that if you have an iPhone and Apple Watch you can set up the phone on a convenient object and trigger the camera from the watch. I presume other combinations of phones and watches can do similar.
Which camera?I’m bringing a small 360 camera for photos and videos of my Camino and for that I will use the small selfie stick.
Even a professional would struggle to take a good photo of me! I'm happy to photograph the scenery.Personally - not worth the extra weight for me. Sure - it would be nice to have better selfies - but the hand held camera/phone selfies are great reminders/memories of your trip too.
You could always ask someone to take a few good photos of you...
Which camera?
I’m bringing the Insta360 X3Which camera?
Funny enough, exactly today I am testing the Insta 360 X3 for the first time and wonder, if I should take it with me on my Camino in MayI’m bringing the Insta360 X3
By any chance is it Fugetek stick? I have one of those and the small remote is very handy to just keep in your pocket, turn it on and press the button to take a pic. Can you post a pic of how you mounted the top part to your walking stick?I bought a bluetooth enabled selfie stick and took the top off and attached it to one of my poles so I had it hand all the time, the reach wasn’t as good as the stick but happy enough. The trick is the make these things handy otherwise you will not use them
I have a camera (Nikon Coolpix) that I wear in a holster on my belt. I always have my phone and although it's older (Samsung S8) it takes great pics and videos in HD. The Nikon can't do that, plus it's just extra weight and something to keep track of. Since I got the S8 in 2018 I find that I'm using the Nikon less and less.I guess I am old.....I brought a camera (remember those things?) and in 2014 I decided to take one selfie a day of my wife and me on the trek. My wife was not happy about that. But later, when we had finished and were home and reminiscing about the Camino she said they were her favorite pics! They showed emotions that were honest and true! Not all happy but that is the way. No stick, no fancy stuff. Just a long arm! Unfortunately now she is gone....but those pix are with me always. I have literally 1000's of landscape, cathedrals, etc but the ones that count to me me are the selfies.
HelloFlying out April 17th
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