diff --git a/matlab/+gtsam/plotFlyingResults.m b/matlab/+gtsam/plotFlyingResults.m
index 7a0ca77c8..d09842934 100644
--- a/matlab/+gtsam/plotFlyingResults.m
+++ b/matlab/+gtsam/plotFlyingResults.m
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ end
 figID = 1;
 figure(figID);
 
-axis equal
-axis([0, options.fieldSize.x, 0, options.fieldSize.y, 0, 20]);
-
-view(3);
+view([30, 0]);
 
 sampleDensity = 120;
 cylinderNum = length(cylinders);
@@ -34,7 +31,7 @@ for i = 1:cylinderNum
     Z = Z * cylinders{i}.height;
 
     h_cylinder = surf(X,Y,Z);
-    set(h_cylinder, 'FaceAlpha', 0.5);
+    set(h_cylinder, 'FaceColor', [0 0 0.5], 'FaceAlpha', 0.2, 'EdgeColor', [0 0 1]);
     hold on
 end
 
@@ -98,6 +95,9 @@ for i = 1:posesSize
         end
     end
     
+    axis equal
+    axis([0, options.fieldSize.x, 0, options.fieldSize.y, 0, 20]);
+    
     drawnow;
     
     if options.writeVideo
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ end
 % wait for two seconds
 pause(2);
 
+% change views
+for i = 0 : 0.5 : 60
+    view([i + 30, i]);
+end
+
 
 %% plot point covariance
 
diff --git a/matlab/+gtsam/points2DTrackMonocular.m b/matlab/+gtsam/points2DTrackMonocular.m
index 04c896188..3d552aaa2 100644
--- a/matlab/+gtsam/points2DTrackMonocular.m
+++ b/matlab/+gtsam/points2DTrackMonocular.m
@@ -103,7 +103,5 @@ end
 
 %plot3DPoints(initialEstimate, [], marginals);
 %plot3DTrajectory(initialEstimate, '*', 1, 8, marginals);
-view(3);
-
 
 end
diff --git a/matlab/gtsam_examples/CameraFlyingExample.m b/matlab/gtsam_examples/CameraFlyingExample.m
index 01e335d15..1d779b135 100644
--- a/matlab/gtsam_examples/CameraFlyingExample.m
+++ b/matlab/gtsam_examples/CameraFlyingExample.m
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ KMono = Cal3_S2(525,525,0,320,240);
 cameraPoses = cell(options.poseNum, 1);
 theta = 0;
 for i = 1:options.poseNum    
-    t = Point3([(i-1)*(options.fieldSize.x - 20)/options.poseNum + 20, ...
+    t = Point3([(i-1)*(options.fieldSize.x - 10)/options.poseNum + 10, ...
         15, 10]');
     camera = SimpleCamera.Lookat(t, ... 
         Point3(options.fieldSize.x/2, options.fieldSize.y/2, 0), ...