Panono is the highest resolution all-in-one 360 camera with 36 lenses and 108 megapixel resolution. Its only drawback is that the stitching is often not perfect and is tedious to correct. In this post, I will discuss how you can stitch Panono photos yourself, or fix Panono stitching errors. Panono is my favorite 360 camera for photography. Its images are very detailed, and the dynamic range is unequaled among 360 cameras. Its colors look natural and images look fantastic with only minor editing. Here is a sample: THE CATCH However, until now I could not recommend the Panono without qualifications because the stitching is usually not perfect, especially when there are subjects close to its minimum distance of around 1.5 meters. When there are stitching errors, they are often glaring, and ruin an otherwise excellent shot. Worse still, they are not easy to correct in post. When you have often unpredictable errors like this, it's hard to rely on it for pr...
If you missed the Black Friday sale on the Oculus Rift (reviewed here) , don't worry! Here are two great deals on the Oculus Rift : 1. Buy an Oculus Rift and get a $100 Amazon gift card for free You can buy an Oculus Rift for $599 and get a free $100 Amazon gift card! (Not an Oculus Store credit.) 2. Best Buy: an Oculus Rift plus VR-Ready PC for $999.98 (save $330) The PC is by CyberPowerP, with these specs: - 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-6402P processor - 8GB memory - 1TB hard drive - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics with 3GB dedicated memory - 6 USB 3.0 and 2 USB 2.0 ports - Windows 10. The only hesitation I have with this bundle is the GTX 1060 3GB. Nvidia says it is VR-Ready, but it could have difficulty with some of the more processor-intensive games. The Rift does have asynchronous spacewarp, which enables lower-end PCs to run VR smoothly, so this package 'should' be OK but I haven't tested the GTX 1060 3GB to know for sure. I do have the G...
Dolly360 is a radio-controlled and stabilized dolly for 360 cameras. Dolly360 is a radio-controlled dolly designed for 360 cameras, with both horizontal and vertical stabilization. It uses a gimbal for spherical stabilization and a telescopic oil shock absorber for vertical stabilization. Here is a video: Here is a sample 360 video from a GoPro rig mounted on the Dolly360: The Dolly360 can handle a camera up to 5 kg and will be carry it up to 1 km. It costs 500,000 JPY (about USD 4491 at current exchange rates). The price is for the dolly only and does not include a camera.
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