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The Guru 360 is the most affordable gimbal for 360 cameras.  It also has one of the smallest nadirs and in some cameras, it can even become almost invisible .  Here's a demo and tutorial. Stabilizing your video with a gimbal is one of the most effective ways to improve its quality and to enhance your viewers' experience.  Among gimbals designed for 360 cameras, the Guru 360 is the most affordable and it also has one of the smallest nadirs to date. The nadir is small enough that it is possible to make it almost invisible.  Here's a 360 video demo and a tutorial: As I mentioned in the video, the most visible parts of the Guru 360 in the nadir are the motor and the counterweights.  To make them disappear, you need to do two things: 1. Move the camera off the center of the gimbal and toward the pitch/roll motor.  The goal is to put the motor between the lenses. 2. To hide the counterweight that is on the opposite side of the pitch/roll motor, you need to split...

Nikon commissioned Wakefield Research to conduct a survey among 1,000 adults in the U.S. to inquire about their thoughts on using 360 cameras.  Here are the results of the Nikon Life in 360 survey. RECORDING IN 360 A remarkable 92% wanted to use a 360 camera to record one or more types of personal experiences.  These were the experiences people wanted to record: 60%: vacation and travel 53%: family moments 45%: milestone events 42%: outdoor activities 19%: sports they play 15%: getting intimate. VIEWING IN 360 An overwhelming majority wanted to watch some types of content in 360.  90% of respondents believed that viewing one or more types of content would be better in 360 degrees.  The types of content people wanted to watch in 360 were: 60%: professional sports 60%: travel content 60%: live entertainment 39%: movies 31%: news and documentaries 30%: TV shows. USING 360 CAMERAS 25% of survey respondents said they have already used a 360 camera.  72% said the...

There's a new video sample from the Nikon Keymission 360 , Nikon's long-awaited fully spherical 360-degree action camera.  The video shows a unique 360-degree perspective atop a wind turbine in Lubbock, Texas.  Here is a link to the post on Facebook .​ Here is the sample on YouTube: Nikon also posted an article by marine biologist Dr. Gregory Skomal about how the Nikon Keymission 360 could be used to study sharks . ​ Thank you very much to Nikon photographer Marcello Geerts for letting me know about this information!