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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 posted a new sample 360 video from the Nikon Keymission 360.  This time, it's a sailing video with ocean racing legend Franck Cammas. Here is the video: The sample seems to show not only the Keymission's water resistance but also effective electronic image stabilization.  The stitching looks impressive as well, with almost undetectable stitch lines. This sample is the latest in a series of Keymission 360 samples recently posted by Nikon.  Nikon announced the Keymission 360 in January 2016 and promised delivery in Spring.  However, they later announced that the Keymission 360 will be delayed due to software issues.  Given that the stitching has vastly improved from these recent samples compared to samples from earlier this year, it seems that Nikon has made great progress on the software. RELATED POSTS: Nikon Keymission 360 update and samples

(note: this is a low-resolution screenshot) Nikon has recently posted samples from the Keymission 360 showing improved stitching.  There was a video with a wind turbine , and a video with giraffes .  There's another one with elephants in Kenya.  This one was captured by Nikon Ambassador and National Geographic photographer Ami Vitale, who also captured the giraffe video.  As with the other recent videos, it shows very good image quality and nearly flawless stitching. Here's a link to the video on Facebook (for best results, be sure to switch to HD mode). Update : another sample video featuring a rock climber. I found this one through a post on 360CamerasForums.com . 

Nikon posted a new sample video from the Nikon Keymission 360, its highly anticipated 360-degree camera.  The video was captured by Ami Vitale, a National Geographic photographer.  In it, Ami feeds a giraffe, while the Keymission is mounted over her Nikon D4s with Nikkor 24-70 2.8. Here is the video: In my opinion, the image quality is quite good.  The sharpness is very consistent throughout the frame.  The video shows only a slight decrease from contrast due to flare under these challenging lighting conditions. Notably, the video shows remarkable stitching.  Typically, the farther apart the lenses are, the more difficult it is to hide the stitch due to parallax stitching error.  In this regard, the Keymission's lenses have similar distance as the Samsung Gear 360.  However, the Keymission appears to be able to do a good job of making the stitch line less apparent even at very close distances. Another recent Keymission 360 sample showed excellent stitc...