360 rumors

Panono announced yesterday that they've filed for bankruptcy.  What will happen now? Panono is the highest resolution all-in-one 360 camera, with 36 lenses and 108 megapixels (in fact, the equirectangular stitched photo is 134 megapixels).   I recently showed its spectacular image quality . Despite being an excellent product, Panono is quite costly.  It used to be $1,500 which was already expensive, then they raised the price to $2,000.   With such a high price, there could only be so much demand for it. Yesterday, Panono announced that they were filing for bankruptcy  (I saw the announcement only this morning). NOW WHAT? Bankruptcy doesn't necessarily mean that Panono will close shop.  I'm not a bankruptcy lawyer, so take this with a grain of salt: in bankruptcy, a company declares that it cannot pay its debts as they come due.  The court appoints an administrator to control the company for the best interests of the creditors.  In Germany, as in ...

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...

" Hi my name is Mic and I've gotten 1.1 million views from just fourteen 360 photos. "  Sounds like a late night infomercial, right?  But it's true .  And yes, as cheesy as it sounds, you too can get thousands of views on your 360 photos.  Here's the secret (yes, it's for free and it's easy ). There are now dozens of platforms for sharing 360 photos that I've given up making a directory of them.  But one thing that hasn't changed is that if you want the most views on your 360 photos, there's no better way than through Google Streetview .  On Streetview, I uploaded just fourteen 360 photos and have gotten 1.1 million views from them (see screenshot below).  And some skeptics still think 360 is just a fad...  As they say, denial ain't just a river in Egypt! :)) BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE! Now Google is making it even easier for you to get thousands of views on your 360 photos through an update to the Streetview app....