Tuesday, December 20, 2011

What is a good 360 degree camera?

Question

I want to buy a new camera for a 360 degree shoot , so can anyone suggest me the good one

I have seen that Sony Bloggie camera which has 3D camera and a 360 degree lens too, so does this camera have good quality to take 360 photos?

Link to Sony Bloggie Camera

Answer

From what I have read, the Sony Bloggie has quite poor quality and is pretty limited as far as what you can do for 360 degree photography. It is more of a market gimmick then a full fledged option. The camera only starts with a 5MP sensor, and stretching that out over a very small sensor, and a very very large aspect, you can only imagine that it isn't setup for serious use.

Some opinions from reviews:

  • The 360 degree attachment is great as a novelty item but you won't want to take serious video with it(link).
  • While 360 degree mode is more a toy than premium class, you get good casual takes. Funny mode to play with. (link).

You might want to take a look at pano-pro if you want to get into this field.

I found a pano photography forum that has greater expert advice on using this camera in the real world here: Link

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