Unlike traditional video cameras, which capture whatever is happening in front of them, 360 cameras capture everything happening in every direction, offering a full spherical view of the surroundings.
Get the Right Camera
Each of these all-seeing mechanical eyes is different. The best ones are truly omnidirectional—meaning they capture their full surroundings instead of a truncated portion of the scene. The most convenient cameras also produce videos that can be edited and shared with simple software tools and don’t require any laborious stitching or post-processing. For the purposes of this article, we’ll look at the cameras that hit those points: 360 degrees of capture with an easy path to editing and sharing.
Some of the best are the Ricoh Theta, Nikon’s Keymission 360, Samsung’s Gear 360, and Kodak’s Pix Pro Dual Pack. All of these cameras use two fisheye lenses pointed in opposite directions. The images from these two lenses are stitched together by the software that comes with the camera to give you a truly spherical video. There are other cameras, like the 360Fly, which use one ultra-wide-angle lens, that don’t offer a full spherical view. You can apply some of the advice in this article to using those types of cameras as well, you’ll just get different results.
Take a Stand
These cameras capture everything—including the tripod you’re using to prop it up. So, you’ll need a tripod without any adjustment arms that stick out into the shot. Travel tripods are ideal for this. They typically have a ball head that’s adjusted with a knob instead of an arm. Also, they’re lightweight and fold up into themselves. Since these 360 cameras lack a carrying strap and are a lot smaller than DSLRs, you can just walk around with the camera mounted on the tripod. It’s much more convenient.
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