Panoramic Camera

Panoramic camera, as its name implies, is a photographic equipment used to shoot 360 ° panoramic images. The mainstream panoramic camera has two types: multiple running cameras through panoramic gimbal combination and dual-lens real-time splicing camera. The use of panoramic cameras is slightly more troublesome than ordinary cameras, mainly software processing after shooting. If you want to shoot a panoramic camera well, you should pay attention to the choice of shooting location, set up a heavy commission area, pay attention to the direction of shooting and post-editing work. Let's take a look at the use of panoramic cameras.

I. What kind of camera is a panoramic motion camera?
Panoramic motion camera, referred to as panoramic camera, refers to a camera that can shoot vertical 360 degrees and horizontal 360 degrees of full-space images. In addition to the camera's own position is a black spot, it can shoot the environment into the picture, especially suitable for viewing with VR equipment.

There are two kinds of mainstream panoramic cameras: one is that multiple running cameras are combined through panoramic gimbal , and then multiple pictures are spliced together through software; The other is the dual-lens real-time stitching camera, which will stitch the full-size image inside the panoramic camera through the algorithm when shooting, and can watch the panoramic view without dead fish without post-processing.

II. Panoramic Camera Tutorial
The use of panoramic cameras is more troublesome than ordinary cameras. First of all, we need to figure out the camera components. The body design of panoramic cameras generally has fewer buttons, including up and down buttons. Power key, if you don't know much about it, you can check the manual, then how to use the panoramic camera?
1. Before use, check the battery capacity and insert the TF card. It is recommended to use a memory card of Micro-SD Class10 UHS- or above in FAT32 format, with a capacity of no more than 32g.
2. Press and hold the power key for 3 seconds to start the machine, use the 1/4 screw adapter link to fix the tripod, and fix the panoramic camera.
3. When the camera is turned on, it is in the recording mode by default. Press the power key to start recording. When the video is being recorded, the blue light of the work light flashes continuously. Press the shutter key again to stop the video recording, and the work light stops flashing.
4. If you want to take a picture, after the camera is turned on, select to enter the shooting mode. The display screen displays the number of pictures taken/the number of pictures that can be taken. Press the power key to enter the shooting state. The working light starts to flash blue, because the panoramic image needs to be sampled and synthesized, which usually takes some time to prepare and process. The end of the flash means that the camera has taken a panoramic picture. Wait for the camera to be ready for the next shot after the storage is completed.
5. After the shooting is completed, switch to the shutdown option, press the power key to confirm the shutdown, and then connect the data cable to the computer to watch the panoramic video. After software processing, the panoramic photos can be exported.

III.  how to take panoramic photos?
Panoramic cameras can take panoramic photos or panoramic videos, which are usually used by sports enthusiasts, such as taking shocking panoramic photos on snow mountains, so how do ordinary people take panoramic cameras?
1. Choose a suitable shooting location
The key to taking a good panoramic photo is to choose an interesting shooting location, which requires an open view and will not be blocked by other things.
2. Set the overlapping area
In the process of shooting, a certain overlapping area should be left for each photo to ensure the continuity of the scene when the photos are combined later.
3. Pay attention to the shooting direction
In order to avoid any vertical movement or tilt of the camera during shooting, it is recommended to use a tripod instead of hand-held shooting, and to avoid camera movement during shooting.
4. Post-editing
After the panoramic photo is taken, it needs to be edited later to process the complete photo. When combining the photos, you can choose the camera's own software or use the general software.