Of course, it's not in the same league as my DSLR but it's way cheaper, it's easier to transport and it takes only a few seconds to produce 360 pictures. Well, the camera really surprised me, it's really not bad at all. As I mainly use my Canon Eos 7D Mark II to take pictures, my perception was a bit biaised but nevertheless I decided to give it a try just for the fun. Before buying the camera I looked for pictures and videos taken with it and most of the time, I was a bit disappointed. Picture qualityDoes the Samsung Gear 360 produce nice pictures ? That was my most important question and the answer is not so straighforward unfortunately. The alternative is to buy a high standing monopod (see my pictures below).La Gear 360 est donc jolie mais vraiment pas pratique. Struggle to insert the cable will also result in adding some fingerprints on the lens cover.The Gear 360 is packed with a smal tripod, easy to add or remove, all neat but the little tripod is very visible on the pictures. If you don't have very good eyes, you'll always struggle a little bit to insert the USB cable as it doesn't have a lot of space to fit into. Again, it's nicely designed, you don't even see it if you don't pay attention. The smallest spot on the lens cover usually results in a big flare on the picture, especially in bright light.The camera has a side opening for USB ports, memory card and battery. You end up with putting fingerprints all over the lens cover and affecting the quality of your pictures.
Its nice round shape doesn't give you any clue of where you are putting your fingers when manipulating the camera. Forget about putting the camera in your pocket, it feels like having an additional testicle, you probably don't need that. Ok, design is nice but is it practical ? The answer is a clear no. First mission of such a object is to make people want to have it, Samsung did a good job at this. When I was walking around with it during my holiday, many people felt attracted and came to me to ask for more information about it. Samsung went for spherical design and even if design is a subjective thing, I would say that it' probably one of the nicest 360 camera on the market today. Nice but impractical designThere are many different types of cameras on the market today and some of them don't even look like a camera, it makes you wonder if people actually got paid to design such objects. I wanted to see if that shiny little camera could spare me some time to take panoramic pictures with less quality but by how much was my most important question.I'm not going to enter in all the technical details about this camera as there are already many sites covering that already and whatever the specs, I'm only interested in what happens when you push the little red button on top of the camera.
Before buying the Gear 360, I was already shooting 360 pictures with my Canon DSLR and a Nodal Ninja panoramic mount but even if the final output is really nice, it's a very time consuming process. I've been using it for more than two months now, is it worth buying ? Answer below ! My expectationsI am not the typical action camera customer, I'm not into extreme sports and I do not feel the need to share my daily life with a camera. It is in 2016 that the giant Samsung stepped into the game with the Samsung Gear 360, a consumer camera with attractive specs for a competitive price. Samsung Gear 360, my reviewIt's been 2 to 3 years since we started to see all kinds of 360 cameras (mainly chinese and/or crowdfunded) on the market but so far, no major brand had taken the plunge.
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