Samsung Gear 360 Real 360° High Resolution VR Camera (US Version with Warranty)

So idk why people are writing such bad reviews on this camera. It's awesome, crystal clear video and decent pics. Sound quality is also well above average...yes you need a Samsung phone and yes you need know how to go through the menu options and set stuff up but wow it's really nice! I use it to record my commute back and forth to work everyday. I can get a good three days on one battery which equals 3 to 4 hours of straight 2k video using only one lens. I also use it on my bicycle for safety reasons. Look my experience with the Samsung gear 360 has been amazing, I recommend it over almost anything else out on the market. The only downside is not the best nighttime recording. Hope this review helps someone.

This camera is fantastic! After using it for a few months, here is what I have come to love and hate: PROS: -small! -lots of features! -decent picture/video quality (shoots in 4k!) -It comes with stitching software (which, although slow, actually works pretty good) -It comes with a fantastic carrying bag that can be used without detaching your monopod/etc. -you don't NEED a Samsung phone, or any phone for that matter. It can be used by itself (although there is no preview screen) Some positive thoughts: This camera is very iconic and gets lots of positive comments. It not looking like a typical camera helps people to be less camera shy, and act more natural. The camera's size, shape, and fast controls make it easy to just throw into a bag, usually with a monopod or selfie stick attached. It's very easy to use without a phone, although you will need a decent computer to process your videos. Now some CONS and negative thoughts: -This camera NEEDS a u3 high speed card. If you go with anything slower, the camera will bottleneck with video data and shut down after about 1 minute (and give you a nice, corrupted video) It would have been nice of Samsung to boldly state this fact somewhere on the box. It was a huge waste of time filming with this camera only to find over half of the videos were corrupted (this is with a u1 high speed card) -This camera overheats! After going through a single battery, the internal battery compartment (and the battery itself) becomes almost too hot to touch. I have seen it turn off with the overheated message multiple times (while filming at night, in the winter). This makes me nervous, with all the battery exploding problems that seem to be popping up with companies like..... Samsung. -Extra batteries from Samsung are expensive! I am hesitant to put an aftermarket battery though the extreme heat this camera produces. Since the battery lasts only a few hours, my options are limited! Pay $50 for two Samsung batteries, or save $30 and risk the device... Tough choice for someone who doesn't have $50 to spend on batteries... -The stitching software takes about ten minutes to stitch just one minute of footage. Imagine trying to work with a half an hour of footage! This can easily add up to a whole day of just stitching. It takes a huge amount of your computer's memory and space, by the way. So prepare yourself and your computer. Pro tip: start stitching before you go to bed. -The videos take huge amounts of space! This isn't necessarily a con, but it ends up costing you more money! You should consider buying a 1TB or larger hard drive to store your videos on. I ended up purchasing a 3TB internal Barracuda drive (less than $100) -The included "accessory" is already in the trash. The tripod that the camera comes with is great if your going for the whole ant's view thing. But for anything else, its completely useless. The bottom line: This camera is fantastic! Just remember, this technology is very new! As with any new technology, there will be little things here and there that need improvement. That being said, the problems with this device are easily outweighed by its superior performance and portability.

OMG. This works so easy and great with my VR goggles. I took this with me on a cruise to the Panama Canal. Not only does it take great 360 pictures, I also used it to do time lapse of going thru the Canal on a tripod. I had many people ask me about the camera and what the little ball was. When I showed them what I was seeing on my phone they wanted one also. For the price this is a great camera. I even showed the pictures on VR to the ships photo crew, who had not seen VR yet, and even they were impressed.

Got this as an open box deal for about $50. To be honest, whomever repackaged it didn't do the best job and it was missing things like a charging cable and manual. Upon plugging it in with a spare cable there were no lights and the camera would not power on. After some searching around the web I was able to find several other people who had similar issues. The fix is to try pulling the SD and battery out and putting them in in different combinations until it powers on. Now that the worries were out of the way time for testing. The interface is simple, and even with no manual I was able to figure out how to smoothly navigate through the menus without any trouble. I have a Galaxy S8 for a phone and the app for the Gear 360 worked out of the box with no issues, pairs with the phone quickly and does have a pretty decent Bluetooth file transfer speed. The pictures look pretty good, just keep in mind that even at 30MP it is spreading the picture 360 degrees in every which way so the picture quality is closer to what you'd get from a 4MP camera or so. The stitching in the pictures is okay, it's not perfect, but I was impressed with it's ability to manage the white balance from the opposite facing lenses. I wish there were some settings in the software to pre-set the zoom on pictures to get rid of the fish eye effect and whatnot, but overall it's a pretty impressive toy at the $50 mark - but I can't see spending $100+ on one.