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Hi all, I'm writing to ask you advice to choose the best camera to make a 360 action camera rig.
The main purpose is to take 360 photos with a great quality as fast as possible (it is not important to stitch the photos in real time, I can do that later).
At the moment I use two methods:
- using a Ricoh Theta S, fast and easy to use, but inadequate quality for my project.
- using a motorized pan tilt head with and action cam (an Apeman A80), controlled with a raspberry pi. The quality is good but it is really slow (at least 2-3 minutes for a shot).
Looking around and thinking I got the idea that the best way to accomplish my mission is to build a 360 rig (I've seen it made with GoPros)
So I've 3d printed the frame (as you can see in pictures) planning to use 6 Apeman A80 to make 360 photos and, as side effect, to make 360 video.
BUT, with my action cam:
1) The first problem was wifi: I could not set the camera in client mode and this makes more difficult the hardware and software configuration.
2) The real HFOV of the Apeman A80 is not 170 degrees (as can be set from menu) but at a maximum of 90 degrees. This value is not enough to have a smooth stitching (I think that even 100 degrees can be enough)
So I ask you advice to choose the cheapest camera that supports wifi client mode (or an that can be controlled from a raspberry in another way), has got enough HFOV, and takes high quality photos (the Apeman A80 takes photos at 20MP but I think are not really 20 MP).
Thank you!
The main purpose is to take 360 photos with a great quality as fast as possible (it is not important to stitch the photos in real time, I can do that later).
At the moment I use two methods:
- using a Ricoh Theta S, fast and easy to use, but inadequate quality for my project.
- using a motorized pan tilt head with and action cam (an Apeman A80), controlled with a raspberry pi. The quality is good but it is really slow (at least 2-3 minutes for a shot).
Looking around and thinking I got the idea that the best way to accomplish my mission is to build a 360 rig (I've seen it made with GoPros)
So I've 3d printed the frame (as you can see in pictures) planning to use 6 Apeman A80 to make 360 photos and, as side effect, to make 360 video.
BUT, with my action cam:
1) The first problem was wifi: I could not set the camera in client mode and this makes more difficult the hardware and software configuration.
2) The real HFOV of the Apeman A80 is not 170 degrees (as can be set from menu) but at a maximum of 90 degrees. This value is not enough to have a smooth stitching (I think that even 100 degrees can be enough)
So I ask you advice to choose the cheapest camera that supports wifi client mode (or an that can be controlled from a raspberry in another way), has got enough HFOV, and takes high quality photos (the Apeman A80 takes photos at 20MP but I think are not really 20 MP).
Thank you!
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