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The only real omission compared to a dedicated camera I felt was the lack of a tripod thread, but you can probably find a smartphone holder with one that would do the trick. Otherwise, the Hasselblad True Zoom does a surprisingly effective job of turning your Moto Z into something that looks and feels like a compact camera. The True Zoom uses your connected Moto Z’s battery, so expect that to deplete quicker. Annoyingly, the Moto Z wouldn’t let me connect a USB-C cable to charge at the same time as using the True Zoom, throwing up an on-screen message. It’s not made clear why you can’t shoot and charge at the same time, either. ONFEBRUARY 21, 2016EDIT "LG 360 CAM REVIEW | TRUSTED REVIEWS" LG 360 CAM Review | Trusted Reviews What is the LG 360 CAM? The 360 CAM is LG’s VR-shooting camera, launched ostensibly as a “friend” to the G5 phone alongside its 360 VR headset.
But owning a LG phone isn’t a prerequisite, and you could even use the 360 CAM with an iPhone, or indeed on its own – although this isn’t recommended for reasons I’ll explain later. It’s clear that virtual reality is going to be a whole lot bigger than 3D was a few years ago, judging by the media attention and high-profile product releases. The market is already moving very fast, and as I predicted when I reviewed the Ricoh Theta S, although the latter is a great little product, its reign was likely to be short. The LG 360 CAM could already be its usurper.
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LG 360 CAM – Main Specification In terms of basic design, the LG 360 CAM is very similar to the Ricoh Theta S. It has two sensors pointing in opposite directions, one on each side, and both are equipped with a fish-eye lens so that together they capture the full spherical 360-degree image. LG doesn’t provide much in the way of details about what is inside. The only info on offer is that its 13-megapixel and 206-degree.
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Assuming the 13-megapixel figure actually refers to the sensor behind the lens, this is broadly similar in resolution to the Theta S, although there’s no word on the size of the two sensor chips. However, LG beats Ricoh both for top video resolution and top photo resolution – 2,560 x 1,280 for the former at 30 frames per second, and 16 megapixels (5,660 x 2,830) for the latter. So, on paper, the 360 CAM is a mild improvement over the Ricoh Theta S, particularly in the video department. It also avoids one of the slight limitations of the Theta S, in that it doesn’t rely on built-in memory, but instead offers a microSD card slot with support for capacities up to 1TB, which is close to the 2TB specification limit of SDXC. The 360 CAM uses an upright format as is the case in the Theta S, and is broadly similar to a Flip.
But with lenses on both sides there’s no built-in display, and there are actually even fewer buttons than the Theta S – just a power button on the edge and a record button beneath one of the lenses. There’s a hard casing included that the camera slips into for protection. Related: GoPro Hero 4 Black review LG 360 CAM – Controls, Wi-Fi and Smartphone App With so few buttons, the 360 CAM is virtually impossible to use effectively without a smartphone.
But the control app is available for Android 5.0 or iOS 8 or later. The usual Wi-Fi connection is required to connect the camera to the app, but in this case, there’s no button to turn Wi-Fi off and on. Instead, the camera has an always-on Bluetooth connection that you use in the app to turn on Wi-Fi. You can then connect your smartphone to the 360 CAM’s Wi-Fi and return to the app for control. The process is a little convoluted, but the advantage is that Wi-Fi won’t be left on, draining power when you’re not using it. There’s a configurable timeout defaulting to two minutes of non-use, after which the Wi-Fi is disabled automatically.
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