05 take amazing panoramic pics
You’ll have a ball with the Panono – a revolutionary sphereshaped camera that takes 360-degree shots in stunning detail
There’s nothing quite like a panoramic photo to capture a scene – whether that’s a dramatic cityscape or a buoyant festival crowd. Most decent smartphone cameras feature a panoramic mode these days, but the results can be disappointing, with dodgy stitching and/or slow scrolling when zoomed in.
Recognising this, German start-up Panono got to work on a revolutionary new product. The Panono Panoramic Ball Camera is, as the name suggests, a unique ball-shaped device featuring 36 separate cameras. The idea is that you throw the ball into the air and by the time you’ve caught it again, it’ll have taken a stunning 360-degree photograph of your surrounding area (including you looking up in the air). And when we say stunning, we mean it: the 108MP image will be the best-quality panoramic shot you can get anywhere.
Indiegogo investors loved the idea – the camera raised well over a million dollars when the start-up first appeared – and so will you. Just be careful not to drop the ball!
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The next time you head somewhere pretty or dramatic, remember to pack your Panono. You can get one from panono.com; the basic camera without accessories costs around £1,135.
When you’re ready, throw the ball into the air. Its 36 cameras will all take a picture at the same time, capturing the full panoramic scene. These will be stored in the device’s internal memory. Upload the pictures to your personal Panono cloud account, and they’ll be automatically stitched together.
Your panoramic shot is now ready to view on your mobile device, or share via social media with just a few clicks.