360fly 4K review:
A good 360 action cam backed by an excellent app
The Good
The 360fly 4K is a
water-resistant and dust- and shockproof 360-degree camera. It has a standard
tripod mount, 64GB of internal storage, a single button for power and recording.
The mobile app makes it very simple to capture, edit and share your 360-degree
movies to YouTube and Facebook.
The Bad
Video quality is best suited for
small screens where artifacts and purple fringing are less noticeable. It's a
little pokey to power up. Audio is muffled. Built-in memory and battery, and no
Micro-USB on the camera mean you always need its cradle for charging or
transfers.
The Bottom Line
The 360fly 4K is just
all-around a better camera than the original, and its excellent mobile app is a
definite plus compared to competing cameras. You'll just have to be forgiving
of its image quality.
7.4OVERALL
- Design8.0
- Features7.0
- Performance8.0
- Image quality6.0
The best thing
about the 360fly 4K is its mobile app.
That sounds
like a dig, but it's only because the app is really good compared to what other
consumer 360-degree camera makers are offering at the moment. It makes the
360fly 4K that much more usable, as does its design, which makes it better
suited for "action cam" use than as a point-and-shoot 360 camera.
The company's
original HD-resolution 360fly camera, which is still available for $300 (RM1174.80), uses a proprietary
mount, requires a little plug for its mic opening to make it water resistant,
has a hard to find power/record button, a tiny status light that is difficult
to see in bright light and a smooth, somewhat slippery exterior. These are all
things that make for a not-so-great user experience. Plus, as has been the case
with all the first-gen consumer 360 cameras, the video quality is just OK.
Along with 360-degree
video, you can set the camera to shoot time-lapse video, 16:9 widescreen
first-person POV movies and capture 360 photos. The top resolution is
2,880x2,880 pixels; you can choose between 24 frames per second for a live
onscreen view while recording, or get slightly smoother results at 30fps
without the live view. Since there is just one lens, the 360 video is not
spherical, but instead has a 360x240-degree field of view. You lose the 120
degrees below the lens, but you don't have to worry about stitching.
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