This is great for setting up the camera on a desk or table and then using the smartphone app to take a picture. Next, the tripod extends its feet outwards to one set position. It also keeps your fingers off the camera which could cause your hand to look all skewed in the image. By doing so, you can hold it high into the sky and still have it capture you below. The dual-purpose tripod allows the feet to close into themselves to allow you to hold the camera in your hands. Included in the small Mi Sphere box is a dual-purpose tripod. For a camera such as this one, I would have liked Mi to include a USB C charging slot rather than micro USB. There are also status LEDs for wireless, recording, and picture taking.Ĭleverly hidden behind a splash-resistant door is the camera’s microSD card slot and the micro USB charging slot. On an I/O tour around the camera, we find two upward-facing microphones, a power and wireless toggle switch, a larger record or image snap button, and on the bottom, there is a ¼-inch universal tripod mount and two speakers. If you take a moment to admire the glass of the lenses, you will notice they use fisheye lenses that help the cameras to capture a 360-degree view. The outer rings of the cameras are surrounded by a grooved aluminum piece with the lenses covered by glass. These cameras are centered on the two faces of the rectangular body. What stands out are the two protruding 3.5K ultra-high definition cameras. Instead, it’s a real matte finish and looks and feels premium. I wouldn’t call the color rough, but it’s not glossy smooth either. The plastic is found on the two large faces of the Mi Sphere and the aluminum holds the two faces together while adding strength to the camera.Īside from the single red record button, the entire camera is matte black, and the paint finish has a satisfying feel to it. Regarding building materials, it uses a combination of plastic and aluminum. The rectangular shaped body measures 3 inches long, 2.65 inches tall, and only 0.94 inches in width. From laptops to ridable scooters, Mi has a lot of experience in a lot of product markets.įocusing on the Mi Sphere today, we have a professional, yet small 360-degree camera that should be winning awards for its clean design.Ĭompacted into a flat and tiny rectangular shape, the Mi Sphere is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand or even shirt pocket. Welcome to my review of the Mi Sphere Camera.Īs much as their products remind me of Apple’s utmost build quality, their product line is vastly different from Apple’s. By using the Mi smartphone application, you can capture the entire moment with ease. Meant for travelers, photographers, vloggers, and anyone else who enjoys taking photos or videos, the new Mi Sphere is a 360-degree capturing camera that turns a picture into a sphere. Slowly but surely, the Mi brand is attempting to become the Chinese version of Apple by focusing their product lineup on build quality, presentation, and performance. I called it the Apple of battery banks, and I am still using it to this very day. Having recently reviewed the Mi Power Bank Pro, I raved at the stunning build quality and the presentation of the product. Whether capturing a 180-degree or 360-degree photo, the all-new Mi Sphere camera allows you to capture an entire scene with one single click of the camera’s shutter button. Luckily, as with most technical problems, there is a product available to fulfil that need. So, I need a solution that can capture everything around me during a camera shot while still making the picture look as nice as my smartphone. After the trip and when I took a look at my pictures, I noticed some of them ended up being blurry or missed small things around me that I wanted to show to others.Ī lot of smartphones can capture a panorama shot, but this doesn’t work all too well when there are a lot of moving objects in the panorama, such as moving people in my New York photos. I had multiple pictures to accurately capture the sheer size of everything around me. I was recently in New York, and when I was taking pictures of Times Square and the tall New York buildings, my Galaxy S8+’s camera just couldn’t fit everything into frame. I often find that my smartphone can’t fit everything into the frame. They can snap accurate and clear pictures, record smooth and clean video, but as great as they are, they lack one major feature. Or have you ever been to a beach or beautiful landmark and wanted to capture the entire view? Smartphone cameras have come a long way in recent years with a lot of flagship phones now making the camera the selling point of the phone. We’ve all been there we want to take a big group photo, so we have to find someone to take our group picture or set a timer on the camera for the picture taker to run quickly to make it into the camera shot.
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