原文： After doing research on all the 'lower cost' 360 cameras, I constant came to the conclusion that the Gear 360 is the best 360 camera on the market currently. I ended up purchasing the Samsung Gear 360 in October. I took it with me to Las Vegas, the Nellis AFB Airshow, and to Disneyland a few times p
utting it through a through a few hundred photos and videos. This allowed me to really get a feel for the various aspects of this first effort by Samsung.
Photos - As someone who used to do the manual way of taking 20 shots with my phone to make a photosphere, this instant way of taking a 360 photo was perfect. No weird 'half human' stitches from people walking between shots. The photos are stitched well as long as the nearest subject is at least about a foot away from either lens. Putting the brightest light source (like the sun) pointing at the area between the lenses helps to give really nice consistent stitching. The quality, however, is not as high res as you might imagine. While it's better quality than any of the other 360 cameras out there, it looks like a 'medium' res camera took the photo. If you bump up the ISO limit to anything above ISO 800, the image becomes soft, noisy, and looks terrible in the Samsung VR system. Keeping the ISO at 400 makes for sharper and clearer photos, but still not like what the newer smart phones can get quality wise. I was surprised at how non detailed some of the photos could be, especially at night. They are acceptable for viewing in VR, providing you keep the ISO limit low and don't move the camera. But don't expect the quality to be better than a photosphere.
Video - Video is said to be 4k, but keep in mind that's 4k when stitched together, NOT per lens. The quality is again decent, but if something is moving fast (a USAF Thunderbird fighter jet flying past at near Mach speeds) you won't see smooth high res motion, but a little more jumpy motion. Night video isn't that great, so you have to bump the ISO limit up for there to be enough light (like at Disneyland at night), and that will introduce noise into the video. At the highest ISO, it can look like the dark sky has the old fashioned TV noise when you flip to a channel that isn't broadcasting. Also, the videos are split into multiple smaller files and can take a really long time to transfer to the phone. However previewing the videos on the phone (without downloading them) is really fast.
Phone App - The phone app is pretty simple, and can be slow to respond when trying to connect to the 360. Keep in mind that the 360 DOES NOT stitch the images/videos in camera, your PHONE does all that. I believe only Samsung S6, S7, and S7 Edge phones are compatable (could be more Samsung phones) but there are ways to sideload the app on other phones and get it mostly working. The App is slow to download the images and videos because it has to download them then stitch them. If you have 50 images you want to stitch and a few videos, it could take a few hours to all get done. The app could really use some improvement. That being said, I find it easier to change the limited camera settings (ISO, exposure value, quality/size, white balance, etc) with the app, but it's not something you can do super quickly. I will say that the HDR setting doesn't seem to do anything noticeable for the photos.
Build Quality - The camera seems pretty fragile overall, you will NOT want to drop it. Water, dust, dirt, etc are no issue... but the glass bubble lenses are super easy to scratch/chip with even the slightest fall I've been reading... and it's expensive to replace them (if Samsung even will at all!) I wish there was some sort of screen protector I could put on the lenses to protect them. Make sure you keep a cleaning cloth with the 360 as you will want to make sure the lenses are always clean as that can produce weird lens flares.
Battery - The battery is small, so if you're using it heavily you will run out of battery within a few hours. BUT, there's an issue with the 360 overheating before you even would reach the end of the battery's life. If it's hot out the camera can easily overheat and it will flash a warning and stop any video recording/photo taking and will force you to wait till the battery cools down. You can pop out the battery and fan/blow on it to cool it down, but this is a major issue. The bad/good news is that all the other 360 cameras out there do this too, so it's something you'll have to live with. I find that if you just turn off the camera in between shots, that helps a lot. BUT, if it does start to over heat, you'll run into another problem that only seems to happen to this camera:
'Blurgate' - As reported on a 360 forum (and as I've seen myself), as the camera begins to overheat, the battery slightly bulges in size. This causes what seems like a very slight movement of the lenses making the camera go slightly out of focus. I've seen this happen myself. It's not blurry to the point you can't use it, but you will notice a suddenly lack of sharpness and detail. Once the camera cools down again, all is back to normal. This seems to be because of the fixed focus on the lenses being a bit too precise. This hasn't been addressed by samsung at the time I'm writing this review (12/2/16), so hopefully either there's an update to help this or the next release fixes this major issue. Again, making sure to turn off the camera in between shots/videos helps keep the camera cool, and in turn keeps the blurgate under control.
Accessories - The 360 comes with the battery, a USB cable, a mini tripod (you'll want to invest in a monopod/selfie stick to avoid the 'fat fingers' from holding the tiny tripod), and a nice draw-string carrying pouch. There is an optional accessories pack that includes a remote control, various types of mounts for the 360, and a longer tripod.
Overall - It's a great start to what will hopefully only get better. As the whole VR fad continues to get more and more popular, I think 360 cameras will be seen more and more. Right now, everyone stares at my 360 like it's some alien device and are very interested in what it is... but I think we'll see more people with them in the future. If you want to jump on the start of 360 photos and videos, this is a great one to start with having the best quality and stitching time... just make sure you have a Samsung phone. If you're looking to record a concert, show, etc. you might want to wait a year or so as it's not quite there yet. For the casual person who wants 360 mementos from vacations, trips, etc this is the perfect gadget for that.
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译文：
在对所有“低成本”360摄像机进行研究后，我得出结论，Gear 360是目前市场上最好的360摄像机。我最终在十月份购买了Samsung Gear 360。我把它带到拉斯维加斯，Nellis空军基地，并到迪士尼乐园几次，通过几百张照片和视频。这让我真的感受到了三星这一产品工作的各个方面。
照片
作为一个曾经用手机拍摄20张照片的人，这个即时拍摄360张照片的方法是完美的。人们在拍摄的时候走动，没有产生奇怪的“半人”针迹。只要被摄的物体距离镜头至少约一英尺，这些照片就被缝合得很好。将最亮的光源（如太阳）指向透镜之间的区域有助于给出非常好的缝合。然而，质量并不像你想像的那么高。虽然它比任何其它360相机的质量更好，看起来像一个“中等”相机拍摄的照片。如果将ISO限制提升到ISO 800以上，则图像变得柔软且嘈杂，并且在三星VR系统中看起来很糟。将ISO保持在400则得到更清晰的照片，但仍然不像新款智能手机可以获得高质量照片那样。我非常惊讶一些照片可能是非详细的，特别是在晚上。它们可以在VR中观看，只要您将ISO限制保持在低电平，并且不要移动相机。但不要指望质量要比光球好。
视频
视频据说是4k，但是请记住，当拼接在一起时是4k分辨率，而不是当个镜头。质量再次体现，但是如果某些东西正在快速移动（一架美国空军雷鸟战斗机以接近超音速速度飞行），您将看不到平稳的高分辨率运动，但是还有一点跳跃的动作。夜视频并不是那么好，所以你必须在ISO的限制条件下有足够的光线（比如晚上的迪士尼乐园），这样会给视频带来噪音。在最高的ISO，当您翻转到不广播的频道时，它可能看起来像黑暗的天空有老式的电视白噪音。此外，视频分为多个较小的文件，可能需要很长时间才能传输到手机。然而，在手机上预览视频（不下载它们）是很快的。
手机应用程序
手机应用程序非常简单，尝试连接到360时响应速度很慢。请记住，360无法用相机拍摄图像/视频，您的电话可以做到这一点。我相信只有三星S6，S7和S7 Edge手机是兼容的（可能有更多的三星手机），但有办法在其它手机上加载应用程序，并使其大部分工作。该应用程序下载图像和视频很慢，因为它必须下载它们，然后缝合它们。如果您有50张图片想要拼接和几个视频，可能需要几个小时才能完成。该应用程序真的可以一些改进一下。话虽如此，我发现用应用程序更容易地更改有限的相机设置（ISO，曝光值，质量/尺寸，白平衡等），但这不是你可以做的超快速。我会说，HDR设置似乎没有什么用。
制造质量
整体相机看起来相当脆弱，你不会想放弃它。水，灰尘，污垢等都没有问题，但是玻璃泡泡镜片是非常容易划伤/芯片的，即使是最少的情况下，我一直在阅读...更换它们很昂贵（如果是三星甚至会所有更换！）我希望有一些屏幕保护，我可以盖上镜头来保护他们。你会想要确保镜头总是干净，因为这可以产生奇怪的镜头耀斑。
电池
电池很小，所以如果你使用量大，你会在几个小时内耗尽电池。但是，在您即将达到电池寿命的终点之前，360过热问题仍然存在。如果它很热，相机容易过热，它将闪烁警告，停止任何录像/拍照，并将迫使您等待电池冷却。你可以弹出电池，并将其吹一吹，将其冷却下来，但这是一个主要问题。坏的好消息是，所有其它的360摄像机都是这样做的，所以这是你必须要面对的问题。我发现如果你只是关闭相机之间的镜头，这有助于很多。但是，如果它开始过热，你会遇到另一个问题，那就是只有这款商品似乎发生以下情况：
“Blurgate” - 据360度论坛报道（正如我所看到的那样），随着相机开始过热，电池的尺寸略有膨胀。这使得镜头看起来像是非常轻微的移动，使相机略微偏离焦点。这种情况发生在自己身上。这不是模糊，你不能使用它，但你会注意到突然缺乏锐度和细节。一旦相机冷却下来，所有的都会恢复正常。这似乎是因为镜头的固定焦点有点太精确了。当我在撰写本点评（2016年12月2日）时，三星还没有解决这个问题，所以希望有一个更新可以帮助这个或下一个版本解决这个主要问题。再次确保关闭相机之间的镜头/视频有助于保持相机的酷炫，反过来保持控制。
配件
360配备电池、USB电缆、迷你三脚架（您将需要投资一只独脚架/自拍棒，以避免“胖手指”握住小三脚架），以及一个漂亮的拉弦串袋。有一个可选配件包，其中包括遥控器，各种类型的360安装座和更长的三脚架。
总体来说 ，这是一个很好的开始，希望只会变得更好。随着整个VR风潮断越来越受欢迎，我认为360摄像机将会越来越多。现在，每个人都盯着我的360像是一个外星人的设备，对它是什么都感兴趣，但是我想我们将来会看到更多的人在使用它。如果你想要开始360张照片和视频，并从最好的质量和缝合时间开始...只要确保你有一台三星手机。如果您想要录制音乐会，演出等，您可能要等待一年左右，因为它还不完整。对于想休闲，旅行等用360拍摄纪念照片的休闲人士来说，这是完美的小工具。
