You can now shoot Panoramas and 360 degree photos with the Syrp Genie Mini
Aug 24, 2016
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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Moving the camera is the single biggest way to add impact and production value to your video and timelapse sequences. In fact, camera movement has almost become expected these days. The Syrp Genie Mini is a fantastic tool which lets you do exactly that. You can check out our recent review here and see for yourself.
Now the Genie Mini has just got even better, especially for stills photographers. The latest software now allows you to easily shoot panoramic stills and 360 degree photos.
So, if you’ve been considering a Gigapan to automate your panoramics, you have a much less expensive option. The Syrp Genie Mini has you covered.
The App will now include a fourth option on the home screen for Panorama setup and allows you to specify the amount of overlap, number of photos and movement right up to 360 degrees.
Using a 180 degree lens you can also shoot full 360 photos for upload to 360 viewers or straight into Facebook for 360/VR viewing.
Sure, it may not have the convenience of a 360 camera like the Theta S. But, it’s not really intended to compete with products like that. This is for when you want the highest quality. So, when you want ultra high resolution panoramic prints and razor sharp 360VR, a DSLR is still your best option.
If you’ve downloaded the new app and aren’t quite sure how to make them yet, Syrp have also provided a handy tutorial.
You can download the updated app from the Apple App Store for iOS, and the Google Play Store for Android devices. After installing, you’ll need to also update the firmware on your Genie Mini which is done through the app.
Do you use the Syrp Genie Mini? Have you shot anything using it that you’re particularly proud of? Let us know and show off your work in the comments.
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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11 responses to “You can now shoot Panoramas and 360 degree photos with the Syrp Genie Mini”
Sorry but this product is useless made by someone who does not know photography basics.
Camera must rotate around the entrance pupil of the lens to avoid parallax effect.
I’m pretty sure it needs to rotate around the focal plane, but regardless, you can set adjust the point of rotation by using an arca-swiss plate. So….sorry, but your response is useless made by someone who does not know photography basics.
Nope. For panoramas it is necessary to rotate around Nodal Point, to avoid parallax errors. Nodal point is in the lens and each lens has it’s own(If I’m not mistaking – It is where the aperture is).
Also – this product is somewhat useless. It can take panoramas, but I don’t know about equirectangular panoramas. Because it covers only one axis – you will need fisheye to cover whole frame. But with fisheye – you might as well shoot with monopod, because it would require just like 3-4 shots + ground frame, that I am ready to bet I could shoot faster than that motorized thing could rotate.
The Nodal Point makes sense. The claim that it had to rotate around the “entrance pupil”, of course, did not.
But “useless”, or even “semi-useless”? No.
For instance, once you have the panorama programmed into it, you could repeat the exact same panorama multiple times, of the same changing scene, to later select the set you like the best.
This is a great little product, and I’ll try making some panoramas with mine.
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