This new little gadget is called Pilot Era and it claims to be the first all-in-one 8K 360° VR camera with in-camera stitching. No post-processing needed. The camera is in the midst of an Indiegogo campaign right now so let’s have a closer look, shall we? Pisofttech (spelled Pi-Soft-Tech, just to be clear) is the company behind this new Pilot Era camera and according to them it is a fully self-containing device, no extra accessories needed. When acquiring VR or 360° footage you usually end up with either a very limited image quality or with a giant and cumbersome rig and lots of post-processing. The Pilot Era seems to solve that and Pisofttech claim to offer high quality 8K 360° footage while maintaining a very compact form factor. The Pilot Era 8K 360° Camera The aim with the Pilot Era seems to be usability. The unit itself fits in your hand and comes with everything you need to start shooting immediately: Four 12MP Sony CMOS sensors, each equipped with a f/2.2 aspherical fisheye lens 9-axis image stabilization via gyroscope 3.1″ 800 x 480 TFT LCD touch screen 512 GB UFS (universal flash storage) built-in 7200 mAh battery – around 3.5hrs of 8K recording 4G and wifi module for stand alone live-streaming So we get everything we need to get start right away. Nice! No more external control via smartphone app, no stitching in post, no need for multiple SD cards, the list goes on. In order to get a better...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 13 May, 2019