I believe many people have heard of the Storm Magic Mirror VR headwear, but they didn't know that the Storm Magic Eye also appeared quietly. Storm Technology always likes to involve in new fields of intelligence. What is the latest magic eye device? It is a panoramic camera that looks very much like the BB8.

The packaging of the small black box is very monotonous, without too many surprises. The data cable delivered is long enough, and the plug is also 5V/2A power. Both are pure white, with the same style as the body.

There are many accessories presented by Storm Eye, including cloth bags, leather bags and handheld tripods. The camera is the most afraid of falling and scratching the lens. It is the safest way to use a jacket to protect it. The accessories that are just given away show the sincerity of Storm to users.

Appearance: rolling melon Storm BB8

The Storm Eye looks familiar. Yes, it looks like the head of BB8, right? Its three pandas have fish eye convex lenses of the same specification hidden in their eyes. The lens has a black border around it, which looks like the eyes of a giant panda on one side. The white PVC body is very smooth, but the stitching line is obviously misplaced, and the workmanship is still lacking a trace of refinement.

It is not a round plastic plane with anti slip mat at the bottom. In addition to marking the product information and a power switch, I am glad to find that its connection port is a standard M1/4 screw port. That way, we can expand the handheld, tripod, unmanned remote control aircraft, and so on. The small action confirmed the essence of the magic eye's slogan: "Change the way of life record."

The free tripod can also be used for handheld photography after being put away. It is very convenient to carry and hold. This small design is very practical. This handheld tripod is only suitable for low surface use. It is recommended to pay for a large tripod for outdoor use

The size of Storm Magic Eye is very small, and it can be completely held by one hand. Its weight is similar to that of holding a mobile phone. The sense of weight is low when taking it for travel photography. It can be stuffed into a pocket. I like to put it into a small leather bag.

The holes on the back are too concentrated. Speakers, WIFI connection warning lights, USB ports, and large LOGO make this originally pure and flawless small body full of "stains", which affect the overall aesthetic feeling is not simple enough, and the front is relatively good.

Careful observation of the fisheye lens shows that the camera coating is made of purple film, which is conducive to reducing the halo. Its lens protection glass has one major advantage: no fingerprint is left at the lens, which is very beneficial to outdoor photographers who love to touch the lens indiscriminately.

As the first generation product, the workmanship is not perfect, and the design still has small defects. However, the size and accessories are big advantages. The black and white matching color looks comfortable. Once upon a time, I wanted to throw out this BB8. Let's say: Come out, White Kaqiu.

APP Experience: software origin Be serious according to lack

The style of Magic Eye's app is almost the same as that of Magic Mirror's app, all of which are black and purple. The experience of Magic Eye's community functions is like a group of like-minded friends "chatting" together. It's also good for the brush community to see how the god takes pictures. You can share the works with friends and collect them. The original picture shared will be a website, where you can experience the rolling picture effect （ ）

After shooting, I was confused. Why can't the pictures and videos taken by Magic Eye be found in the gallery? It turned out that all the files it shot were stored in its own 16G memory. You can only experience or share rolling pictures on the Internet in the magic eye app. It is necessary to connect the magic eye, press and hold the file to copy the static image and store it in the mobile phone, so that the third-party APP can watch the static video and static image of the magic eye. This experience is not very good. I hope the magic eye APP can add the setting function: automatically copy to the mobile phone.

The APP can observe the current power and available space of the magic eye. It is quite wise to set the same viewing method on the status bar, which reduces the complicated steps of opening the program. I am very satisfied with this small detail.

The control interface is like a mobile phone. Adjust the scale, brightness, fluorescence mode, etc. It is better to set the picture to 1:1 for shooting (2:1 on the left, 1:1 on the right). The most gratifying thing is that the magic eye can be connected with the storm magic mirror VR, and the picture will be cut into left and right 3D pictures, which will be real-time projected into the magic eye through the magic eye shooting interface picture, that is to say, the magic eye is also an "employee" of the storm ecosystem.

The magic eye can bind equipment, which seems to be used to prevent theft. Its name is Binding Housekeeper. The method is that the device can only be bound to its own mobile phone number. Is it impossible for the thief to use it after binding? That's really not true. Even if the device is bound, it can still be used on other mobile phones. It is only used to mark addresses and share pictures. It took several days to come to the conclusion that I can't understand the purpose of "butler".

imaging : Lack of picture quality No lack of experience

Before use, the magic eye will set up a WIFI hotspot. When you open the APP, it will automatically connect to WIFI for use, and the effective distance can be guaranteed.

The completed picture will present a rolling spherical body, building a dynamic world that belongs to the panorama. The picture will roll with the fingers, and there will be no dead corners within 5 meters. Although the picture quality and clarity are poor, the novel experience mode is also full of challenges.

When shooting, the picture is cut into three equal planes, and the picture shows a sphere of 360 ° vertically and 360 ° horizontally. It never occurred to me that there was no lens at the top of the magic eye, and the pictures on the top could also be taken. You can check the environment map. The magic eye was under the three words "Yang Paifeng", and actually took these three words when shooting. The whole surrounding scenery was taken into its pocket, but it was difficult to accept the synchronized video picture, which would delay about 3 seconds.

It can't use a single lens to shoot, but only to shoot panoramas. Try to cut the panorama shot by this panoramic camera into three local plans. It is not difficult to find that the wide angle performance of Magic Eye is quite powerful, and it is shot in a curved form from the floor to the ceiling.

*How does the wide-angle effect compare with the camera's panoramic mode when shooting a 360 degree panoramic picture?

The magic eye is, after all, three wide-angle fisheye lenses. The wide-angle effect of the 360 degree horizontal image is much stronger than that of the panoramic mode digital camera. The three images are made into concave arc images, and objects are "scanned" from top to bottom. The panoramic view of the camera is just a mosaic of plane images, and the two are irrelevant.

The product didn't mention whether the anti shake function was used. I tried to use a handheld camera to shoot with less shake. It was more stable to use a handheld camera as a camera to shake the picture while walking. That's the problem. Will this product attract attention? I want to say yes.

Recording panoramic video is one of the advantages of the product. The pictures taken are very wide. In the APP, you can scroll freely like pictures. It's a very novel experience. Because you have Mic, you don't need an external recorder. The sound quality of the recording is also quite good. If the picture quality can be higher, then the performance of magic eye is quite powerful.

The effective focal length for shooting is quite long. Objects that are quite far away from the magic eye can also be shot in. How much can be put into the mirror within about 8 meters. The focal length and wide angle are most favorable for shooting large scenes, and the wide range of the magic eye is most suitable for shooting prairie.

summary

advantage:

• Free accessories, conscience, black and white design classic

• Small and light, can be connected to extended UAV, tripod, etc

• APP can dock with Storm Mirror

• Excellent shake shooting performance

• Convenient WIFI connection and fast charging speed

• The lens has obvious effect on wide-angle shooting

• No dead angle shooting on the spherical surface, and the effective shooting distance is far

• Good video and audio quality

• Suitable for outdoor shooting of full scenes, such as forests, grasslands and outdoor competitions

Disadvantages:

• Smooth surfaces are prone to scratches

• App binding butler function chicken ribs

• Stored in its own memory, unable to view scrollable pictures and videos with third-party applications

• The pictures saved to the phone must be manual, and you want to add the setting to be automatic

• Cannot cut into a single lens for use

• Video sync phone picture is severely delayed

• Power consumption is too fast

• Poor picture quality and clarity

• The app is unstable and easy to disconnect. I hope it can be repaired as soon as possible

Shopping guide suggestions: With remote control UAV, it can shoot more beautiful and wide sky; Users who like novelty and fun; Love often shares novel pictures in the circle of friends; Record the most complete competition process during the competition; It is most suitable to take rolling pictures when shooting big forests, grasslands or an outdoor event; With Storm Mirror VR, it is very suitable to try.

If there is a need for panoramic pictures, such as going in and out of concerts, parties, competitions, grasslands, etc., and the need to record a fairly wide picture, it is the most fundamental foothold to buy it, which is not conducive to indoor small-scale shooting. Although the picture quality is not high, I happened to record all the details of outdoor life.