XiaoMi Madventure 360 Camera, 4K Video, 24MP Photo, Waterproof, Selfie-Stick and Tripod Included

Nice 360 camera and the app is good too. I don’t use it for video so much as the quality doesn’t look that great, but the camera is great. The one thing to note when using it as a selfie camera with the included stick is you have to have the video/camera lights on the camera facing away from you if your main focus is the view in front of you. If you don’t, you’ll get a photo of you and the stick. If you hold the stick directly above you - fine, but then you won’t be able to see if the camera is level. The only thing I would say about the app related to the above is there should be an option to swap the two images it takes and re-stitch them later. Also the selfie stick could do with a 1/4” thread on the bottom to screw onto a tripod/tripod base.One thing mentioned in another review is the app and it connecting to WiFi. You connect to the camera’s WiFi, so you obviously lose the ability to use another WiFi signal for data, but you’ll be using the camera outdoors primarily anyway where there likely is no WiFi. LTE still works fine when connected to this over WiFi. The phone (or app - I’m not sure) knows if it’s a data WiFi connection, and if it isn’t, it reverts to mobile data but keeps the WiFi connection with the camera.Edit: If you want a good shoulder height low footprint tripod setup for this without really having to edit anything out of the final photo, I got a Neewer carbon fiber monopod, a DJI Osmo tripod which I already had for my DJI Osmo Mobile 2, and some hardware. Total cost of this is about 90, but it’s worth it. I found flipping the monopod over to be the best solution. Both ends of it are 3/8” female. I used a 3/8” to 1/4” converter (search for Sunmns 1/4 Inch and 3/8 Inch Converter Threaded Screws Adapter Mount Set for example on here), on the bottom/thicker end to make the 3/8” female thread 1/4” female. This allows me to attach the DJI Osmo tripod which has a small footprint. The top/thinner end of the monopod, I used the included male 3/8” and 1/4” adaptor to connect the camera. Only downside to this setup is it has to be level to get a good photo, but after trying all manner of flimsy selfie sticks etc, I think this is the best setup so far (if I don’t want to be in the photo that is)...

I've had a lot of fun with this camera. The image quality for stills is very good considering the 360 view. Video quality isn't as good as it could be...at least using the Madv desktop application. The app turns the dual circular fisheye video from the camera into 360 video, but there are no controls over compression and quality suffers. The Madv app on Android works well for the most part. The preview quality using the app for camera control is quite low resolution, but usable. I prefer to use the base ISO of the camera, since the small sensors are quite noisy. You can run the camera via the top buttons, but you can only do basic controls: power on/off, WiFi on/off, switch from stills to video, and shutter release. You need the phone app to do more advanced control. The selfie stick has a wired button that lets you do the basic camera operation by long and short presses of a single button. Be aware that for still photos, there's a beep, followed by a second beep. The second beep indicates the photo being taken. In Jpeg mode, the lag between beeps is about 1 second. In raw mode, it's three seconds. I have no idea why there's a lag, but be sure to wait for the second tone for your shot. To get the most out of this camera, you'll need third party software. I use PTGui (the current beta version) for stitching and I recommend Affinity Photo for 360 mode image editing - like editing out a tripod. Battery life is poor, especially with WiFi enabled, but you can run the camera via external USB power. Be aware that the images between the two lenses aren't calibrated to each other, and we've seen some variability of the lens coating. The color toward the edge of the fisheye view shifts toward green and gets darker, so stitching via the Madv apps can show exposure artifacts. The lenses are prone to flare with bright lights or the sun. Dynamic range is relatively poor. You can shoot bracketed exposures, but not in raw mode. For the price, I think the Madv 360 is a capable and fun camera. It disappoints some in more advanced modes, but that isn't unusual in 360 imaging for now.

---- UPDATE BELOW ---This camera is amazing. Please see Attached photos.Purchased for my bf--who is a photographer, but never had any experience with a camera of this type. He just watched a few videos on Youtube and was good to go. Not sure if there were any instructions, but he didn't read them.The quality/resolution is really good, but not sure about attached photos on Amazon since I downloaded them from his fb account which may mess up the resolution.Takes great videos also, but wasn't able to post those.----------------------------------------------------------------AFTER 5 MONTHS IT JUST STOPPED WORKING.Not working at all and I can't get the the pics from my last trip off of the camera. So sad!

This is my new favorite camera!Takes great pics and video. Super small and easy to carry (think half the overall size and about the same thickness as an iPhone 6s+). The camera and app are easy to use but you will need a little tech skill, or a fair amount of study to figure out how to edit and use your photos / videos outside the app. That said, there's plenty of info on the web to get you going.The attached pic will give you an idea of what you can do. Downloaded directly from the SD card, pictures display as two separate spheres.Once converted (either in the MadV app or with an external converter) Pictures display in a panorama format (provided you have preserved the exif data) unless the app (like Facebook or Google photos) is equipped to display 360.