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Z CAM S1 - Professional VR Camera

Designed for VR content creators and professional users. Better than any sport camera rig solutions.

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Z CAM S1 - Professional VR Camera

Z CAM S1 - Professional VR Camera

Z CAM S1 - Professional VR Camera

Z CAM S1 - Professional VR Camera

Z CAM S1 - Professional VR Camera

Designed for VR content creators and professional users. Better than any sport camera rig solutions.

Designed for VR content creators and professional users. Better than any sport camera rig solutions.

Designed for VR content creators and professional users. Better than any sport camera rig solutions.

Designed for VR content creators and professional users. Better than any sport camera rig solutions.

ImagineVision
ImagineVision
ImagineVision
ImagineVision
1 Campaign |
Shenzhen, China
$425,952 USD by 235 backers
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Overview
When we talked to VR studios and content creators, they all want a better VR camera. Our team is very experienced in camera product and we successfully launched Z CAM E1 last year, which is being used in some high end VR camera rig solutions. So we decided to make a professional VR camera Z CAM S1, with two things top of our mind: super easy to shoot & super good image quality.

  • Instead of individual camera modules, all four cameras are fully integrated onto one PCB in order to get the sensors closer to each other, allowing shorter safety distance between the camera and object.

  • Professional Grade Optics
  • Minimize distortion and flare

  • Precisely Synchronized 
  • Guaranteed Simultaneous Recording

  • Aluminium Alloy
  • Improve Heat Dissipation
  • Up to 120 min Continuous Recording

  • Using 4X 18650 Standard Li-ion Rechargeable Battery Cells
  • Continuous recording up to 120 min (approx.) 

*Under fully charged condition and depends on chosen battery cell capacity.

GIGABIT ETHERNET PORT

  • Easy and fast image file transfer
  • Full set open API for expert users
  • Remote control and setting on S1
  • Live stream resolution over ethernet: 4K equirectangular

    (during live streaming each sensor output is 2K to stitch/streaming unit via ethernet so resulting stitch is 4K)

HDMI PORT​

  • 4 x 1080p Video Output

  • After testing both SD card and micro SD card, we opted to use SD card for good reasons.
  • Output resolution captured to SD cards: 4K 30fps or 2.7K 60fps

  • Camera rig solutions use individual camera's AE & AWB which are not coordinated, resulted in not harmonized images.
  • Our coordinated AE & AWB solution gives more harmonized images.

  • Image tuning based on Z CAM E1 system launched last year.
  • Professional camera grade Auto White Balance and Auto Exposure.
  • Outperforms sport cameras and we continue to optimize.

Z CAM S1 test footage shot in Santa Monica, and then stitched fully automatic by Z CAM 360º Video Stitching Software (test release) without post processing.

https://youtu.be/fgZAvZ3kh7c 

Original image files as well as 4K stitched footage available for download here: 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2PoeYEdutFWU2hZTEkwbUxtVzQ

 

Please view our sample footage (stitched, shot in Times Square) below:

*Not by Z CAM 360° Video Stitching Software

- YouTube: Click here to view.

- Youku: Click here to view.

- Google Drive: Click here to download.

- Baidu Cloud: Click here to download.

Remember to view at highest resolution

Please download original source file of our sample footage (shot in Times Square) below:

- Google Drive: Click here to download.

- Baidu Cloud: Click here to download.

 

Z CAM S1 test footage shot in Cologne Früh am Dom, and then stitched fully automatic by Z CAM 360º Video Stitching Software (test release) without post processing.

- YouTube: Click here to view.

- Dropbox: Click here to download.

Original Source File:

- Google Drive: Click here to download.

- Baidu Cloud: Click here to download.

 

Z CAM S1 test footage - close proximity & low light performance, stitched fully automatic by Z CAM 360º Video Stitching Software (test release) .

- YouTube: Click here to view.

- Google Drive: Click here to download.

Z CAM open API is available here : https://github.com/imaginevision

Would you ship Z CAM S1 to my country? What is the shipping cost?

We have expanded shipping to many countries, using FedEx International Economy or equivalent solutions. So chances are Z CAM E1 is probably available for shipping to your country. Please select your perk and enter your country to view the availability and shipping cost. If you do not find your country in the selection, please contact us at support@imvt.com .

Who is responsible for any additional taxes, duties or VAT? 

The backer is responsible. Please check your country's import duties before purchasing.

When will Z CAM S1 be shipped?

We will start to ship small quantity in November, and large volume shipment in December.

How do I know my order status?

We will send you email to inform you the status. Once shipped, we will send you the tracking number.

What video stitching software can be used with Z CAM S1?

There are many video stitching software available in the market. But we also provide a 360° video stitching software,  which offers both real time and offline stitching (automatic and optical flow based).

What is the resolution of Z CAM S1? How to select it?

The default resolution of Z CAM S1 is 4K 30fps per image sensor, with all four image sensor, it would give a 6K 30fps spherical resolution output after stitching. By putting a special configuration file onto each of the SD card, the resolution of Z CAM S1 can be changed to 2.7K 60fps, which would give a 4K 60fps spherical resolution output after stitching. Once used, Z CAM S1 would memorize the new resolution until another configuration file is put into the SD card to change it. Both 4K and 2.7K configuration files will be available to download soon.

What can I do with the Ethernet port on Z CAM S1?

Since we provide full set open API (please click here to download the full document), expert users can control and set the Z CAM S1 through the Ethernet port, in addition to retrieve image files and live view possibilities through external solutions.

What is the input voltage of Z CAM S1’s power adapter? What is the power plug standard?

The input voltage of Z CAM S1 AC/DC power adapter is 100~240V. We provide three power plugs in the standard package, which would suit US, EU, UK and China standard.

Is battery included? What battery cell is Z CAM S1 using?

There is a battery compartment but we do not provide battery cells in the standard package. Four standard 18650 Li-ion rechargeable battery cells are required for battery unit operation. 

What kind of SD card should be used? What is the maximum capacity supported?

We highly recommend to use SDXC class 10 memory card for best performance. We support up to 128G SD card.

How accurate is our Z CAM Sync?

We used flashgun to test our synchronization. As you can see from this photo, it's the 3067th frame of a video feed, the starting line of the flash exposed on all four sensors are precisely the same. It is evident that we can achieve line level sync accuracy.

What is the Z CAM 360º Video Stitching Software?

We want VR content creators to be able to concentrate on creation of contents and no need to bother with the technical limitations. They can rely on our video stitching solution. 

Based on our current alogorithm, our software can stitch without visible seam when objects come across from one lens direction to another. We have been working on optical flow based stitching software development and made very good progress so far.

We will post some footages by our automatic stitching software soon.

We welcome challenges. Let's record and stitch some challenging scenes and be convinced.

How can I use the Stitching Software?

Before you shoot, just set up the camera in position, check the view angle using the live view through etherent, and just hit the record button. 

When you get back, connect the camera to the computer via ethernet, select the image files in batch and one click to stitch. After the stitching process, you will get a seamlessly stitched video file for your post processing work flow. :)

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