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it's watching you with eight eyes open this is the Nokia ozo a 360 degrees stereoscopic camera encased in a smooth grey sphere each lens has a 195 degree field of view with an aperture at F 2.4 behind them our 2 K by 2 K synchronous sensors capturing footage at 30 frames a second audio is recorded with 8 microphones capturing sound from every angle there's a price tag to match all these specs an eye watering forty-five thousand US dollars apart from the camera this digital cartridge is essential it has the battery and a media module with 500 gigabytes of storage this one is an extra five thousand dollars but there's even more to invest to connect the camera you need an SDI cable a Thunderbolt cable and a Blackmagic Ultra Studio mini recorder you guessed it none of these are included everything is controlled through the ozo remote app that runs only on certain high-end Mac's the black magic box converts the signal from the camera and allows you to preview the shot and set exposure the app lets you adjust shutter speed color temperature and start or stop recording you can also select to shoot with just the four cameras in the middle ring or all eight having to carry around the entire camera setup which comes in this rolling case and the computer can be kind of cumbersome so we hope that they'll be introducing a phone app sometime soon but there is an advantage to having all of this gear and that's confidence because you can monitor and set everything up and know you've got the shot before you start recording we took the ozo on two main shoots the first one we mounted all 9.3 pounds of it on the inside of a car the second was at the green toys manufacturing plant two very different situations that put the ozo to the test from changing lighting conditions to lots of movements make sure to check out the results for yourself in full 360 processing footage takes time and it resource-intensive to give you an idea one minute of video takes seven hours to make a final stitch the post-production is a whole other discussion as well which you can find out more about on the scene at article so overall the ozo isn't a camera for you and me but as a professional filmmaking tool it's bound to open up possibilities that are just the tip of the VR iceberg