<table class="alignleft" border="0" cellspacing="20" cellpadding="0" align="left">
<tbody>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td><a href="http://thebeginnerslens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ProHDR.png"><img title="ProHDR" src="http://thebeginnerslens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ProHDR.png" width="466" height="340" alt="Pro HDR"></a></td>
<td><img title="ProHDR" src="http://thebeginnerslens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ProHDR-Logo.png" alt="ProHDR App Logo" />

Capture 360 panoramas anytime, anywhere using your iPhone4 with 360 PANORAMA iPhone app. Easily shoot 360 panos by panning the iPhone camera across a scene and watch as the app stitches the photos seamlessly in real-time. With 360 PANORAMA, you do not need to take many pictures and stitch them manually; the app simply does the work for you.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Let's get to the gist of it in the tabs below.

[tabswrap]

[tabhead id="1"] Overview [/tabhead] [tabhead id="2"] Cheers [/tabhead] [tabhead id="3"] Jeers [/tabhead] [tabhead id="4"] Who is it for? [/tabhead] [tabhead_last id="5"] The Verdict [/tabhead_last] [tab id="1"] [list style="orb" color="grey"]
<ul>
<li>Developed by Occipital</li>
<li>Takes and stitches panoramas in real-time</li>
<li>Features gyroscope to interact and look around a particular scene in 360 degrees</li>
<li>Comes with a free web-based storage so users can upload and access panos in their online accounts</li>
<li>Shares to Facebook, Twitter, and email</li>
<li>Costs $1.99</li>
</ul>

[/list] [/tab] [tab id="2"] [list style="orb" color="grey"]
<ul>
<li>User-friendly</li>
<li>Panoramas are generated immediately right in front of the user</li>
<li>Light gauge that provides user with feedback regarding current lighting situation</li>
<li>Rendering time is faster compared to other pano apps</li>
<li>Quality of processed photos are generally better than what other apps offer</li>
</ul>

[/list] [/tab] [tab id="3"] [list style="orb" color="grey"]
<ul>
<li>Inadvertent movement can easily cause the seams not matching up properly</li>
<li>Seams are evident when you pan around hurriedly, especially when you shoot in dark areas</li>
<li>No in-app editing tools</li>
</ul>

[/list] [/tab] [tab id="4"]
 Beginner iPhone Photographers
 Advanced iPhone Photographers
<strong>√ Anyone</strong>

PRO HDR is for anyone who wants to try out HDR photography on the iPhone! Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, this app is a must-have as it vastly improves the quality of your shots, even those taken in low-light. Advanced users may still prefer to process HDR photos using Adobe Photoshop for more flexibility but if you’re into HDR on-the-move, this app will surely come in handy. 

[/tab] [tab id="5"]360 PANORAMA deserves a spot in your iPhone app library for being the best panorama app in the market to date.
[/tab] 

[/tabswrap]

<br/>
<h4>The Beginners Lens Verdict</h4>

360 PANORAMA is very straightforward to use. Once you launch the app, you will be directed to a 360 view grid that displays a photo in it. After deciding what scene to shoot, tap Start to begin taking a pano shot. For best results, you have to stand as very still as possible while slowly but surely panning the iPhone camera in your preferred direction. 

As you move around while taking a shot, the app captures in real time the scene you are viewing as a panorama. It’s a good thing that the app is equipped with a handy light gauge on top. This feature tells you if there’s a need to adjust based on the lighting condition you are shooting in. If you are in an area with sufficient lighting, you should have nothing to worry about when panning to get the pano shot. However, if you are shooting in a dark area, you have to be very careful with how you shoot because there’s a high tendency that seams will appear in the image. This light-sensing feature is a must for this type of app and good thing the developer did not forget to include it.

Once you feel you’re good to go, tap Done to view the processed panorama in 360 degrees. All you have to do is rotate your iPhone and the gyroscope will readily pan the image. If the finished product already looks good to you, you can save it to your phone’s Camera Roll or share it to others via Facebook, Twitter, or email. There’s also an option to share an interactive pano shot so viewers can see what is around.

It would have been really nice had the developer added some nice editing options like changing contrast, brightness, or saturation for a bit of fine-tuning. This will save the user some time rather than launching an editing app just to tweak the image. It also could have been better had the developer packaged it with an able cropping tool, considering that the final output more often than not shows a lot of smudges and halos. 

Besides the few hiccups, 360 PANORAMA is arguably the best panoramic iphone today. The process of capturing and rendering images takes a bit longer than other apps but the quality just seems to be better. Its outputs are not as professional-looking as what most Sony digicams’ Sweep Panorama feature can give you but the quality is very respectable enough. The app requires a lot of getting used to but if you can master how to use it, then you will be awarded with stunning panoramas.



<br/>
<h4>The Beginners Lens Flash Rating:</h4>

<img title="4.5 Flash Rating for Pro HDR" src="http://thebeginnerslens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/4.5flash.png" alt="We give Pro HDR 4.5 Flashes" />
<a title="The Beginners Lens Flash Rating System" href="http://thebeginnerslens.com/about#rating">Learn more about our rating system.</a>

&nbsp;
<strong>Review Digest</strong>

<hr style="height: 1px; width: 100%;" size="1" />

<table border="1" cellspacing="30">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;"><strong>APP REVIEW WEBSITE</strong></td>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;"><strong>WHAT THEY HAVE TO  SAY</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;"><strong><a href="http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=591107&expand=false">MacWorld</a></strong></td>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;">“Unfortunately, the app lacks the ability to edit the photo once it's been captured, leaving you with possibly uneven edges that could require further tweaking elsewhere. However, for quick and dirty panoramas, this is probably one of the best on the market.”</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;"><strong><a href="http://www.148apps.com/reviews/360-panorama-review/" rel="shadowbox;width=1000;height=640">148apps</a></strong></td>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;">“360 Panorama may not produce the most professional looking panoramic photos, but it is far and away the most fun panoramic photo app out there.”</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;"><strong><a href="http://smokinapps.com/app/360-panorama/review/" rel="shadowbox;width=1000;height=640">SmokinApps</a></strong></td>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;">“Computer generated panoramas are still not comparable to hand made images, but with the exceptional movement tracking of the iPhone, and its quality camera, 360 Panoramic does a decent job of creating great panoramic images that can really give your viewers a sense of your location and what is around.”</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>