A 360-degree action cam, from Nikon, for shooting VR footage, that really is a surprise

Today, many of the major electronic tech companies such as HTC, Sony and Garmin have all released several versions of handheld action cameras. Most recently, Nikon, one of the most respected names in the high end camera industry, has released a line of action cams designed to compete with the best...

AchillesIt is hard to describe how bad the execution of this product is. The camera is itself sturdy and has a nice feel, which is what we expect from Nikon. The Achilles heel is that to make any use and adjustment to the camera requires a smartphone. That is where things become terrible.

Think carefully before buying: Keymission 360 cannot take good photos. Keymission 360 also cannot be placed in the same category as other 360-cameras on the market because Nikon has corrupted the JPEG output.

Hardware is perfect, easy to understand with only two buttons, a side compartment (for microSD, wifi & battery) and underwater lens caps. Image quality is pretty good, bear in mind that 4k resolution is spread over the whole 360 view so quality isn't going to be as high as other 4k cameras on the...

Compact; Build quality; Battery life

I've been waiting for this camera since it was announced in Jan and was probably one of the first to buy. OMG what have they been doing. The image and video quality is ok at best but the software is simply impossible to use. Connection drops out. File transfer is slow....then drops out.

The Nikon KeyMission 360 ($499.95) does a lot of things right, but it also does a few things wrong. It's the easiest 360-degree video camera to use-the footage is ready for upload to the Web right off the memory card, without the need to any time-intensive conversion process-and it's waterproof to...

Pre-stitched 360-degree 4K video; 29MP still capture; Waterproof to 100 feet; Wi-Fi remote control; Electronic vibration reduction; Mac and Windows desktop software

Doesn't double as a traditional action cam; Seams visible at close distances; Short battery life; Huge file sizes; 4K resolution at 24fps only; No mic input; Mounts aren't GoPro compatible

With its KeyMission range, Nikon has moved away from its still image camera heritage and moved into action camera territory, arguably arriving somewhat late to the party with its KeyMission 80 and KeyMission 170 cameras. But the company hasn't been quite so tardy with its KeyMission 360 VR camera.

Video instantly compatible with YouTube/Facebook; Replaceable lens covers; Waterproof; shockproof; freezeproof; Removeable battery

Accidental recording; Gets hot; Puzzling still image capture; Unreliable and frustrating app

Works awesome and is super sturdy for my Nikon dslr. I was skeptical but I don't have any regrets. Great tripod for the price. Also nice and small for vacations or trips.

360 video is a new concept and Nikon have produced a very good product; But is has issues; If you happy to connect your camera direct to your desktop then it's great, connection to wifi are Bluetooth is a joke; I wouldn't bother buying it if your going to connect it to your phone.

Connection to mobile device is very; very bad