Ricoh Theta Review
Ricoh Theta
Hands-on: The world's first 360 degree camera, but is it worth the bother?
Verdict
Key Specifications
- 4GB internal memory
- iOS compatible
- 100-1600 ISO sensitivity
- Built-in Wi-Fi
What is the Ricoh Theta?
Ricoh Theta – Design
Ricoh Theta – Features
The iPhone app is a pretty simple setup. You can take images from within the app, view images in all their spherical glory and upload to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Additionally there’s also Microsoft Photosynth support to view and zoom around images from all angles.
Ricoh Theta – Performance
It captures 360 degree images far better than Photo Sphere currently manages and pinching and zooming around the image you can see there’s no reason to worry about the threading issues and disjointed effect the Android camera feature suffers from.
Aside from the consumer angle it could well find a niche use for estate agent’s looking to show of property or providing a better online view of hotels, restaurants and holiday homes.