Thursday, September 5, 2013

Ricoh's new camera takes 360-degree panoramas in one shot, but it costs $399


At $399, Ricoh's brand new Theta camera — which captures 360-degree spherical panoramas in a single shot — won't be for everyone. Even if that price were halved, we imagine many people wouldn't want to spend so much on a tool they'd likely only use in rare instances. But if you are looking for a camera that can record everything around it with a single press of the shutter button, this is among the more compact options we've seen. The Theta contains an "ultra-small" twin-lens optical system that captures any given scene around, above and below the device.


There's no display anywhere on this pocket-sized camera, but you can review any spherical images you've taken by way of an iOS app. (Android support won't arrive until later this...


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