Ricoh recently announced Theta S, the successor to their Theta compact panoramic camera released two years ago. With two 12MP image sensors, the unique digital camera delivers you higher quality panoramas. Want to know more features? Let’s keep going.
The Theta S is a unique and creative compact camera that allows you to capture perfect 360-degree panoramic photos and videos. The digital camera measures 44 x 130 x 22.9mm (17.9mm), weights 125g, and as we can see from the images, the digital camera follows the compact and bar-shaped design of its predecessor so you can easily take it anywhere or effortlessly hold it for capturing photos or videos.
As a panoramic camera, Theta S comes equipped with two 1/2.3″ 12MP CMOS sensors (output pixel count equivalent to 14MP) and newly developed f/2.0 lenses in order to deliver you high resolution 360-degree panoramic photos or videos. In addition to up to 5376-by-2688-pixel still images, Theta S also supports 1080p panoramic video recording at 30fps, and 8GB internal storage allows up to 25 minutes of continuous shooting.
In addition, its built-in WiFi connectivity not only lets you transmit photos and video to your smartphone, but also makes the compact camera have the ability to stream your video in real time. Additionally, using its custom app, you can also adjust the settings on your smartphone.
Ricoh Theta S panoramic camera is priced at $349.95 USD. It will be released on October 23. If you’re interested, jump to Ricoh or Amazon for its more details.