Theta S - compact camera for shooting spherical

Apple has shown us a great upgrade camera for iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus with the ability to shoot 4K-video and "Live photo". Now the trend goes spherical shot - your options presented Nokia and GoPro. But all they are specialized more. But ordinary users can try out the camera from Ricoh Company.

Recently Ricoh introduced Theta S camera that can shoot video in full spherical 360-degree format. Inside the sensor at 14 megapixels to capture photos. Video recorded with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 memory capacity will be sufficient for 29 minutes of filming. Compared with the previous generation of cameras, here the manufacturer used a new 1 / 2.3 sensor, which should improve the picture quality.

What is interesting, the camera Theta S can work with the new Google Street View application. Made spherical image can be immediately uploaded to Google Maps, even though it's probably the last thing to think about a regular user.

The camera will be available in late October for $ 350. This is less than one quality GoPro 4, even Silver Edition.

observers Gizmodo recognize that Theta S only "toy" and buy it stands exclusively for entertainment purposes. However, for this purpose it is intended.

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