Surprised that I'm learning about the Ricoh Theta S just now! The Theta S has two wide-angle lenses that simultaneously capture footage and connect it into a final product: a panoramic video that you can watch from all angles. It's like being able to turn your head inside a video and see every angle of the scenery. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the future of video shooting and of course, there are many improvements that can be made to it down the line. The best part is that it is also Youtube supported (in certain browsers like Chrome) meaning you can play back the video and users can interact with it!
Check out one of Ricoh's official demo videos I embedded below. You'll notice the quality of the video isn't great. This technology is young. Youtube compresses its flat videos already so imagine how demanding a 360 video is... and how large the files must be. It has much to be desired but we can look forward to sharper video in the future:
I discovered this camera from one of Techmoan's latest reviews on it. He demonstrates the camera and how to use it optimally brilliantly. Like he mentions in the video, the playback quality on Youtube is poor, so go ahead and watch the bits of him interacting with some footage he shot that he loads and plays directly on his computer. The quality of the panoramic video and stills is quite decent.
Finally, you can find the Ricoh Theta S on Amazon following this link for a little less than $350 as of today. Really neat camera in my opinion and worth the investment if you (like me) are into capturing everything around you. Don't forget to pick up a monopod!
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