Ideal Christmas Gift : First Spherical Camera

Sept. 17, 2013 - PRLog -- September 14th and for sure, we all have heard a Christmas carol or two on our way to work. As early as today, we all have thought of what to give to our loved ones on Christmas Day. Now let me tell you an ideal christmas gift. It’s the world’s fully spherical camera from RICOH. Sweet, right?

Spherical panorama is a large stitched image consisting of smaller images usually taken from a fisheye lens for that circular look. It usually takes a lot more time and more effort to create a spherical panorama that a beginner can hardly accomplish. So Ricoh’s streamlined single-click spherical panorama camera called Theta captures the interests of many photographers at the at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. Yes, with one shot, you can have your spherical panorama instantly.

The Ricoh Theta spherical panorama camera weighs at least 95g and is a size of remote control. Using your thumb, press the shutter button that is located below the twin-lens optical system for easy shooting and shoot away. Now this isn’t your typical digital camera that you can easily check photos in the device itself, but rather, you can check your shots through your iPhones or iPads where the camera is synced with RICOH’s application. In the app is where the magic continues. You can edit, crop, and share your spherical panoramas to other enthusiasts.

RICOH President, Noboru Akahane said, “Its unprecedented capability to capture fully spherical images, coupled with affordability and user friendliness, makes the Ricoh Theta a tool that anybody can use to discover and share their powers of creativity.”

For a price of £329, this Ricoh Theta spherical panorama camera is available for pre-order from October in countries such as: US, UK, France and Germany. Avoid the Christmas shopping rush, yeah?