This is a really cool camera. There are other cameras in development but I didn't want to wait. Here are the pros and cons. Let's start with the bad. 1) If you have a lens on both sides you have to be very careful. with this. If it tips over, you're done 2) If you want a quick shot and don't want a huge hand in the picture, you'll need a tripod or monopod 3) Wi-Fi takes some time to set up your smartphone 4) The picture quality isn't that great best but not bad 5) It's a bit expensive but considering there aren't any alternatives that can do a panorama quickly yet. Advantages 1) fits in your pocket so you can take it with you wherever you go. on a roller coaster 2) Has some lighting settings if you use the smartphone app (which is FREE) so you have some control 3) You can take a quick shot but you have a big hand 4) DOES 360 degree videos ! (Limited to 3 minutes and Ricoh Theta only shows 10 seconds) 5) You can upload photos to Theta website and share them on Facebook 6) All in ONE shot. You no longer need to see the same people three times in one frame 7) because you don't get halos in one frame (images of cars cut in half, etc.). 8) does a great job of stitching, 9) you can change the look of the panorama in Photoshop so you can lighten and sharpen dark areas - HOWEVER you can't resize the image in any way. 10) You can even add 3D anaglyph effects to your panorama in Photoshop and show them on the Theta site Use Pixeet, a smartphone lens that took 4 separate photos and glued them together into panoramas (it has flaws that Theta doesn't have ). The good news is that I was able to add these photos to the Theta website as well. We won't find another camera that can do what this 3-15-15 can do. However, in about 6 months there will be better and more expensive cameras that will do what this camera does and more. Attention: The Ricoh Theta M15 360 is the latest model that can do more and is cheaper than the original. Get this model.
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