The newly announced RICOH THETA X 360 camera offers up to 60MP stills, 5.7K30p, or up to 4K60p video, direct USB-C live streaming, a large 2.25″ touch-screen display, and a removable battery. On top of the 48GB internal storage, the camera also has a microSD card slot. The Japanese company Ricoh offers a wide variety of products for offices (such as printers) as well as IT services. In the photography world, Ricoh (Ricoh Imaging) is known as a company behind the camera brand Pentax. While still somewhat popular among stills photographers, Pentax DSLR cameras did not make any headlines in the filmmaking world for years and they lost track of the competition. I am curious if Ricoh will resurrect the brand and come up with its own mirrorless system in the future. In the world of 360 photo & video, on the other hand, Ricoh has been quite active in recent years with its RICOH THETA line of 360 cameras. First RICOH THETA 360 camera was released already back in 2013. In 2017, we informed you about the RICOH THETA V 360 camera. Now, Ricoh announces a new model with the RICOH THETA X. Let’s take a look at its features and specs. RICOH THETA X – 60MP stills, 5.7K30p video The RICOH THETA X is equipped with two 1/2″ type sensors and two f/2.4 ultra-wide-angle lenses. Each sensor has approximately 48MP resolution, so the resulting stills images, when stitched together, can have up to 60MP (11008 x 5504) in...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 28 January, 2022