RICOHTheta SC2 Blue 360° Camera, Blue

I have two Ricoh Theta 360 cameras. This one is more affordable and it works about the same as the more expensive one. I got these to do 360 degree home tours. It works fine. I did buy a tripod adapter so that I can charge it while I'm using it because the battery life can't always handle how much/long I'm using it. The colors are beautiful.

Being a real estate photographer, we needed something that could do 3d tours and floor plans.It works perfectly with the Zillow app and it creates exactly what we need with the quality of photos we need!Super excited about this product and it works well!!!It doesn’t even give that funky fish eye look to which I despise so much!Great product !!!!! My real estate agents loves that we can do extra parts to our services we provide !!!

It does not take stunning HD photos like some of the more expensive options, but it works great for it's value. We use it at our construction sites for documentation in each room/area and it has been super useful. Be very careful with the lenses though as they stick out proud of the camera frame and can be the first thing to touch other surfaces if not handled carefully.The only negative for the camera, and hence the 4 stars, is that the camera's base firmware out of the box does not work well with iOS 14 and up. It will have a spotty connection with the iPhone and will constantly say cannot connect with camera even though it is. The camera needs to be updated to it's newest firmware in order to work with iPhone's iOS 14 and up. If you are lucky enough to get the camera to connect to the phone long enough, then the camera can be updated from the phone. Otherwise, the updated has to be done from your computer. It is not Ricoh's issue per say since it was Apple's upgrade that caused the issue, but it would be nice for Ricoh to at least explain that or make that clearer to customers as I would have never known that solution without Googling the issue.

Ricoh? Who is that? Well, they produced the excellent 360 digital camera that I recently purchased. They also made the processor used in the original Nintendo (among other things).I already have a Chinese branded 360 camera that I purchased a few years ago. It was great however it had a few flaws. The battery life was not too great. The app was a little difficult to use and it was full of glitches. For some unknown reason, many of my photos and videos were not saved on the micro SD card. I guess that means that my old 360 camera was not so great.Now lets look at my new Ricoh Theta SC2. I decided on the blue color, mainly because I like blue. White would have also been nice but I didn't know if I would get it dirty. When I removed it form the packaged is that it was nice smooth look BUT it has some type of magical coating that is not slippery. When I hold it, it doesn't feel as slippery as my iPhone.The Theta SC2 is mainly operated by a single button placed over an OLED screen that indicates the operating modes: photo, video, wifi, etc. There is a power button on the side that glows when the unit is on. There is also a wifi button, mode button, and timer button. If you connect the Theta SC2 to your phone through wifi or bluetooth, you can also operate it through the app.Speaking of the app, it is extremely user friendly. It quickly transferred my pictures and video from the Theta unit to my iPhone's internal storage. Guess what? It actually saved all of my photos and videos! There were no lost vacation memories for me this time! I can view the 360 images or video using my phone's screen. You can also transfer pics to social media. I will probably do that in a month because I am quite bad at uploading pics in a timely fashion.The battery life seems to last pretty long. I didn't have to charge it during the day. Also it includes 14GB of onboard storage (no SD card) and I feel like this is more than enough. If I was on vacation for a week, maybe I would have transferred the pictures to my phone at the end of the day just to make sure I had enough memory for the next day.I received many compliments on my 360 camera on my recent trip to Star Wars Galaxy's Edge at Disney. I thought people would comment on my cool Adidas X Star Wars shoes but they liked the Ricoh Theta more. Oh well... I like the camera too!

Quality resolution for the price.

I understand the Ricoh theta SC2 is cheaper than other models like the Z1 but for nearly $300 I expected clear images to say the least. I was disappointed to find that the camera quality is almost like that of an iPhone 4. You may be satisfied to have it for personal use. However it is most definitely not the camera you’re looking for if you want it for your business or professional usage.

I use this camera for listing rentals on Zillow etc It works great for uploading to their website. The app is easy to navigate and the photos make the places look awesome. Really gets those 360 shots and panoramas that your cellphone won’t get. Seems pretty durable. The price? It’s a little high but it’s money well spent if you get your place looking great and it rents fast right? Don’t forget to purchase a tripod at the same time. Pretty hard to use without one.

I really wanted to like this. It’s small enough to fit in your pocket if you wanted, looks nice the buttons are easy enough to use and understand. The app is garbage…. The range of the wifi is terrible. Transfer speed is amazing and then it just falls off to next to nothing. Randomly the app ant communicate with the camera. It advertises that it works with the street view app but… the photos are blown out white, you have to set the exposure as auto does not work there. And the real turn off…. Photo quality was junk…. All kinds of crazy ghosting and artifacts. I can almost use about 2 out of every 10 photos from my walk this evening. Sending this junk back…