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RICOH THETA m15 | SHOOTING REPORT
The Theta M15 is the successor of the RICOH's 360-degree camera released 1 year ago. It features the long-awaited video recording, and the 360-degree vision is now in movie! Before speaking too much, let's just check how exciting it is first.
( Photography : T.Nakanishi, 4beats / Text : 4beats )
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Play the movie and drag the screen. It's a movie, but you can move the point of view by 360 degrees! Because it captures the entire surroundings, you don't have to pan the camera and you can always be in the image. Just press the shutter button and it records everything. Although it can record only up to 3 minutes and the CMOS sensor has rolling shutter image problems (wavy or jelly-like images when the camera is shaken while shooting), it's so much fun that I forgot such issues. Also, the movie recording mode doesn't support liveview on a smartphone, but it's OK because we can keep the fun part until we go home.
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I fixed the camera in the temple ground with falling leaves. Because of the strong perspective, it's hard to capture small subjects. When you have time, it's best to check the angle by still photo mode before shooting movies.
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This is a still photo. With one shot, it captured everything including kids making deserts as well as the air of the workshop. This angle is extremely difficult for SLR cameras. Also, because the small body didn't intimidate them, they look very natural.
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Shoot the straight and curved lines, and you can create get an artistic image.
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Of course, it's a great camera for traveling. I shot this image via Wi-Fi hiding myself, but I also realized its great potential for taking group shots.
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The high sensitivity performance is never excellent, but good enough for shooting streets with illuminations. You may have a hard time composing, but actually, you don't even need to compose. Just find the camera position and everything is included in the image. By the way, in the still photo mode and via smart phone App, you can select exposure mode (ISO priority/shutter speed priority/AUTO). Also, you can set white balance and control exposure.
The more you shoot, the more you enjoy it.
This is one of the most entertaining cameras. Just like the first version, all you have to do is find the camera position and shoot. That's it. With one push, it captures everything of the moment and it's always fun to watch it. Actually, I shot so many fun movies and images that I cannot share here for various reasons and I'm sure I'll continue to watch them for years and laugh every time I play them.
The first version was released before the Android App and it didn't support embedding into blogs. Since then, it went through many updates until this second version was released. So, we can expect further updates in the future as well. No change in appearance? Of course, it doesn't need to change because the simple and thin body was designed not to capture the body itself. Instead, it now comes in four colors! How about that! Bring it to anywhere you go. And, capture scenes beyond imagination.
( 2014.12.18 )