Gadgetory

hey there I'm Josh Goldman we've seen it and if you're crazy for 360 degree panorama or cool photography gadgets meet the Ricoh theta it's an imaging device with a proprietary twin lens system that with a single press of the shutter release captures fully spherical images since there's no screen in order to view your shots the theta connects wirelessly to an iphone 4s or five or a fourth or fifth gen ipod touch android support is expected before the year is out just launched the free app and you can download shots stored on the Thetas internal memory or you can use the app as a shutter release and the images will automatically download to your mobile device it can also use your devices GPS to geotag the images once transferred you can open the image and pinch swipe and rotate it you can then upload them to a dedicated theta site for sharing on social networks and on Microsoft's Photosynth and Bing Map sites a desktop version for mac and Windows allows high-res images to be saved viewed and shared from there too it is a lot of fun to use and a bit addictive since it requires no effort beyond pressing the shutter but all of this fun comes at a cost four hundred dollars that's a lot for something that does just one thing but again if you're crazy for panoramas or unusual cameras this is for you i'm josh golden and that's the Ricoh theta