At the end of June I bought Ricoh Theta V for posting video-panoramas on GSV. For a long time I could not choose between Insta 360 One X and Ricoh Theta V, there were a lot of pro and contra arguments about both cameras, but anyway, I made up my mind for Ricoh. Before I used Ricoh Theta SC, and I already knew about work principles of Ricoh application.
This month was productive for me of making videos. I filmed ~200 km of Voronezh Oblast, and after I went with my family to a very long (more than 5000 km) trip by car to the North of Russia, where I filmed such places as Solovetsky island, town of Kem’ in Karelia and Vytegra in Vologda Oblast (soon I’ll make a big post in Russian about this jorney). I mounted my camera on the top of my car, using Delkin DDMNT-TRIPLE Fat Gecko Three-Arm Suction Mount and Dicom TM12 selfie stick, that allowed to fix this construction at optium height.
After month of using Ricoh Theta V I can note the following advantages of the camera:
* ease of use and management
* fast charge
* good quality (it seemed to be much more better, that 4K)
* opportunity of using camera on high speed (in some placed I accelerated up to 130 km/h, or 81 mph when video-panoramas recorded, and even on this speed I got good quality picture)
* camera is very compact and convenient for transportation
* good price (I bought it for 20800 RUB, or 328 USD)
* minimum interval of shhoting - 4 sec (8 sec for Theta SC)
But also I can tell about some disadvantages:
* small volume of memory - only 19 GB, or 30 minute operation in 4K video mode - it isn’t good to making videos on the big areas. Wherein, it’s impossible to upgrade memory volume, cuz there isn’t memory card slot.
* videos are not always deleted from the camera after downloading to the phone - I need to carry notebook every my GSV-trip
* clearly visible place of stitching image
* the camera often overheats and switch off after it.
In general, I am satisfied with my choice of Ricoh Theta V. It’s good variant for GSV-beginners for it’s price.