Ricoh Announces Theta SC2 Spherical Camera with 4K Video

Big news for spherical imagery enthusiasts! Ricoh has just announced the Theta SC2, an exciting follow-up to the original Theta SC and welcome addition to the entire Theta family. The Theta SC2 retains many of the features that made its predecessor so popular—easy to carry, easy to use—and goes several steps further by incorporating several new upgrades and enhancements, including 4K video, a lot more memory, and some cool new shooting presets and modes.

Ricoh THETA SC2 4K 360 Spherical Camera

In terms of form factor, it’s hard to distinguish the Theta SC2 from the original. The first Theta SC was celebrated for its lightweight, take-anywhere design, and the new model champions that look with a near-identical footprint. It’s also just as easy to use, thanks to its intuitive build and button layout. But that doesn’t mean everything is the same. For example, the Theta SC2 now features a new front-facing status display OLED, and on the side are a self-timer and Bluetooth button (a new connectivity feature we’ll touch on below). Those additions round out the Theta SC2’s very clean, very sleek-but-accessible aesthetic that made the original so popular.