this has been from life in 360 and welcome to theta V sample footage I
finally got my hands on it and take a look at this are you guys thinking what
I'm thinking is this taken from a Rico camera yes you better believe it believe
your eyes this was taken with the theta V this video looks absolutely crisp
sharp vivid nice colors nice dynamic range this was shot with the theta V
it's in 4k we've got lots of resolution and all around this is just looking so
so good I'm in a little bit of shock I must admit because up until this point
Rico haven't really been a competitor in the 360 video space but looking at this
very first clip I can see that the theta V is going to be one of the top 360
video cameras of 2017 the only fault I can pick with this right now is the
chromatic aberration around the windows but let's be honest the only people that
care about CA are actual photographers not the audience well unless it's really
bad which this isn't oh and by the way I'd never eat any of this stuff is way
against my diet I only eat broccoli in carrots so let's just say I'm a very
good actor taking it outside and I'm seeing a very good result again there
aren't really any nasty areas that are commending my attention the Sun is
handled really well I will point out that the seam line was facing the Sun
which is the best way to avoid lens flares but that is handling the Sun
super well and it's not really commanding the viewers attention now
I've done a quick color grade and that is looking better still the colors are
looking nice and vibrant the shadows aren't too dark the highlights are
visible for the most part and this is looking really balanced all around
another thing I'm noticing is the dreaded red jar of doom this is one of
the annoyances of the theta s it has returned with the theta V because of the
shape of the lenses you'll notice on the grass there are two red dots these are
going to be visible basically every time you're out shooting in the Sun so it's
something you need to factor in and also something you can work towards fixing if
you check your live view before shooting now let's look at the stitching and this
is one of the most impressive things about the theta V I'm putting my
face directly in front of the sceneline and there's only very minimal stitching
error otherwise is so smooth and I bet you haven't noticed any issues with it
at all up until this point again we've got some purple fringing around me but
that is to be expected when I'm standing directly in front of a light source it
doesn't bother me massively but if it bothers you then don't buy this camera
because you're most definitely going to find issues with it here I put it at the
end of my favorite selfie stick and took it for a walk and while the exposure is
really good especially given the fact that the seam line is away from the Sun
this time there is a bigger issue and that's the stabilization while Rico
have improved the stabilization since the theta S it just doesn't compare to
the Xiaomi camera the insta 360 cameras in the Garmin VirB it doesn't have that
beautiful six axis stabilization yet it may be added in a firmware update later
but at the moment it's going to be a little bit shaky here I attempted a
special audio test and while it was successful and the audio played back
really really well inside the Ricker faded desktop up when I brought this
footage into Adobe Premiere it lost its special ability eat only came up as one
truck after spending some time on Google I realized there was a fix for this but
it's not going to be as simple as drag-and-drop
you will need to install some mb sonic audio plugins so while special audio is
going to be an awesome feature it is going to require some work and here's
the theta v in low light take a look around what do you see with an F 2.0
aperture it's going to be one of the better performers for 360 video in low
light there's a little bit of noise but not too much the lights are quite low at
the moment so I think it's performing really well from looking on my phone
here you won't really want to shoot too much darker than this but in low light
the theta V is going to have your back I know a lot of people are disappointed at
the fact that the photo resolution has remained the same however seeing all of
these samples for me redeems the theta V this is definitely a camera I'm going to
be using a lot in the future for shooting 360 video and I strongly
suggest you consider it too because this footage looks excellent in every
situation and I know that it's a camera that I'll be able to rely on to do
liver I'm gonna put a link in the description to where you can find it on
Amazon it's already up there and also definitely stay tuned for my theta V
official review I'm gonna get it out as soon as possible where I'll put out all
of my thoughts it's not a perfect camera but there is a
lot of really excellent features here so don't discount it yet this is going to
be contender against the insta 361 the Xiaomi and everything else out there and
As I Lay Dying from a solid 20 seconds of exercise I'll just remind you to
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keep capturing your Wheldon 360 and I'll talk to you soon