Also, the 360° spherical-panorama-in-one-shot camera Pentax showed in prototype form at a trade show a couple of years ago is in production as the Ricoh Theta and they've set up a partnership with Google to have spherical images linked on Google maps. Pretty cool, I think. And I don't think the old Pentax, or even Hoya, would have had the clout to set up such a deal with Google.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/01/30/ricoh-teams-up-with-google-to-enable-spherical-pictures-from-theta-on-google-maps?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_16 At $399 that Theta might even be a fun gizmo to play with. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
