After several months of use, I can confidently say this device has become a permanent fixture on my desk—and not just because I’m too busy to unplug it. The voice dictation works impressively well, saving both time and keyboard wear, while the video quality is sharp enough to make even Monday morning Zoom calls look respectable.
Whether you’re conferencing or simply attempting to look professional from your home office, the performance is consistently reliable. As someone with over 25–30 years in the IT industry, I don’t hand out praise lightly—but in this case, it’s well deserved.
In short, this is an excellent choice for everyday office use. Logitech continues its long-standing tradition of delivering quality products—thankfully, without requiring an IT support ticket to get started.
If only every piece of tech behaved this well, IT departments everywhere could finally take a proper coffee break.
Ricoh THETA SC2 4K 360 Spherical Camera - White
The Ricoh THETA SC2, in white, is the enthusiast model of the THETA lineup, designed for casual use, for those selfie shooters who would instead capture everything in spherical 360° and in 4K. The THETA SC2 is simple to operate for beginners and everyone else, and it's so compact it can be kept in your pocket at all times and pulled out in any situation to capture 360 photos and videos. A self-timer button gives you the flexibility to set up and capture creative 360 group shots. The THETA SC2 features two ultra-wide lenses, each with a 1/2.3" CMOS sensor behind it. Whatever you shoot is captured by both lenses simultaneously, resulting in two images. The camera then automatically stitches these images internally in real-time (so you don't have to do so in post-production), and what you get is a 360 spherical image.
A follow-up to the predecessor SC model, the THETA SC2 is highly improved with 4K video recording capability and intuitive image enhancement features. For example, Face Mode detects when faces are in a weird location in the frame, or if the faces are slanted too much, and it centers them. It also brightens the faces by applying exposure compensation and noise reduction in order for the skin and faces to look brighter and better. Other new features include Night View and Underwater Mode, both of which help you get the kind of shot that you'll be glad to share instantly, The THETA SC2 is capable of recording 360° 4K video thanks to its use of the same high-speed image sensors that the advanced THETA V model has. Additionally, a supporting image processing engine allows for real-time internal stitching of the 4K video. Moreover, shake correction helps stabilize the 4K image. Up to 3-minute clips of 4K video can be recorded at a time at real-time 30 fps to the internal 14GB of memory.
Exposure compensation and noise reduction brighten faces so the skin looks brighter and better
Highlight priority automatic exposure in dark scenes captures main subjects as best as possible even when they are too brightly lit
The white balance settings are specifically designed for underwater shooting in depths of 16 to 33', in order to compensate for how colors are captured underwater
Specifications:
| Exterior/external dimensions: | 45.2 mm (W) x 130.6 mm (H) x 22.9 mm (17.9 mm *6) (D) |
| Weight: | Approx. 104 g |
| Still image resolution: | 5376×2688 |
| Video resolution/frame rate/bit rate: | 4K:3840×1920/29.97fps/54Mbps(High),32Mbps(Low) |
| 2K:1920×960/29.97fps/16Mbps(High),8Mbps(Low) | |
| Microphone: | Monoaural |
| Internal memory/Number of photos that can be recorded, time *2 | Approx. 14GB |
| Still image: Approx. 3,000 photos | |
| Video (time per recording): Max. 3 minutes *3 | |
| Video (total recording time):(4K) Approx. 32 minutes,(2K)approx. 115 minutes | |
| Object distance: | Approx. 10cm - 8 (from the front of the lens) |
| Shooting mode: | Still image: Auto, shutter priority, ISO priority, manual*2 |
| Video: Auto | |
| Exposure control mode: | Program AE, Shutter speed priority AE, ISO sensitivity AE, Manual exposure |
| Exposure compensation: | Still image: Manual compensation (-2.0 - +2.0EV, 1/3EV step) *2 |
| ISO sensitivity (standard output sensitivity): | Still image: (Automatic) ISO64 - 1600 The Upper Limit setting, |
| (ISO priority mode) ISO64 - 3200 *1 | |
| (Manual mode)ISO64 - 3200 *2 | |
| Video: (Automatic) ISO64 - 6400 The Upper Limit settings, | |
| White balance mode: | Still images/video: Auto, Outdoor, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent light 1, Incandescent light 2, Daylight color fluorescent light, Natural white fluorescent light, White fluorescent light, Light bulb color fluorescent light, Underwater, Color temperature (2500K to 10000K) *2 |
| Shutter speed: | Still image: (Automatic) 1/25000 - 1/8 seconds, |
| (Shutter priority mode) 1/25000 - 1/8 seconds *2 | |
| (Manual mode) 1/25000 - 60 seconds *1 | |
| Video: 1/25000 - 1/30 seconds | |
| Shooting functions: | Still images: Noise reduction, DR compensation, HDR rendering, interval shooting, multi-bracket shooting, self-timer (2 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds), My Settings, Videos: Self-timer (2.5 seconds, 10 seconds), My Settings, Preset: Face, Night View, Lens-by-Lens Exposure |
| Power source: | Lithium-ion battery (built-in) *4 |
| Battery life: | Still image: Approx. 260 photos *5 |
| Video: Approx. 70 minutes *5 | |
| Compression method: | Still image: JPEG (Exif Ver2.3) |
| Video: MP4 (Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264), Audio: AAC-LC (mono) | |
| External interface: | Micro-USB: USB 2.0, the microphone terminal |
| Lens configuration: | 7 elements in 6 groups |
| Lens_F value: | F2.0 |
| Image sensor_size: | 1/2.3 CMOS (x2) |
| Effective pixels: | Approx. 12 megapixels (x2) |
| Output pixels: | Approx. 14 megapixels |
| Usage temperature range: | 0°C - 40°C |
| Usage humidity range: | 90% or less |
| Storage temperature range: | -20°C - 60°C |
