Digital Camera Reviews

The Ricoh GR Digital IV is aimed unashamedly at the dued-up enthusiast – it’s the compact you slip into your pocket when your hideously expensive DSLR just isn’t practical. And it excels at this, thanks to a wide f/1.9 aperture lens, lightning fast autofocus and a range of tweak able shooting settings so vast that the average casual snapper will be sent running for their Polaroids.

The Ricoh can produce some excellent images, although given its price we’d expect that. Color reproduction is accurate and noise levels are nice and low at the bottom of the ISO range, so for outdoors and daytime use this is a nifty camera to have in your pocket. High ISO, low light shots don’t look quite so clean, with graininess showing up earlier than on the Canon S100. It’s not the most practical or versatile camera here, either. Read the rest of this entry »

Ricoh CX5 is all new 10 megapixel point and shoot compact camera with super zooming facility of 10.7 x 28.300mm zooming lens along with the various attractive  special features. It offers the ultimate photo shooting mode with its hybrid AF system with the 600mm which records improved super resolution Zooming while recording images. The back-illuminated sensor with 10 megapixel camera with
929K dots allows you to capture those memorable moments with crisp images. It is compact ad so fits in to your palm therefore, now you can carry it handy wherever you go, to capture the exotic beauty of the world with the photo expression techniques that enables you to get closer to nature with 1cm for wide angle and 28 cm for telephoto. Enjoy powerful images with this macro super camera.

Ricoh GR Digital IV camera gives you the feel of the good old days of cameras with reels; this camera has a 10 mega pixel censor. The response time of this camera is very quick and you can take images in under 1 second. Image stabilizing feature of this camera works wonders and it wades of any chances of getting blur pictures. This camera has a 3 inch LCD, which is just appropriate as per size of the screen is concerned. Built of Ricoh GR Digital IV camera is very solid and it really looks exactly similar to old ones. This camera has all the latest features but it looks quite old.

If you were waiting for the Leica-mount for the GXR system, then your wait is over, as Ricoh has launched the all-new Ricoh GXR Mount A12. This unit is packed with a CMOS sensor with the APS-C format as well as a Leica M-mount. Well, coming to the most important benefit that this mount provides, you can actually fit in many different lenses on the GXR body. So just, start using the lenses that you always wanted to, with the help of the M-mount. Whether it is Konica, Zeiss, Minolta, or Rollei lenses, you can try all of these, and even the Leica designs.

Be ready for the dust, shock and even water proof digital camera Ricoh PX. If you do not believe the claim, then look at the stats that say that, this camera is waterproof up to a depth of three metres, for around one hour, and you can even risk dropping it from a height of about 1.5 metres.  However, this is not the only USP of this camera as it many other features in store for the users. It also sports a 3.9 to 5.4 zoom lens as well as an anti-shift sensor-shift mechanism. Get this camera in loud green shade to enhance its style.

The new Ricoh Caplio RX camera, priced at $350, has a slim, wide-angle zoom lens with a focal length of 28 – 100 mm which is equivalent to a 35mm camera. This digital camera claims to have the world’s fastest shutter response and quick start-up time tested at 0.12 seconds and 0.9 seconds respectively. It has a 3.6x optical & 3.4x digital zoom. It has a 1.8-inch TFT LCD display, movie and sound functions, six scene modes (portrait, sports, landscape, night scene, text and high-sensitivity), an internal 8MB memory along with SD and MMC card support and also a USB 1.1.

The Ricoh Caplio R1V is one of the finest cameras produced by Ricoh. It has a CCD of 5.0 megapixels with 4.8x zoom and a top shutter speed of 0.05 seconds. JPEG, TIFF, AVI, and WAV are the recording formats offered Ricoh Caplio R1V. It has a memory expandable up to 1 GB with 12 MB internal memory. You can capture still images of 2560X1920 resolutions and motion capture of 320X240.The camera also offers as 1.8 inch TFT LCD. Ricoh Caplio R1V has standard features which makes it a perfect competitor of Sony cybershot and others. If you are looking for a good camera then Ricoh Caplio R1V must be on your list.

Ricoh Caplio R1 is a 25mm camera. It’s simple and elegant design belies its superior performance. It’s slim at 150g. Ricoh Caplio R1 is powered with Ricoh’s Retracting Lens System. Standard high tech features include a wide-angle 28mm~135mm optical zoom lens and faster shutter response time and 1cm macro shooting. The step zoom function offers you five preset optical focal lengths: 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, or 135mm. For close up shots a 3.6x digital zoom boosts the total zoom range up to a maximum 17.3x (28~486mm). Also it boasts Auto, ISO sensitivity of up to 1800, and AV Interface Audio.

If you want full entertainment, the Ricoh Caplio R2 is the best option for you; you can click amazing pictures with this camera. The Ricoh Caplio R2 comes with a lens which is 28mm and has the option of auto focus, you can select it automatically or manual.  You can also have the option of auto focus which is 30cm, and the aperture of the camera is F3.3. The camera has the option of white balance and it can be preset to five. This shutter speed is the amazing in this camera; the camera has a stutter speed of 1/2000s.

Ricoh Caplio GX8 is a superb digital camera with 8.2 megapixels CCD image sensor and it has 1.8 inch large LCD display. It has auto white balance system with 4 different options and 3X optical zoom with 4X digital zoom. Auto and manual flash with red eye reduction technique will help you to take the perfect snap in the low light condition. Aperture is varies from F2.5 to F4.3 and the different modes of ISO sensitivity is available in Ricoh Caplio GX8. USB connection is available to transfer the taken images to the computer. 2 AA batteries are used for the power supply.

Ricoh Caplio R3 is the name of camera with digital photographic excellence with the 5 megapixels and 28mm wide angle perspectives which are often not clear with a 35mm camera. Wide angle is the creative mark that helps you amend the picture as you prefer. The best quality of the camera is its light weight sleek body and silvery look that never fails to attract buyers. Another feature that truly makes a difference is vibration control which is a major requirement to get the perfect in overcrowded areas and shaky hands. This camera helps you achieve that. With 310 shots in one battery backup this is a perfect choice for casual photography.

If you want excellent image resolution, then Ricoh GR Digital is here for you. The image quality is very crisp because of the high quality lens. Coming to the specifications, this camera offers 1/1.8 CCD plus 8,130,000 effective pixels. For clicking subjects at a distance you will get 4× digital zoom. The ISO rating is also very good that ranges from 64 to 1600. You get many modes of flash as well as Focus features with Ricoh GR Digital. Auto focus, manual focus, snap etc are some of the attributes. You also get the features of exposure adjustments and white balance modes for better pictures.

The Ricoh Caplio RR530 is a smart camera which helps you to shoot wonderful pictures with different features of photography. This camera has a focal length of 5.4 to 16.2, the brightness on the camera is 2.8 to 4.8. Apart from this, the Ricoh Caplio RR530 camera has an Zoom Optical which is 3x for better shooting modes. The shutter speed of the camera is 1/1200 sec. This camera has an internal memory of 12MB and has the movie option of 320×240.  There are three modes available in this camera for different locations. The total weight of the camera is 130 grams and comes with a hand strap.

The 5.0 megapixel CCD image sensor equipped Ricoh Caplio R30 is a compact digital camera with the 5.7X wide zoom lens. The camera has double retracting lens system to give compact and sleek look. The Caplio R30 can produce the maximum and minimum image resolutions of 2560 x 1920 and 640 x 480, respectively. This compact digital camera also has video recording features with the maximum resolutions up to 320 x 240 pixels. The camera is incorporated with various automatic and manual features like, white balance, Flash modes, ISO sensitivity, exposure and metering. The 2.5 inch wide TFT color LCD display monitor offers media previewing at resolution of 114,000 pixels.

The Ricoh Caplio RR630 is a 6.1 megapixel point and shoot compact camera with CCD image sensor. The camera features total of 12X (3Xoptical and 4X digital zoom) zoom capabilities for shooting from a distance. The Caplio RR630 has movie mode for the video recording with the for pre-defined scene modes to achieve better video quality. The maximum and minimum video resolution of the camera is 320 by 240 and 160 by 120 pixels, respectively. The 2 inch LCD display monitor of the camera offers previewing at 130,000 pixels resolution. The camera has macro mode that enables the photo shooting from the closest distance of 6cm. The camera accepts regular AA batteries, which are easily available in most of stores.