Ricoh Caplio R5 - Digital Camera Review
November 14th, 2008 at 08:26am Under Ricoh+ Uncategorized
Overall Assessment
Design 9 / 10
Qualita finish 8 / 10
Rich functionality 9 / 10
Access Profiles 9 / 10
Qualita image 9 / 10
Battery 8 / 10
Quality Report price 9 / 10
Overall Assessment 9 / 10
Pro: optical zoom; sensor; Display; corrections system vibration
Cons: Internal Memory
Conclusion: The Ricoh Caplio R5 is a compact camera of excellent quality, able to satisfy some users’ most demanding of those beginners. Besides the features, such as correction of vibration, an image sensor from 7.24 megapixels, an optical zoom of 7.1 x and a display that offers a resolution of 230 thousand pixels, all features rare to find on a compact.
Design
Ricoh Caplio R5 presents a convenient and practical design, but also fulfills the wishes hatred news, being available in the colors black, silver and purple. Although not have a real grip, its compact size for easy nonetheless the taking.
As for the latter, it is 96 mm in width, 55 millimeters in height and 26 mm deep, with a total weight of 140 grams excluding battery and card. As for the display is large and bright type TFT, 2.5 inches and a resolution of 230 thousand pixels, significantly improved compared to that of R4 150 thousand. The resolution of this display lets you view the photos perfectly even in sunny days and wide viewing angles.
Features and functionality
The compact digital camera Ricoh Caplio R5 was presented in August by this producer, as the direct heir of the R4, which reflects some features but adding the others. The first difference lies in the image sensor, a CCD, 1 / 2, 5 inches in size and an effective resolution of 7.24 pixels, which can make photographs with a maximum resolution of 3072×2048 pixel resolution. By also highlight the 7.1 x optical zoom, the highest in the compact class, weighing less than 150 grams. In the optical it also adds a digital zoom capable of 3.6 magnification that, combined with the optical permits to resume subject to great distance. But surely the most interesting aspect is the combination between traditional and correction of vibration created by Caplio, resulting in displacement sensor, with the brand new engine for image processing, called Smooth Imaging Engine II, which greatly expands the range of shooting in poorly lit areas, producing high quality images even at higher ISO settings, with a low level of noise.
As far as specific correction of vibration, it is a system that, whenever the camera detects an excessive movement, the CCD moves in the opposite direction to counteract the shaking of the camera. This allows you to make sharp telephoto shots at a high magnification factor in the shooting and macro shooting indoors. As for macro shooting, this feature allows you to move closer to 1 cm from the subject, not even miss a detail. Other improvements over the previous model hit the auto focus, auto exposure and auto white balance. The camera also has scene modes to allow you to get perfect pictures in all conditions, you can also create their own personalized settings and apply to the way the scene. But the rescue of videos and photos, the camera has an internal memory is not very large, 26 MB, but is compatible with memory cards type external Secure Digital or MultiMediaCard. You can also connect the camera to the computer or TV via USB ports and audio / video, using special cables in the box to buy. Thanks also to energy-saving features of the internal circuit, the rechargeable battery supplied provides greater durability and can take up to 380 photos with a single recharge.
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