Thursday, September 07, 2006

Ricoh Caplio R5 Specifications, Features

Here's a quick run down of the main specifications and features of the Ricoh Caplio R5:

  • 7.0 Megapixel Sensor

  • 7.1x Optical Zoom Lens f=4.6-33, 1:3.3-4.8 (28 - 200mm equiv.)

  • 2.5" TFT screen, 230,000 pixels

  • Vibration Correction (anti-shake CCD sensor)

  • 3.6x Digital Zoom / Auto resize*

  • ISO AUTO, 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600

  • Video mode: 640 x 480 pixels, 30 fps with sound

  • 1cm Macro mode

  • Pictbridge support

  • 10 Scene modes including: TIFF Text mode, Skew correction etc

  • 2 Custom Scene modes

  • 380 shot battery life


* Auto Resize appears to be a new feature, and instead of enlarging the image, it simply switches you to a lower MP setting if you want to zoom beyond the 7.1x optical zoom, this should mean image quality is not lost, as it simply crops the center of the image.