Saturday, September 09, 2006

Ricoh Caplio R5 - Some negatives...


(Picture above) Top of the Ricoh Caplio R5 showing the shutter button, small power button, and below the new zoom control, and mode switch.

I've noticed some negatives when using the Ricoh Caplio R5, so I'll post them here, as a dislikes list:

- Flash position, easy to put finger in front of it
- Flash overexposes images if the subject is too close, the camera requires you to set the camera to Macro mode if you don't want the flash to overexpose the image
- Flimsy battery cover
- Shutter button - easy to half-press, not so easy to press fully due to the metal surround. (as shown above)
- Has crashed (twice so far on switch on, may be resolved with updated firmware?)

Don't worry, I will post a positives list in the future, however, it's often easier to list the negatives first.