Ricoh Caplio R5 Review On-Line!

I've just published our review of the new 7 megapixel Ricoh Caplio R5 on DigiCamReview. The R5 is features a wide-angle 7.1x optical zoom lens, ISO upto 1600, a 2.5" screen, newly designed controls and curvier body, and image stabilisation in an (ultra) compact metal body. The camera will be available in Silver, Red, or Black for £249 including VAT:

"The Ricoh Caplio R5 is a new 7 megapixel update to the Ricoh Caplio R4 - it has a 7.1x optical zoom lens - this is impressive considering the camera is roughly the same size as cameras with only a 3x optical zoom lens. The camera's wide-angle 7.1x optical zoom lens starts at 28mm and zooms to 200mm equivalent, and has a built in lens-cover. The camera also features a "Vibration Correction" CCD sensor, much like Konica Minolta's Anti-shake technology - image stabilisation is becoming more and more common as an effective way to reduce camera shake and blur in low-light or with long zoom lenses."

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Ricoh Caplio R5 vs Ricoh Caplio R4

Ricoh have updated the megapixels (7.0 compared to 6.0), design (shape), layout (zoom control, mode button etc), colours (silver/red/black front, back always black), screen (230,000 pixels compared to 154,000), megapixels, ISO settings (upto 1600 available compared to 800 on R4), removed the anti-shake button (put it in a menu), video mode (640x480 vs 320x240), better battery life (380 shots vs 330), a "New Smooth Imaging Engine II image processing engine", and possibly more I can't think of right now, when compared to the Ricoh Caplio R4.