Ricoh have announced a new budget 7 megapixel digital camera, the Ricoh Caplio RR730, it features a 3x optical zoom lens, a 2.5″ screen, a 4x digital zoom, 6 scene modes, 32mb internal memory, 5cm macro mode, takes AA batteries, features ISO64, 100 and 200, but unfortunately only has a 320×240 resolution video mode at 30fps. The camera is compact and weighs only 120g.

The Ricoh Caplio RR730 is the newest addition to Ricoh’s popular, award-winning range of digital cameras, whose outstanding performance, value for money and stylish designs have won them favor around the world from both professional and amateur photographers. [Read more…]

Ricoh have announced a 1st Anniversary Commemorative Model of the GR Digital, an 8 megapixel compact digicam based on the GR Series of 35mm compact film cameras.

Limited to 1,000 units only, the new GR Digital also celebrates the 10th anniversary of the GR series film camera. Japanese illustrator Katsuya Terada is responsible for the very distinctive look of the new model, which is sure to attract attention whenever you use it. [Read more…]

Take a look on the September’s Top 5 most popular digital cameras , based on page views over the month of September. Here’s the most recent list, with the new Ricoh Caplio R5 at number 1:

1 - Ricoh Caplio R5 - Ultra compact 6mp, 7.1x optical zoom, Anti-Shake
2 - Fujifilm FinePix F30 - Compact 6mp, 3x optical zoom, ISO upto 3200
3 - Fujifilm FinePix S5600 S5200 - 5mp, 10x optical zoom
4 - Olympus Mju 720SW - 7 megapixel waterproof, shockproof, dustproof
5 - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7 - 6mp, 12x optical zoom with image stabilisation [Read more…]

Ricoh Japan has announced the new Ricoh Caplio 500SE.

The Caplio 500SE is an 8 megapixel camera with a 3x optical wide angle Zoom lens. It features a water, dust and shock resistance casing which allows shooting in water to a depth of 1 meter.

The Ricoh Caplio 500SE also features bluetooth (2.0) - something we’ve not seen on a lot of cameras yet - to allow wireless transfer of images to computers. It also features an inbuilt flash but has a hot shoe for the fitting of an external one also. [Read more…]

Combining the Caplio R5’s Ricoh-original CCD-shift vibration correction method and brand new image processing engine greatly expands the range of shooting in low light areas producing high quality images at even higher ISO settings with low noise.

Ricoh Co., Ltd. has announced the release of the new Caplio R5 digital camera featuring a 7.1x optical wide zoom lens (28–200 mm in 35 mm camera format), the highest zoom in the compact class.

The new Caplio R5 succeeds the standard setting Caplio R4 with wide angle / high-magnification zoom (open priced, launched March 17, 2006, featuring effective 6.04 megapixel CCD). [Read more…]

Announced almost a year ago - and rumored for a long time before - the GR Digital was always going to be something of a niche product. Described as a ‘professional grade high resolution compact’ the GR Digital echoes the design and ethos of the popular and very highly regarded GR series of film compacts and is unusual in having a fixed 28mm equivalent F2.4 lens and full photographic control.

The 8MP GR-D (as we’ll call it from now on) is also fairly expandable; with an optional optical viewfinder, 21mm equivalent ultra wide converter and dedicated flash available (though by then you’ve spend well over $1000). [Read more…]