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Ricoh's Caplio GX digital camera. Courtesy of Ricoh, with modifications by Michael R. Tomkins. Ricoh announces Caplio GX
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(Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 12:50 EDT)

In a Japanese announcement from a few days ago that we've only just now had time to tend to, Ricoh has announced its new Caplio GX digital camera.

The Ricoh Caplio GX is a metal-bodied five megapixel model with a wide-angle 28-85mm equivalent 3x optical zoom lens, and offers an impressive 1cm minimum macro focusing distance.As with some of the company's other cameras, the Caplio GX is noteable for an impressively short shutter lag time - just 0.12 seconds. Other features include a 130,000 pixel 1.8-inch LCD display, optical viewfinder, built-in flash , hot shoe for external flash strobes, 16MB of built-in memory and Secure Digital card storage.

The Ricoh Caplio GX will go on sale tomorrow in Japan, with pricing set at ¥70,000 (approximately equivalent to US$621 / €517 / CAD$855 / £349, ignoring exchange rate fluctuations, taxes and duties). Full specifications and a product photo courtesy of Ricoh follow:

Ricoh Caplio GX
Ricoh's Caplio GX digital camera. Courtesy of Ricoh, with modifications by Michael R. Tomkins. Click for a bigger picture!
Dimensions (W x D x H) 113.6 x 29.0 x 58.0mm (excluding projections)
Interval Timer Shooting interval: 30 sec. - 3 hours (30 sec. steps)
Power Source
Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
2x AA batteries (alkaline, NiMH)
Optional AC adaptor
Self Timer Delay: Approx 10 sec, 2 sec
Usable Temperature 0-40°C
Video Signal Method NTSC / PAL switchable
Weight Approx 205g (excluding battery, SD memory card, hand strap)
Exposure Adjustment
TTL-CCD photometric system: Multi (256 segments)
Centre Weight
Spot
Exposure Compensation
Manual compensation (+2 - -2 EV in 1/3 steps)
Auto-bracket (-0.5 EV, 0, +0.5 EV)
Shutter
Still: 30, 15, 8, 4, 2, 1, -1/2000 sec (electronic/mechanical shutter)
During long-term exposure has noise elimination function
Motion: 1/30 - 1/2000 sec (electronic shutter)
White Balance Auto, daylight, overcast, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, One push (manual), White balance bracket
Digital Zoom 4x (Maximum 12x in combination with optical zoom)
Flash Modes
Auto (automatic flash in backlight), Red-eye Reduction, On, Slow Synchro, Off
Distance: 0.2 - 5.0m (W), 0.15 - 2.9m (T) (ISO auto or ISO400)
Focus AutoFocus, Manual Focus, Fixed Focus (Snap), Infinity (includes AF auxiliary light)
ISO Sensitivity Auto, ISO64, ISO100, ISO200, ISO400, ISO800, ISO1600
LCD Monitor 1.8 low temperature polysilicon TFT LCD (approx 130,000 pixels)
Lens
Focal range: F: 5.8 - 17.4mm (equivalent to 28-85mm for 35mm film cameras)
Step-zoom intervals: 4 steps (28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm)
Brightness: F: 2.5(W) - 4.3 (T)
Lens Structure: 9 glass elements in 7 groups
Object Distance Approx 0.3m - infinity (Macro: Approx 0.01m - infinity, Telemacro: Approx 0.08 - infinity)
Shooting Capacity
Using DB43: Approx 3,700 pictures (continuous), approx 400 pictures (normal)
Continuous reproduction of still pictures: Approx 340 minutes
Using AA alkaline batteries: Approx 120 pictures (normal)
Viewfinder Real-image optical zoom finder
CCD 1/1.8 inch primary-colour CCD with effective 5.13 million pixels (5.25 million square pixels)
Picture Modes Fine, Normal, Non-compressed
Recording Format
Still: JPEG (Exif ver 2.21), Non-compressed (TIFF), DCF compliant, DPOF compliant
Text: TIFF (MMR system)
Motion: AVI (Open DML Motion JPEG format compliant)
Sound: WAV (Exif ver 2.21)
Recording Media
SD Memory Card™ (3.3V 8 / 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 / 512MB)
Multimedia Card™ (16 / 32 / 64MB)
Built-in memory (16MB)
Recording Modes Still (continuous, S-continuous, M-continuous), Aperture-priority/Manual exposure, Scene (Portrait, Sports, Landscape, Night Scene, Text, High-sensitivity), Motion, S
Resolution
Still: 2592x1944, 2048x1536, 1280x960, 640x480
Text: 2560x1920, 2048x1536
Motion: 320x240, 160x120
Storage Capacity (no. of pictures) (Internal 16MB memory)
Still: 7 (2592x1944 Fine), 13 (2592x1944 Normal), 1 (2592x1944 Non-compressed)
10 (2048x1536 Fine), 20 (2048x1536 Normal)
20 (1280x960 Fine), 39 (1280x960 Normal), 141 (640x480 Normal)
Storage Capacity (Time) (Internal 16MB memory)
Motion: 44 seconds (320x240) 158 seconds (160x120)
Sound: 33 minutes 53 seconds
Storage Data Capacity
Still: Approx 9.61MB (2592x1944 Non-compressed), Approx 1.79MB (2592x1944 Fine), Approx 1.03MB (2592x1944 Normal), Approx 1.29MB (2048x1536 Fine)
Still: Approx 671KB (2048x1536 Normal), Approx 686KB (1280x960 Fine), Approx 356KB (1280x960 Normal), Approx 82KB (640x480 Normal)
AV Interface Audio Out, Video Out
CPU Windows: Pentium II or faster Macintosh: Power PC or faster
Display
Resolution: 640x480 dots or more
256 colours or more (800x600 dots or more, 65,000 colours recommended)
Resolution: 640x480 dots or more
256 colours or more (800x600 dots or more, 32,000 colours recommended)
Hard Disk Space
Windows 98/98SE: 10MB or more (during installation)
Windows 2000 Professional: 10MB or more (during installation)
Windows ME: 10MB or more (during installation), Windows XP Home Edition/ XP Professional: 10MB or more (during installation)
Mac OS X 10.1.2 - 10.3: 100MB or more (during installation) 100MB or more (during operation)
Memory Space
Windows 98/99SE: 32MB or more (96MB or more recommended), Windows 2000 Professional: 128MB or more (256MB or more recommended)
Windows ME: 64MB or more (96MB or more recommended), Windows XP Home Edition/ XP Professional: 128MB or more (256MB or more recommended)
Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2.2: 96MB or more (128MB or more recommended)
Mac OS X 10.1.2 - 10.3: 128MB or more (256MB or more recommended)
Operating Software Windows 98/98SE, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows ME, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.1.2-10.3
Other USB board, keyboard, CD-ROM drive, mouse required USB board, keyboard, CD-ROM drive, mouse required
PC Interface USB 1.1 (compatible with PC's with Windows 98/99SE/2000 Professional/ME/XP Home Edition/XP Professional preinstalled Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 or Mac OS X 10.1.2-10.3
Accessories
AA Alkaline Battery x2
DB-43 Lithium-ion Battery
BJ-2 Battery Charger
USB Cable
AV Cable
CD-ROM
Instruction Manual
Hand Strap
Soft Case
Optional AC-4a AC Adaptor
Optional PC Card Adaptor
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