Digital Photography Tutorials » Ricoh http://www.photoaxe.com Digital Photography Tutorials For Beginners. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:18:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Ricoh Caplio R7 Digital Camera Review http://www.photoaxe.com/ricoh-caplio-r7-digital-camera-review/ http://www.photoaxe.com/ricoh-caplio-r7-digital-camera-review/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:27:12 +0000 lau http://www.photoaxe.com/ricoh-caplio-r7-digital-camera-review/ Ricoh Caplio R7 digital camera offers 8.1 megapixels and a 7.1x wide zoom lens (28-200mm), meaning that it will bring you more optical zoom than any other camera in this range. On the first view, I can say it has a very solid build. Around the back are a selection of well-positioned control buttons, which prove to be responsive. One of these buttons is particularly useful: the ‘adj’ button (abbreviation for adjustments), which allows easy access to a host of useful control options such as exposure compensation, white balance control and ISO settings: the main ingredients for a technically good photo. The on-screen menu system is a doodle to navigate.
The most interesting features of this model are vibration control and face recognition technology. There’s no optical viewfinder, but the 2.7inch LCD screen is one of biggest out there and performs very well even in bright sun. On the other hand, event if Ricoh raised the ISO sensitivity up to 1600, this level is total useless. Usually Caplio R7 is capable of some very fine shots, with a particularly good grasp of colour reproduction, but if used fully extended, some barrel distortion and less detail towards the edges will be present in the image. The rapid start up and response times of this camera are certainly the strongest plus of it next to the white balance performance. What is not so good is the flash: it is either too strong or missing.
So, if you want a strong camera with big zoom that still fits even the pockets (unlike big ultrazoom cameras which have a bigger size), Ricoh Caplio R7 is an interesting choice.
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]]> http://www.photoaxe.com/ricoh-caplio-r7-digital-camera-review/feed/ 0 Ricoh Caplio GX100 Digital Camera Review http://www.photoaxe.com/ricoh-caplio-gx100-digital-camera-review/ http://www.photoaxe.com/ricoh-caplio-gx100-digital-camera-review/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:45:33 +0000 lau http://www.photoaxe.com/ricoh-caplio-gx100-digital-camera-review/ In matter of design, Ricoh Caplio is not much for a camera, but as performance, at the quality-price rapport, it stands out good. There’s no optical viewfinder on the Ricoh Caplio GX100, but there’s a removable optional electronic viewfinder which might be useful. The user interface is simple, with minimum buttons, therefor, image deletion is not as easy as pressing a key. On the other hand, this is a camera that offers it’s users a manual focus mode and even the flash pops-up manually plus it sports an external lens cap. This camera feature has an optical-based anti-shake system which is normally turned on. Therefore, the Ricoh Caplio GX100 automatically compensates for camera shake, which is a slight blurring of the image that typically occurs at slow shutter speeds. Ricoh are well known for delivering responsive cameras, and the Caplio GX100 continues that tradition. The start-up time from turning the Ricoh Caplio GX100 on to being ready to take a photo is very quick at around 0.75 second, and it takes just over 1 second to zoom from the widest focal length to the longest. Focusing is very quick in good light and the camera happily achieves focus most of the time indoors or in low-light situations.
Other things that I like at this camera include the surprisingly good white balance control and a wide usable sensitivity range. There is an innovative feature on the Ricoh Caplio GX100 that is called Camera Shake Correction. Both the Flash On setting and the Red-Eye Reduction option may cause only a tiny amount of red-eye. Macro performance is also a stand-out highlight, allowing you to focus as close as 1cm away from the subject.
In conclusion, the Ricoh Caplio GX100 digital camera offers a 10 megapixel sensor, wide-angle 24-72mm lens, RAW mode via the Adobe DNG format, external hotshoe, full creative control over exposure, and optical image stabilization, plus, it provides good quality pictures.

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]]> http://www.photoaxe.com/ricoh-caplio-gx100-digital-camera-review/feed/ 0 The Most Advanced Compact Underwater Digital Camera DX-1G http://www.photoaxe.com/the-most-advanced-compact-underwater-digital-camera-dx-1g/ http://www.photoaxe.com/the-most-advanced-compact-underwater-digital-camera-dx-1g/#comments Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:33:12 +0000 lau http://www.photoaxe.com/the-most-advanced-compact-underwater-digital-camera-dx-1g/ The world’s most advanced compact underwater digital camera system is currently the DX-1G (based on the Ricoh Caplio GX-100 digital camera).
With it you can take photos up to 10 megapixels, using a 24-72mm wide-angle-to-telephoto lens even in RAW format not just JPEG.

DX-1GSome features include: Vibration Correction, 3x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom, 2.5-inch LCD, super macro mode as close as 1cm, A (Aperture Mode), P (Program Mode), M (Manual Exposure Mode) and 2 Custom modes (MY1 and MY2), as well as Manual focus capability for additional control in critical low-light or intense macro conditions. Considering all this, I can say that anyone who wants to make a deal out of underwater photography, beginner (hobbyist) or professional photographer, will be more than satisfied with this camera.

From the press release: “The DX-1G is the result – offering SLR functionality, performance and features without the bulk, hassle and weight of an SLR system.”
Accessories: package SEA&SEA’s YS-110 DS-TTL strobe; package YS-27DX strobe; Wide-Angle conversions lens (#SS-52116) available that offers super wide-angle images of 16mm (35mm equivalent), Lens Caddy (#SS-60104), DB-60 Li-Ion battery (#SS-831016) and Battery Charger (#SS-8 3 1014).

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]]> http://www.photoaxe.com/the-most-advanced-compact-underwater-digital-camera-dx-1g/feed/ 0 Ricoh Launches the Caplio GX100 Digital Camera http://www.photoaxe.com/ricoh-launches-the-caplio-gx100-digital-camera/ http://www.photoaxe.com/ricoh-launches-the-caplio-gx100-digital-camera/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:01:59 +0000 lau http://www.photoaxe.com/ricoh-launches-the-caplio-gx100-digital-camera/ On March 28, 2007 this amazing new camera, superior model, successor to the Caplio GX8, was announced. It is the first digital camera to support a removable electronic viewfinder. Smooth Imaging Engine II image processing and Image stabilization (CCD-Shift) give high image quality with low noise, of high resolution (10MP). Other new features include the square mode with a 1:1 aspect ratio and the sepia mode for a larger range of expression. The Mode Dial on top of the body and the Up-Down Dial at the front of the body are easy to use and provide advanced manual settings.
Optional accessories for the Caplio GX100: external flash, external viewfinder, hood and adaptor allow use of the 19 mm wide conversion lens or other 43 mm diameter accessories, such as various filters (Wide conversion lens DW-6, Hood and adapter HA-2, Soft case SC-45, Neck strap GS-1).
Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Cont, S-Cont, M-Cont, Program-shift, Aperture-priority, Manual exposure, Movie mode, My setting 1&2
• Scene Modes: Portrait, Sports, Landscape, Nightscape, Skew correction, Text, Zoom macro, High sensitivity
• Movie Mode: 640×480, 320×240, 15 or 30 fps, AVI (Open DML Motion JPEG Format Compliant) and WAV sound
• Flash Modes: Auto, Forced off, Forced on, Red-eye reduction, Slow-sync, Soft Flash
• Focus Modes: Autofocus, Manual focus, Snap-focus (hyperfocal), Infinity lock
• Metering: (TTL-CCD Metering) Multi -256 segments, Centre-weighted, Spot Metering
• White Balance: Auto, Outdoors, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Custom
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Technical Data:
• 2.5 inch LCD
• 10.01 megapixels
• Focal Length: 24-72 35 mm (35 mm equivalent)
• Aperture: F2.5 – 9.1 (wide), F4.4 – 15.8 (wide)
• Exposure Compensation: +/- 2.0EV in 0.3EV steps
• Exposure Bracketing: +/- 0.3EV, +/- 0.5EV
• ISO Range: 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
• Flash Range: 20cm – 5m (wide), 15cm – 3m (tele)
• Focus Range:
30cm – ∞ (wide & telephoto)
1cm – ∞ (wide macro)
4cm – ∞ (tele macro)
1cm – ∞ (zoom macro)
• Shutter Speed: 180 – 1/2000 sec
• Self Timer: 2 or 10 sec
• Interval Timer: 5 sec – 3 hours interval selectable
• File Formats: JPEG, RAW (DNG), RAW & JPEG
• SDHC/SD/MMC card + 26MB internal memory
• DB-60 Li-ion battery or 2 x AAA batteries

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