New Camera - Ricoh Caplio R5 **56k**

[FarFarAway]

I finally got me a new camera (after the missus took hers away for the weekend and I needed one ).

It's pretty awesome for Macro work which is what I need it for for reviews of hardware etc

Couldn't afford DSLR, but this seems pretty sweet

Here's a couple of pics I took (click for non-windows resized pics):

7 x Zoom on my ATST (old, well-loved and grubby ATST )



Macro of my ATST



Macro shot of my Cuban lobster



Normal shot of ATST



Normal shot of my wooden cuban lobster



And something you may well be seeing soon:

Macro of a review product



What do y'all think?

Anyone have any suggestions on what else I could do for a better picture? I think they're pretty good but there's always room for improvement

I have macro's enabled on those I have said. I chose F3071 (7MP) and have the anti-blur feature enabled on the camera (it makes a hell of a lot of difference, much clearer when I don't use my tripod)

apart from that it's set to clear the edges of the picture up, I think flash was used in the normal shots, can't remember tho

 

[NickS]

Extremely nice m8

 

[Rastalovich]

I`m gonna try very hard not to ask u to review it, coz I really don`t think u`d even want to >.< but ..

Can u give some more details on the camera, in particular it`s size, storage, under lighting conditions, connectivity and types of zoom ? I`m gonna be in the market for one prior to going back to the states and I`d much prefer some1 who`s opinion I regard technically say something about one they have, than look at a large page of them on a website and pick one I`ve heard nothing about.

 

[nathan]

i'll give youa tip from my professional photograpy lessons. have good lighting and turn the flash off for macro's. Your picture will look 10x times better!!!

 

[Rastalovich]

nathan - u mean the whiting he has on the pcb under the chip in that shot ?

 

[Toxcity]

Woah!

Some awesome shots there matey!

Look at the detail!

 

[FarFarAway]

i'll give youa tip from my professional photograpy lessons. have good lighting and turn the flash off for macro's. Your picture will look 10x times better!!!

Aye I turn off flash for macro's. I don't have the greatest lighting right now but that's mass expensive: one thing at a time.

The light in the bottom picture is from the lighting I used in the picture studio which is too focused.

@Rast - I don't want to review it as I'm not an expert at photography. Suffice it to say it's a very nice camera and only £200 @ Jessops (found for £20 cheaper on the net + pnp, but needed it today).

Mine's the black version (front and back)

Specs here:

http://www.digicamreview.com/2006/08/ricoh-caplio-r5-announced.html

http://www.digicamreview.com/2006/08/ricoh-caplio-r5-announced.html

Reviews:

http://digital-lifestyles.info/2006/09/06/ricoh-caplio-r5-digital-camera-review-70

http://www.digicamreview.co.uk/ricoh_caplio_r5_review.htm

Ricoh Caplio R5 specifications

Sensor 1/2.5″ Type CCD

7.24 million effective pixels

Image sizes

3072 x 2304

3072 x 2048

2592 x 1944

2048 x 1536

1280 x 960

640 x 480

Movie clips

640 x 480 @ 15/30fps

320 x 240 @ 15/30fps

160 x 120 @ 15/30fps

WAV sound

File formats

JPEG Exif v2.2

DPOF

DCF compliant

AVI (Open DML Motion JPEG)

Lens

28-200mm (35mm equiv)

F3.3-4.8

7.1x zoom

Image stabilization

CCD-shift Vibration correction

Conversion lenses: No

Digital zoom up to 3.6x

Focus

Auto Focus

Manual Focus

Snap

Infinity

Focus distance

Normal: 0.3 m - infinity (Wide) 1.0 m - infinity (Tele)

Macro: 0.01 m - infinity (Wide), 0.14 m - infinity (Tele)

Metering

TTL-CCD Metering Method: Multi (256 segments)

Center weighted

Ricoh Caplio R5 Digital Camera Review (70%)Spot

ISO sensitivity

AUTO

ISO 64

ISO 100

ISO 200

ISO 400

ISO 800

ISO 1600

Exposure compensation

+/-2EV in 1/3EV steps

Exposure bracketing

-0.5EV, +/-0, +0.5EV

Shutter speed

8, 4, 2, 1 - 1/2000 sec

Aperture

F3.3-4.8

Modes

Still

Continuous

S-Continuous

M-Continuous

Scene modes

Portrait

Sports

Landscape

Nightscape

Skew correction

Text

Zoom Macro

High Sensitivity

My Setting 1 and 2

White balance

Auto

Fixed (Outdoors, Cloudy, Incandescent Lamp, Incandescent Lamp2, Fluorescent Lamp, Manual settings)

White balance fine tune

White Balance Bracket

Self timer

2 or 10 sec

Continuous shooting

2.8fps

Flash

Flash Off , Auto, Red-Eye Flash, Flash on, Flash Synch

Range: approx. 0.2 m-2.4 m (Wide) approx. 0.14 m-1.8 m (Tele)

LCD monitor

2.5-inch Transparent Amorphous Silicon TFT LCD

230,000 pixels

Connectivity

USB 2.0 High Speed

AV out

NTSC/PAL switchable

Storage 26MB internal memory

SD/MMC card compatible

Power

Rechargeable battery DB-60

AC adapter

Weight (no batt)

140 g

Dimensions 96 x 55 x 26 mm )

 

[Ham]

Nice pics there.

Liek the lobster

 

[nathan]

sorry, i should of mentioned for close up shiney materials. removed drunkness

 

[ai_01]

nice kemp, i need to get a new camera soon right now mines crappy.

 

[FragTek]

Nice camera, nice macro shots... Uguru FTL hehe

 

[Rastalovich]

Thanks Kemp, nice dimensions on the actual size of the camera too. Some nice specs and tbh £200 is possibly a decent enough price seeing as the canon I had cost about £120 but is bulky - solid, but kinda feels old too. One I can stick in the pocket easy is very nice, and connectivity fits in well.

Does the usb cause a removable drive thing on windows or do u have to use their software to get anywhere ?

 

[FarFarAway]

I installed the software but hey I won't use it. You can set the camera to be found as a Camera or a Mass Storage device in the camera menu's. I've drag n dropped all of the files so I don't think imma bother using the software

Defo a good size and weight, just need to get me a case now...and some more lights

 

[Rastalovich]

Seems strange to me how cameras over the years mostly don`t come with a case ?!?!

Sure u can buy one `that will do`, but it`d add to the prestige if it were a `Ricoh` made for it.

U don`t exactly walk around with it in u`r hand all the time.

 

[nathan]

what canon you got rastalovich?

I brought the IXUS 65 last year, didnt come with a case, but got a canon leather one of ebay for £5 inc delivery. Bargain!

 

[Rastalovich]

I`ve given it to my niece (she student can`t afford nothing >.< )

But it was a C1xx something.