Ricoh Caplio R2: Digital Photography Review

From:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/05022801ricohr2.asp

Ricoh Caplio R2

Ricoh Japan has today announced the new Caplio R2, almost the same as the recently announced R1V this interesting looking camera has a five megapixel CCD and wide-angle 4.8x zoom (28 - 135 mm equiv.). The R2 does away with the R1V's optical viewfinder and instead has a much larger 2.5" LCD monitor (which is cool these days, apparently) and 28 MB of built-in memory. The R2 will be available in both silver and black. Once more there's no news about distribution, thin on the ground in Europe and nonexistent in the US.

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Ricoh Caplio R2

Ricoh Caplio R2 specifications

Sensor	• 5.19 million pixels total • 5.01 million effective pixels
Image sizes	• 2560x1920 • 2048x1536 • 1280x960 • 640x480
Movie clips	• 320x240, 15/30 fps • 160x120, 15/30 fps
Lens	• 28 - 135 mm (35 mm equiv) • 4.8x optical zoom • F3.3 - F4.8
Digital zoom	Up to x3.6
AF area modes	• AF target shift
Focus distance	• 0.3 m - infinity • Macro: 1cm - infinity • Telemacro: 13cm - infinity
Metering	• Multi segment (256) • Center-weighted • Spot
ISO sensitivity	• ISO 64 • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 • ISO 800
Exposure compensation	• +/-2.0EV • 1/3EV steps
Shutter speed	• Still: 8 - 1/2000 sec • Motion: 1/30 - 1/2000 sec
Scene modes	• Portrait • Sports • Landscape • Text • Night scene • High sensitivity
White balance	• Auto • Outdoors • Cloudy • Incandescent • Fluorescent • One push
Continuous shooting	Yes
Image parameters	• Fine • Normal
Flash	• Auto, on, off, slow synch, red-eye reduction
Viewfinder	None
LCD monitor	• 2.5" TFT LCD • 114,000 pixels
Self-timer	2 or 10 sec
Timelapse	Yes, 5 sec - 3 hours (5 sec steps)
Connectivity	• USB • Video out
Storage	• SD/MMC card • 28 MB internal memory
Power	• AA battery/Rechargeable lithium ion • Charger included (?)
Weight (no batt)	150 g (5.2 oz)
Weight (with batt)	195 g (6.9 oz)
Dimensions	100 x 55 x 25 mm (3.9 x 2.1 x 1 in)