We’ve seen rugged/waterproof point-and-shoot cams before. You know the type: easy-click compacts that can take a 3-foot drop onto concrete and plunge down to around 10 feet of water. Ricoh’s new rugged cam, the G700, offers something new though: chemical resistance. Specifically, the housing can handle disinfection with ethanol and hypochlorous acid aside from the usual soap and water mix you’d normally use on your regular pool-party snapper.
Ricoh has just announced the CX2, a point-and-shoot digicam that fits a wide-angle (28mm) 10.7x optical zoom lens into a frame that’s only 29.4mm thick. This new cam follows the older CX1 (introduced March, 2009) along the line and inherits its predecessor’s focus on image quality and high speed continuous shooting.
Ricoh has just updated their premium compact point-and-shoot camera line by launching the new GR Digital III. Featuring a compact, retro-styled body and a 3-inch display, the GR Digital III sports a 10MP sensor with a larger pixel pitch for less noise in low-light shooting, a max sensitivity rating of ISO 1600, a 28mm fixed zoom lens, and a wide aperture range that goes up to f1.9.
