Ricoh Unveils A New CX Compact Digital Camera With Updated Features

Ricoh has announced a new addition to the CX family of compact cameras. The new Ricoh CX5 will be the new successor to the Ricoh CX4 which was released last year. The new CX5 keeps the tradition of the CX line of offering some new features with every new model but not changing up the body styling.

The new CX5 adds a speedier Auto-Focus system than the preceding CX4, Ricoh claims the new Hybrid AF system –which uses a distance sensor with contrast detection– has brought the focus speed down to two-tenths of a second for the new CX5. Lastly the new CX5 has some new preset mode; named continuous golf swing, Cooking and Fireworks. The rest of the features included with the CX5 mirror the CX4, check out the highlighted features below.

Ricoh will be offering their new CX5 in Black, Pink and Silver. The CX5 will start at to be available in Japan starting on February 10th and availability else-where will start in mid-February.

·        10.0 effective Megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor (BSI CMOS Sensor)

·        F3.5-5.6, 10.7X optical zoom lens, equivalent to 28 – 300 mm

·        Sensor-shift image stabilization

·        Hybrid AF system offers focus time as low as 0.2 seconds at both ends of the focal range

·        3-inch LCD display with 920,000 pixels

·        Point-and shoot operation, with auto scene selection

·        Continuous shooting at 5 frames/second

·        Has Super-Resolution technology to intelligently sharpen images (sounds exactly like Intelligent Resolution on Panasonic cameras)

·        Super-Resolution Zoom boosts focal length by 2X with minimal degradation in image quality

·        Records movies at 720p HD (1280 x 720 pixels) (30 fps) with sound

·        HDMI output

·        40MB onboard memory + SD/SDHC card slot

·        Uses DB-100 lithium-ion battery, 280 shots per charge