2011-11-11th: It’s finally be announced. December 3rd is the release date.
SD/SDHC card, a 3-inch (1,230,000 dot screen) Sony WhiteMagic LCD screen 1.7 times brighter than on the CX5 previous model, 1cm macro, 10mp, focusing speed of 0.1 seconds, 10.7x optical wide-angle zoom, 1/2.3″ backlit CMOS sensor, 28-300mm equivalent lens with sensor-shift image stabilization, 5fps burst mode, 40MB of storage on board
Shooting modes: aperture priority mode, shutter priority mode, bleach bypass, soft focus, cross process, toy camera, miniaturize, high contrast B&W, dynamic range double shot
13 scene modes: cooking, night landscape multi-shot, fireworks, golf swing continuous, zoom macro, pets, portrait, discreet, night portrait, sports, landscape, skew correction, text
Price: about 42,000 yen, £260, US$412
Battery: about 4200 yen.
Cons: Small joystick style controller
| Items | Specifications | |
|---|---|---|
| Effective pixels | Approximately 10.00 million | |
| Image sensor | 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor (total pixels: approx. 10.60 million) | |
| Lens | Focal length | f=4.9-52.5 mm (Equivalent to 28-300 mm on a 35 mm film cameras. With step zoom set, option of 8 fixed lengths: 28 mm, 35 mm, 50 mm, 85 mm, 105 mm, 135 mm, 200 mm, and 300 mm.) |
| F-aperture | F3.5 (wide-angle) – F5.6 (telephoto) | |
| Shooting distance (from front of lens) |
Normal shooting: Approx. 30 cm – infinity (wide-angle), approx. 1.5 m – infinity (telephoto) Macro shooting: Approx. 1 cm – infinity (wide-angle), approx. 28 cm – infinity (telephoto), approx. 1 cm – infinity (zoom macro) |
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| Construction | 10 elements in 7 groups (4 aspherical lens elements with 5 surfaces) | |
| Zoom | Optical zoom: 10.7x (Equivalent to 28-300 mm on a 35 mm film cameras.) Super-resolution zoom: 2.0x, up to 21.4x (equivalent to 600 mm) when used with optical zoom Digital zoom: 4.8x, up to 103x (equivalent to 2880 mm) when used with optical zoom and super-resolution zoom Auto resize zoom: 5.7x*1, up to 61.0x*1 (equivalent to 1710 mm) when used with optical zoom |
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| Focus mode | Multi AF / Spot AF / Face-priority Multi AF (contrast AF method, with AF auxiliary light) / Subject-tracking AF / Multi-target AF (contrast AF method) / Manual Focus / Snap / ∞ (fixed-focus method) | |
| Image stabilizer | Image sensor shift method image stabilizer | |
| Shutter speed | Still Image*2 | 8, 4, 2, 1 – 1/2000 sec. |
| Movie | 1/30 – 1/2000 sec. | |
| Continuous shooting | Continuous shooting speed *3 | Approx. 5 frames/sec. (when shooting 10M 4:3F, the speed from the 12th shot on is 3 frames/sec.) |
| Continuous shooting capacity | 999 pictures | |
| Exposure control | Exposure metering mode | Multi (256-segment) / Center-weighted Light Metering / Spot Metering |
| Exposure mode | Program AE / Aperture priority AE / Shutter speed priority AE | |
| Exposure compensation | Manual (-2.0 to +2.0 EV in increments of 1/3 EV) / Auto Bracketing (-0.5 EV, ±0, +0.5 EV) | |
| Exposure range (auto mode, center-weighted metering) | Wide-angle: 3.2 – 16.2 EV, Telephoto: 4.6 – 18.4 EV (Exposure range for auto ISO calculated using EV for ISO 100.) |
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| Note: At 6.0 EV or lower, each drop of 1.0 EV is associated with a 0.5 EV drop in brightness. Brightness drops by no more than –1.0 EV. | ||
| ISO sensitivity (standard output sensitivity) | Auto / ISO 100 / ISO 200 / ISO 400 / ISO 800 / ISO 1600 / ISO 3200 | |
| White balance | Auto / Multi-pattern Auto / Outdoors / Cloudy / Incandescent 1 / Incandescent 2 / Fluorescent / Manual, White balance bracket function | |
| Flash | Flash mode | Auto, Anti Red-eye, Flash On, Flash Synchro, Flash Off |
| Flash range | Approx. 20 cm – 4.0 m (wide-angle), approx. 28 cm – 3.0 m (telephoto) (Auto ISO with maximum ISO of 1600; measured from front of lens.) | |
| Flash compensation | ±2.0 EV in 1/3 EV steps | |
| Monitor | 3.0-inch transparent LCD (approx. 1.23 million dots) | |
| Shooting mode | Still Image | Auto / My Settings / Aperture/Shutter-Speed Priority / Continuous / Creative Shooting (Dynamic Range Double Shot, Miniaturize, Bleach Bypass, High Contrast B&W, Soft Focus, Cross Process, Toy Camera) / Scene (Portrait, Landscape, Discreet, Night Portrait, Night Landscape Multi-shot, Fireworks, Cooking, Sports, Pets, Golf Swing Continuous, Zoom Macro, Skew Correct, Text) / Scene Auto |
| Movie | Movie / Snap Movie | |
| Picture quality *4 | F (Fine) / N (Normal) | |
| No. of Pixels Recorded | Still Image/Multi-Picture | 3648 x 2736, 3648 x 2432, 2736 x 2736, 3648 x 2048, 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536, 1728 x 1296 (multi-picture only), 1280 x 960, 640 x 480 |
| Text | 3648 x 2736, 2048 x 1536 | |
| Movie | 1280 x 720, 640 x 480 | |
| Recording Media | SD memory card, SDHC memory card (up to 32 GB), Internal memory (approx. 40 MB) Eye-Fi card (X2 series) *5 |
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| Recording File Format | Still Image | JPEG (Exif ver. 2.3) *6 |
| Multi-picture | CIPA DC-007-2009 Multi-Picture Format | |
| Movie | AVI (Open DML Motion JPEG Format compliant) | |
| Compression method | JPEG Baseline method compliant | |
| Other Major Shooting Functions | Still Image/Multi-Picture/Text | Continuous mode, Self-timer (operation time: approx. 10 seconds, approx. 2 seconds, Custom), Interval shooting (shooting interval: 5 seconds to 1 hour, in increments of 5 seconds), Color bracket, Focus bracket |
| Movie | Optical zoom, Stereo sound, Shoot with splitting (available number of split point: up to 10 points) | |
| Display | AE/AF target shift, Histogram display, Zoom assist display, Grid guide display, Electronic level | |
| Other Major Playback Functions | Still Image/Multi-Picture/Text | Thumbnail view, Enlarged view (maximum ×16), Resize, Level Compensation, White Balance Compensation, Skew Correction, Trim, Flag Function (the display order option is available), Slide show, DPOF |
| Movie | Split Movie, Flag Function (the display order option is available) | |
| Interface | USB/AV Out dual terminal: USB 2.0 compliant, mass storage compatible*7 HDMI Micro output terminal: Type D |
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| Video Signal Format | NTSC, PAL | |
| Power Supply | Rechargeable Battery (DB-100) x 1 | |
| Battery Consumption *8 | Using the DB-100, approx. 260 pictures (when Sleep is OFF*9) | |
| Dimensions (W × H × D) | 103.9 mm x 58.9 mm x 28.5 mm (23.1 mm at thinnest part) | |
| Weight (approx.) | Approx. 201 g (including the supplied battery and SD memory card) Approx. 180 g (body only) |
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| Operating temperature | 0°C to 40°C | |
- *1VGA image size
- *2Shutter speed upper and lower limits vary depending on Shooting Mode and Flash Mode.
- *3Values measured under Ricoh measurement conditions using a Panasonic PRO HIGH SPEED 8GB SDHC memory card. The continuous shooting speed and number of pictures will vary depending on the shooting conditions, the type of recording media used, the condition of the recording media, etc.
- *4The picture quality modes which can be set vary depending on the image size.
- *5Eye-Fi cards are approved for use in the country of purchase only. For more information on Eye-Fi cards, visit the Eye-Fi webpage http://www.eyefi.co.jp).
- *6Compatible with DCF and DPOF. DCF is the abbreviation of the JEITA standard “Design rule for Camera File system.” (Full compatibility with other devices is not guaranteed.)
- *7Mass storage driver is compatible with Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, Mac OS X 10.1.2-10.6.7.
- *8Shooting capacity was measured using CIPA-standard parameters. These are only estimates; performance may vary depending on usage conditions.
- *9When Sleep is 10 seconds, the number is approximately 300 pictures.
The Ricoh CX6 looks like it is going to be great camera and these CX cameras have so many filters and fun things you can do in the menu. I just wonder if they will be doing anything 3D later on.
I looked at the Ricoh CX5 yesterday and it looked pretty nice. I just wish they had a better range of colors and I could completely turn off all the icons when taking shots. Even the focus points & f-stop. Maybe that’s only me though. One strange little quirk or thing with the camera is that for some reason the icons can’t be turned off if the memory is full. But it isn’t like you can take a shot then…
The Ricoh CX6 looks like it will be out soon. Maybe September or October if we are lucky. I just hope they fix the menu. That tiny little joystick is a bit tricky to use at times and you also have to trace out a little c shape to get to the lower settings down the bottom.
http://gr-digital.seesaa.net (Japanese Website) said the camera should be out in August but it might not be ready until September. Ricoh hasn’t said anything yet.
Glen Rowell
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Ricoh CX5 Camera Specs.
- Optical sensor
- CMOS
- Lens aperture
- f/3.5-5.6
- Flash type
- Built-in
- Megapixels
- 10 megapixels
- LCD display size
- 3 inch
- Optical zoom
- 10.7 x
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General Specs.
- Camera Type
- Digital compact
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
- 58.6 x 101.5 x 29.4 mm
- Weight
- 197 g
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Still images
- Still image format
- JPEG
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Video
- Video capture format(s)
- AVI (Motion JPEG)
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| Sensor | • 1/2.3″ Type CMOS • 10.00 million effective pixels • 10.60 total pixels |
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| Image sizes | • 3648 x 2736 • 3648 x 2432 • 2736 x 2736 • 3648 x 2048 • 2592 x 1944 • 2048 x 1536 • 1728 x 1296 (Multi-Picture only) • 1280 x 960 • 640 x 480 |
| Movie clips | • 1280 x 720 • 640 x 480 • 320 x 240 |
| Text | • 3648 x 2736 • 2048 x 1536 |
| File formats | • JPEG (Exif v2.3) • CIPA DC-007-2009 Multi-Picture Format • AVI (Open DML Motion JPEG Format compliant) • WAVE (Sound Files) |
| Lens | • 28 – 300mm (35mm equiv) With Step Zoom set: 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 105mm, 135mm, 200mm, and 300mm • f = 4.9-52.5mm • 10.7x optical zoom • F3.5-5.6 • Lens Construction: 10 elements in 7 groups (aspheric lens: 4 elements and 5 surfaces) |
| Digital zoom | up to 4.8x |
| Focus | Contrast AF method with AF auxiliary light • Multi • Spot • Face-priority • MultiContrast AF method • Subject-tracking AF • Multi-target AFFixed focus method • Manual Focus • Snap |
| Focus distance | Closest focus distance 1 cm |
| Metering | • Multi (256 segments) • Centre Weighted Light Metering • Spot |
| ISO sensitivity | • Auto • ISO 80 • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 • ISO 800 • ISO 1600 • ISO 3200 |
| Exposure compensation | +/- 2EV in 1/3 stop increments |
| Auto Bracketing | +/- 5EV |
| Shutter speed | • 8 sec-1/1200 sec • Movie : 1/30 – 1/2000 sec. |
| Shooting modes | • Auto • Movie • Scene auto • Scene • My Settings • Continuous mode • Creative shooting modes |
| Scene modes | • Portrait • Discreet • Night. Portrait • Night Landscape • Multi-shot • Sports • Landscape • Zoom Macro • Pets • Skew Correct • High Sensitivity • Text • Fireworks • Cooking • Golf Swing Continuous Mode |
| Creative shooting modes | • Dynamic Range • Double Shot • Miniaturize • High Contrast B&W • Soft Focus • Cross Process • Toy Camera |
| White balance | • Auto • Multi-Pattern • Outdoors • Cloudy • Incandescent • Incandescent 2 • Fluorescent • Manual • White Balance Bracket |
| Self timer | • 2 or 10sec • Custom |
| Continuous shooting | • Approx 5 fps |
| Flash | • Auto, Red-eye-Reduction, Flash On, Slow Synchro, Flash Off • Range : Approx. 20 cm – 4.0 m (Wide), approx. 28 cm -3.0m (Telephoto) • Flash Compensation (+/-2.0EV (1/3EV Steps) |
| LCD monitor | • 3.0″ TFT • 920,000 pixels |
| Connectivity | • USB Hi-Speed • Micro HDMI • AV out (PAL / NTSC switchable) |
| Storage | • Internal memory 40MB • SD, SDHC |
| Power | Rechargeable Battery DB-100 |
| Weight (no batt) | 176 g |
| Dimensions | 102 x 58 x 29 mm |
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I had a loot at that cam. It’s nice but to big and slow.
Still nothing on the Ricoh CX6. Hopefully Canon will bring out something new on the 3rd of November.
I was looking in Tsukumo and Yodobashi yesterday to replace the broken Sony DSC-T30 I have. Just when I thought I had found the perfect camera (the FinePix Z950EXR) I realized it didn’t have spot metering :cry: Almost perfect. The touch screen needed a few taps to select icons properly but this camera could do 1cm macro shots. The sign and all the websites I had looked at said 5cm though. Strange but a pleasant surprise.
Still nothing yet. Maybe they have given up on this one…
The new Sony DSC-TX55 was in the store but still no news on the CX6. It might not be out till October :neutral: … Most camera makers start advertising about 2 to 3 weeks before the release date on TV here.
Nothing in the shops yet or commercials on TV for the Ricoh CX6 yet. Sony is going for it with their interlaced full high definition DSC-TX55 though. It looks pretty good as well. It would just be nice if it had sepia, something to change the color ballance and the good old 1cm macro. I think the TX55 only has a 5cm macro. 2011-09-09th Update: The macro mode doesn’t work properly but at times it can magnify things about a centimeter away from the lens.
I hope the body of the Ricoh CX6 is a little smaller and it has a different lens cover. The one it has now is a little weak.