Ricoh Caplio GX100 Review

Ricoh has recently announced its new Caplio GX100 digital camera. This camera is a successor of the famous Ricoh GX8. But what we can relate this camera to is the flagship camera of the manufacturer the GR-D. The new Ricoh Caplio GX100 has similar design and almost similar features like the GR-D model. The new Ricoh Caplio is a 10 mega pixel digital camera with various features which are exclusively available in this clam shell camera. The most notable feature of this camera is that it has a 3x zoom lens which has an unparalleled wide angle capability, covering a range which is equivalent to 24-72 mm on a 35 mm camera. This is like a boon for those who love to shoot interiors and landscapes. This new range is gives an increase in the diagonal field of view of around 20 degrees field of view compared to the normal short end of most compact camera zooms.  There are various features in this camera which can be called unique. And we have come to know that the new Ricoh Caplio GX100 is also the world’s first digital camera to offer a removable electronic viewfinder which can slip into the flash and can also tilt upwards through 90 degrees. This camera follows closely its predecessor GR-D and you can see this with the similar SLR like control which is there due to the twin control dials, the raw capture which uses the universal DNG format and a varied range of customized options. And all this you can get in a somber design and sleek body.
Features
The new Ricoh Caplio GX100 has a 25 mm thick body along with a 24 to 72 mm high-performance wide zoom lens in this compact body. This camera also has a vibration correction function with CCD shift image stabilization. You get a 10.1 mega pixel CCD in this camera. This camera has a smooth imaging engine II processor along with 7 blade iris aperture. This camera features a uniquely designed with a tilted and removable electronic viewfinder. This camera has a 2.5 inches screen with 230,000 LCD panel with a wide 170 degree view angle. Besides various other unique features this camera has a twin dial control system. You can get Raw and JPEG images through this camera. You also get a 19 mm equivalent wide converter with this camera. The various programming that you get with the new Ricoh Caplio GX100 are manual, program, and program shift AE and Aperture Priority modes. This camera also features 1 cm macro mode. You get rechargeable Li-Ion battery or AAA cells with this camera. The aspect ration option of this camera is 4:3, 3:2 and 1:1.