Ricoh Caplio 500SE Review
Product overview
- Launch price:
- £550
- Launch date:
- 25th September 2007
- PhotoRadar rating:
- User rating:
Technical Specification
- Accessories: Neck strap
- Battery Type: Rechargeable Li-ion
- Camera Type: Compact
- Colour: Black
- Connectivity: Composite Video/Audio Output;USB
- Dimensions: 133.0 x 74.0 x 78.5
- Display Size: 2.5
- Display Technology: LCD
- Exposure bracketing: 3 steps in 1/2 EV step
- Exposure Modes: Automatic;High Sensitivity;Macro;Programme;Text
- Flash: Yes
- Flash Modes: Auto;Fill-in;Off;Red-Eye Reduction;Slow-Synchro
- Focusing Modes: Auto;Manual
- Image Formats: AV;JPEG
- Image Sensor Dimensions: 7.18 x 5.32
- Image Sensor Resolution: 8.13
- Image Sensor Type: 1/1.8inch CCD
- ISO Settings: 100;1600;200;400;64;800;ISO Auto
- LCD Display?: Yes
- Lens Type: Zoom Lens
- Longest Shutter Speed: 30
- Max Aperture: 2.5
- Max resolution (horizontal pixels): 3264
- Max resolution (vertical pixels): 2448
- Max. Captured Image Resolution: 3264 x 2448
- Memory Types: SD
- Metering Modes: Centre weighted;Multi-Segment;Spot
- Min Aperture: 4.3
- Min Shutter Speed: 2000
- Movie Mode: Yes
- Optical Zoom: 3
- Shooting Modes: FrameMovie
- Weight (g): 430
- White Balance: Auto;Cloudy;Custom;Fluorescent;Outdoor;Presets
- White Balance Presets: Incandescent
- MPN: 174264
- Price (GBP):
PhotoRadar review
An underwater camera that tries to do it all. But does it do it well? We find out...
This is one of those 'everything but the kitchen sink' cameras, featuring a wide-angle 3x optical zoom lens, rugged waterproof body and Bluetooth or Wi-Fi image transfer.
Sounds good in theory, the kicker being that it's only waterproof to a depth of about one metre.
The Wi-Fi feature costs an extra £50 too. Certainly, the case is very sturdy but the limited depth protection means it's only going to be useful for days out at the pool, or messing around on holiday.
That said, the wide angle lens is genuinely useful for panoramic shots (28-84mm equivalent on a 35mm camera) and the large rubberised body means you'd happily let younger family members use it too.
Image performance is reasonable without being spectacular, and noise is an issue across the ISO range. Nice try Ricoh, but if we were looking to spend £550, we'd go for an entry level SLR and then get a waterproof housing for it.
Posted by PhotoRadar on Wednesday, 15th July 2009 at 03:58pm GMT.
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