Ricoh PX Review

4.0

July 28, 2011 | Mark Goldstein |

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Specifications

No. of effective pixels (camera)		Approx. 16.00 million
Image Sensor		1/2.3? CCD (approx. 16.40 total million pixels)
Lens	Focal length	5–25 mm (35 mm format equivalent: 28–140 mm)
	F-aperture	F3.9 (wide-angle) to F5.4 (telephoto)
	Shooting Distance	Approx. 3 cm – ∞ (wide-angle), 50 cm – ∞ (telephoto) or 3 cm – ∞ ("Loupe") (from the front of the lens)
	Lens Construction	13 elements in 10 groups
Zoom	Optical	5x (35 mm format equivalent: 28–140 mm)
	Super resolution (SR)	2x, for a combined zoom of 10x (35 mm format equivalent: 280 mm)
	Digital	4.8x, for a combined zoom of 48x (35 mm format equivalent: 1344 mm)
	*Auto Resize^1**	7.2x, for a combined zoom of 36x (35 mm format equivalent: 1000 mm)
Focus Modes		Multi AF, spot AF, face-priority multi AF, subject tracking AF (contrast-detect AF / with AF auxiliary light)
Blur Reduction		Image sensor shift image stabilization
*Shutter Speed ^2**	Photographs	8, 4, 2, and 1–1/2000 s
*Shutter Speed ^2**	Movies	1/30–1/2000 s
Continuous mode	*Frame rate ^3**	Approximately 1 fps
Exposure Control	Metering	Multi (256 segments)/center-weighted/spot
	Mode	Program AE
	Exposure Compensation	Manual exposure compensation (–2.0 to +2.0 EV in increments of 1/3 EV)
	Exposure Range (auto mode, center-weighted metering)	3.2-17.7EV(wide angle), 4.1-19.4EV(telephoto), (Exposure range for auto ISO calculated using values for ISO 100.)
ISO sensitivity (Standard Output Sensitivity)		Auto, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1600, ISO 3200
Noise reduction		AUTO
White Balance		Auto, multi-pattern auto, outdoors, cloudy, incandescent 1, incandescent 2, fluorescent, manual
Flash	Mode	Auto, on, off (red-eye reduction option available in camera menus)
Flash	Range	Approx. 20 cm – 3.5 m (wide-angle) or 50 cm – 3.0 m (telephoto), measured using auto ISO with a maximum of ISO 1600, measured from the front of the lens)
Picture display		2.7? transmissive LCD monitor with approx. 230,000 dots
*Shooting Mode^4**		Normal, movie, premium shot (P, portrait, night portrait, hand-held night scene, party, cooking, sweets, loupe, landscape, beach, snow, sports, fireworks, auction, skew correction, pets, miniaturize, toy camera, high contrast B&W, soft focus, cross processing, black & white, sepia)
Image size (pixels)	Photographs	4608 x 3456, 4608 x 3072, 3456 x 3456, 4608 x 2592, 3648 x 2736, 2592 x 1944, 2304 x 1728, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480
Image size (pixels)	*Movies^5**	1280 x 720, 640 x 480
Storage media		SD and SDHC memory cards (up to 32 GB), internal memory (approx. 40 MB); Eye-Fi cards (X2 series) supported
File Format	Photographs	JPEG (Exif version 2.3) ^*6
	Movies	AVI (Open DML Motion JPEG compliant)
	Compression	JPEG baseline compliant
Other notable shooting options		Continuous mode; self-timer with shutter release delay of approximately 10 or 2 seconds and group portrait auto release; framing grid
Other notable playback options		Multi-frame playback, favorites, privacy settings, resize, skew correction, image cropping, slide shows, DPOF print selection
Interface		USB 2.0 (High-Speed) mini-B connector, Mass Storage compatible ^*7, AV output 1.0 Vp-p (75 Ω), HDMI micro output terminal (type D)
Video Signal Format		NTSC, PAL
Power source		One DB-100 rechargeable battery; AC-U1 USB power adapter
*Battery life ^8**		Approximately 300 shots with DB-100 (Off selected for Sleep Mode) ^*9
Dimensions (W x H x D)		100 mm x 55 mm x 21.3 mm
Weight		Approx. 156 g (includes memory card and supplied battery) Approx. 136 g (camera only)
Water and dust resistance		Class 8 JIS/IEC water resistance, class 6 JIS/IEC dust resistance (IP68); can be used underwater to a depth of 3 m for up to 60 minutes at a time
Operating temperature		0 °C to 40 °C