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Ricoh CX6 Compact Digital Camera Gets Announced

The sophistication of smartphone cameras may be making the need for a compact digital camera lower than ever but we'll save that for another story. In the mean time, those of you looking to purchase such a camera may want to keep their eyes on Ricoh's forthcoming offerings. Today the company has debuted their latest ...

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Ricoh Buys Pentax

Pentax has long been a major player in the camera world with offerings from actual cameras to lenses alreayd on the market. However, it seems that on October 1st Pentax will no longer exist as a single entity instead being absorbed by Ricoh. The reason we say this is because it was just announced that ...

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Ricoh CX5 Firmware Updated to 1.19

Ricoh has just announced today that they have finally released a firmware update for their CX5. This firmware update brings the camera's software up to version 1.19 and includes a few bug fixes. Unfortunately, if you were expecting any hard hitting features to be included here you're going to be disappointed as nothing of the ...

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Ricoh Updates Firmware for GXR

Ricoh has just announced today that a brand new firmware update is available for their GXR system that will bring the camera's software up to version 1.36. Included in this firmware update is a bug fix for a problem that happens during Cross Process scene mode in all units that fall into the GXR line ...

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Ricoh rolls out firmware update for its GXR digital camera range

Another day, another firmware update, and it is Ricoh this time around that has a firmware update for its GXR range of compact digital cameras. This range was first released in December 2009, being the third function-enhancing firmware update for its GXR range of compact digital cameras which were initially released in December 2009, and ...

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Ricoh announces the CX5

Ricoh is just another manufacturer of cheap point and shoot cameras, and they've updated their line of CX cameras which have been on sale for the past few years. The new CX5 retains the same 10 megapixel sensor as the previous version, but adds a wide-angle 10.7x optical zoom (28–300 mm) lens, which is a ...

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A New Firmware Update For Ricoh GXR

Today, Ricoh announced the upcoming release of a "second function-enhancing" firmware update for the Ricoh GXR. This software is comprised of at least eleven function improvements, which includes 3 magnification ratios for the focus check function, spot AF and macro AF area selection, EXIF 2.3 support and auto noise reduction. Furthermore, there's also ...

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GR Digital III Firmware 3.00 From Ricoh

Ricoh has just released a new firmware update for the GR Digital III. This software is Ricoh's firmware release and it features a series of improved functions. These functions include a high-contrast black-and-white mode, a cross-process filter, a 4:1 magnification when using manual focus, a “My Setting delete” function and a “key custom ...

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Ricoh G700SE Digital Camera

Ricoh has recently presented a new digital camera - G700SE - which is basically an upgrade to the previous G700 model and has a price tag of $1,070 with a release date set for early 2011. In terms of new features the Ricoh G700SE brings wireless LAN support as well as bluetooth, and the extra features ...

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Ricoh announces CX4 Compact camera

Niche Japanese camera and optics maker Ricoh has announced a new compact camera, tentatively named CX4 Compact. It sports a 1/2.3", 10 MP image sensor and a 28-300 mm optical zoom lens. With such a small sensor (quite smaller than similar cameras), Ricoh has implemented a new image stabilizing feature, which comes in handy when ...

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