Introducing the RICOH WG-70: A Tough Camera with Enhanced Features
Ricoh has revealed the all-new RICOH WG-70; a digital compact camera that’s been launched for underwater photography and with innovations that include Ricoh’s Digital Microscope mode. Dive in below to find out more.
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Much like Olympus, and their TG-tough camera series, Ricoh has form in this arena and the new RICOH WG-70 is the latest rugged camera to join the party, and just in time for spring!
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This new standard-class waterproof digital compact camera has been designed so that anyone can shoot rigorous environments outdoors, easily. Albeit small, the RICOH WG-70’s lightweight frame promises to give exceptional basic specs that exceed regular digital cameras and smartphones under demanding outside conditions. It’s waterproof to a depth of 14 metres, [for up to two hours]; shockproof from a drop of 1.6 metres, and freeze-proof to temperatures as low as -10°C. It also comes with an outdoor-friendly LCD monitor with a brightness level that can be immediately adjusted to the lighting level of any shooting scenario.
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- Waterproof to a depth of 14 metres [up to two hours.]
- Shockproof from a height of 1.6 metres
- Freeze-proof to temperatures as low as -10°C
- Crushproof to weights [up to] 100kgf [kilogram force]
- Top sensitivity of ISO 6400
- 16.0 effective megapixels
- Digital Microscope mode: The WG-70 has a Digital Microscope mode that enables the subject to be enlarged. Usability is improved as the recording size can be newly selected from 2M [1920 x 1080], which gives priority to enlargement with digital zoom, to a maximum of 12M [16: 9] [4608 x 2592]
- 5X optical zoom lens with 28mm wide-angle coverage: High-performance, 5x optical zoom lens with focal-length coverage from 5mm to 25mm [equivalent to approx. 28mm to 140mm in the 35mm format] to accommodate a wide range of scenes and subjects.
- Full HD movie recording for extended shooting of high-quality movies
Pricing and availability
Recommended retail price for the new RICOH WG-70 is £279.99 and it will be available towards the end of March 2020. See more at www.ricoh.com