Ricoh Japan have announced their latest digital camera, the CX2, an update of the CX1 launched back in February. While the sensor may stay the same – a 9.29-megapixel CMOS – it’s now paired with a bigger, 10.7x optical zoom (up from 7.1x) along with a boost in burst shooting, now at 5fps rather than 4fps.







The new Caplio R5 digital camera features a 7.1x optical wide zoon lens, CCD-shift image stabilization and a broad new image-processing engine. The new Smooth Imaging Engine II should reduce noise, improve performance, and yield a higher sensitivity of ISO1600 at full resolution. There’s also the standard 2.5-inch LCD display, improved battery life VGA 30fps video recording at 640×480 resolution, and vibration correction function that should improve the quality of the images. There’s no support for SDHC. The Caplio R5 is only available in Japan for $350.



