(credit: Ricoh) Ricoh PX series digital camera | ¥30,000.00 | www.ricoh.co.jp
adventure seekers who love to capture their memories with digital camera will be glad that more run-of-the-mill cameras are going the shock-water-dust proof path. latest to join the ‘resistant’ path is Ricoh’s RX series compact digital camera announced last week. this point-and-shoot camera features 16 megapixel CCD sensor, a 28-140mm lens with 5x optical zoom (4.8x digital zoom), a 2.7-inch LCD display and has a 40MB internal memory. a SDHC card slot (supports up to 32GB) allows for more storage and it also supports Eye-Fi X2. other features include ISO range of 100 to 3200 and 720p video recording (in AVI). the PX sports a shock-proof body that is resistant to dust and can be submerged up to 3 meters in the water for a duration of up to 60 minutes.
the Ricoh PX digital camera will be available end of this month in Japan for around ¥30,000 (about US$374). Ricoh also has a handful of accessories available to go with the new PX digital camera. they include batteries, chargers, HDMI cable, non-slip protective jackets and lanyards (though a handstrap already comes bundled with the camera).