The image samples seen here were photographed with the Ricoh RDC-5000.
Detail of Imari-yaki ceramic ornamental plate: Fine mode; image size 1792 x 1200 pixels; F2.8/4cm Seamless Macro Mode; 1/30sec.
Seamless Macro Mode
The RDC-5000 comes equipped with an autofocus that allows you to change quickly and smoothly from a wide-angle close-up from as little as 4 cm away all the way out to shots at infinity. Focal adjustment is a simple, automatic process with the RDC-5000: simply depress the shutter, and the lens will adjust accordingly, allowing you to move smoothly from close-up shots to landscapes and back with ease.
Flash Modes
The RDC-5000's sensitive CCD makes even low light shots possible without using the built-in flash -- but when you do use the flash, you benefit from advanced Ricoh flash technology to help you take better, clearer shots time after time. You can choose from the Auto Flash, Slow Synchro, Redeye Reduction, and Flash Off modes.
Slow Synchro and Redeye Reduction mode
Text Mode
The Text Mode of the RDC-5000 is designed to take pictures of text that maintain high standards of legibility. It raises the contrast and makes full use of the camera's high resolution so that pictures of text stand out -- perfect for capturing a digital copy of an important document.
2.3x Continuous Optical Zoom Lens
The RDC-5000 boasts 2.3x optical zoom performance, producing focal distances of 8-18 mm -- equivalent to a 38-86mm zoom lens on a 35mm camera. This allows you to balance the size of different kinds of subjects without large areas of unwanted background -- and without blowing up the image digitally and losing resolution.
Interval Shooting
The RDC-4300 offers three different JPEG compression ratios for each of the camera's two resolution modes, as well as one non-compressed option. Whether you choose the professional-quality (1280 x 960 pixel) mode or the VGA (640 x 480 pixel) mode, you're free to capture exactly the level of quality you need. What's more, you can apply Ricoh's new compression algorithm to downsample a 1280 x 980-pixel image to VGA format at 640 x 480 pixels while preserving precise image quality. The pictures that you take look their best--even when compressed.
2.5x Digital Zoom
Push your photography further with the RDC-5000's 2.5x digital zoom feature. The camera digitally enlarges the image in the center 1/4 of the normal 1792 x 1200-pixel image to full screen size. This enlarged image is captured in the 896 x 600-pixel mode. And the expanded flexibility of the digital zoom means that, when used along with the camera's 2.3x optical zoom, you can get better than 5x zoom performance!
Auto White Balance
Auto White Balance automatically corrects for discoloration that can occur when your subject is lit by various sources. Choose from Manual, Daylight, Overcast, Fluorescent Light, and Tungsten settings.
Monochrome Photography
When you're looking for a quick special effect shot, the RDC-5000 offers two monochrome-filtered programs: Black and White, and "antiqued" Sepia tone. Experiment artistically with your photographs!
Autofocus; Manual Focus
Ricoh's intelligent autofocus lets you concentrate on framing the right shot; the camera delivers clearly focused shots time after time. However, for photographers these prefer a more hands-on approach, the RDC-5000 lets you take command with completely manually focusing.
Exposure Compensation
The RDC-5000 offers fully automatic back-lit compensation so that you can capture well-lit subjects in any setting. You also have the option of setting a manual compensation, in 0.5 EV steps, for an EV range of +2.0 to -2.0. Manual override enables the exposure to be adjusted; deactivation of the flash save battery power and allows for special photo lighting effects.
Optional Remote
This handy remote control unit gives you pinpoint control over self-portraits and other hands-free photo opportunities.
