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Ricoh GXR With Interchangable Lenses Coming In December

4:35PM Rosa Golijan | Seems that the previously rumoured Ricoh GXR will be coming in December. It’ll be smaller than even the slimmest Micro Four Thirds out now and feature a system that’ll make it the first to allow both interchangeable lenses and sensors. More »
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Rumour: Ricoh Camera With Interchangeable Lenses Imminent

5:53AM Jack Loftus | From the aptly named Photo Rumors blog comes word today that Ricoh is all but ready to reveal a premium, interchangeable camera on or around November 10. More »
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Ricoh CX2: 10.7x Zoom Compact With A CMOS Sensor

10:58AM Nick Broughall | Not content to let Canon steal all the camera news glory today, Ricoh has today released the 10.7x zoom CX2 snapper. More »
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Ricoh GR Digital III Point-and-Shoot’s Fast 28mm F/1.9 Lens Makes Our Hands All Sweaty

2:08AM Matt Buchanan | If you know how to tame them, Ricoh’s point-and-shoots are phenomenal, and I want to start taming their GR Digital III like now. The fast 28mm f/1.9 lens—a rarity on a point-and-shoot—is just the half of it. More »
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Man’s 17 Years Of Hair Loss In One Time-Lapse Video

2:35PM Nick Broughall | Every day for the past 17 years, Dan Hanna has taken two photos of himself with a custom-built rig and a couple of Ricoh film cameras. Now you can watch the video. More »
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Ricoh CX1 Review: A Photographer’s Compact Point and Shoot

1:10AM John Mahoney | Where most other camera companies are going for 720p video in their nicer point-and-shoots, Ricoh added more photo-centric features to the CX1: in-camera HDR, high-speed sequential shooting and razor-sharp macro. We’ve tested, and we like. More »
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Tips For Shooting the Best Slow-Motion Video

5:00AM Mark Wilson | Classic films like Reservoir Dogs, Top Gun and Wayne’s World employ slow-motion for emotional impact. Now that Casio, Samsung, JVC, LG and Ricoh cameras and phones tout slow-mo, amateurs can wield this same mighty power:
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Ricoh CX1 Point and Shoot Does In-Camera High Dynamic Range, 120fps Slow-Mo

1:27AM John Mahoney | Even if most high dynamic range photos on Flickr make you want to barf, it’s still incredibly useful for creating images that match what the naked eye sees. The Ricoh CX1 does HDR images in-camera. More »
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Ricoh R10 Digital Compact Cam is Updated R8, Bigger Screen

9:16PM Kit Eaton | Ricoh’s previous-gen R8 digital cam only hit the streets back in February, and it’s now being replaced by the new R10. The R10 has a larger 3-inch screen, 7.1x optical zoom, and a 10-megapixel CCD sensor that can shoot at ISO80 to ISO1600. There’s also four-person face recognition, CCD-shift anti-shake compensation, a 1-cm macro mode and lots of “easy” presets that make the camera do automatic leveling of contrast and sharpness in the images it takes. It’s out in black, brown and silver September 5th in Japan at first for around US$450. [DCWatch] More »
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Ricoh Bumps Up Megapixels with the GX200 Camera

11:20PM Gizmodo US Edition | With 12 megapixels of creamy goodness, Ricoh’s GX200 is an upgrade of last year’s GX100. The Smooth Imaging Engine III processing engine gives you better noise reduction, there’s a 2.7-inch, 460,000-pixel HVGA LCD screen, an electronic level function for horizontal and vertical shooting, and 5fps continuous RAW mode. Cost in the UK is either US$700 or US$800, depending whether you get the VF-1 electronic viewfinder. Bonus pic and interminably long press release are below. More »