Ricoh have announced a new action camera for all types of outdoor and underwater activities.
Posted: 11/09/2014 - 09:31
Ricoh has announced a new ultra-rugged action camera capable of shooting full HD movies.
The Ricoh WG-M1 is waterproof to 10 meters, shock resistant to 2 meters and cold resistant to temperatures as low as -10 degrees C.
The camera has a wide angle lens and a 14 megapixel sensor, along with a 1.5 inch colour LCD monitor and wireless LAN connection to a smartphone or tablet. Ricoh say large buttons make it easy to operate, even when wearing gloves.
There are an array of optional camera-mount accessories allowing outdoor photographers to capture video and still images in almost any situation. It will be available in black or orange for £199.99. Availability is yet to be confirmed.
Ricoh WG-M1 Key Features:
- Effortless underwater shooting without a housing – The WG-M1 delivers outstanding waterproof performance to a depth of 10 metres for up to one hour of continuous operation (equivalent to IPX8 or JIS Class 8)
- Ultra rugged for outdoor use – The WG-M1 is shock-resistant against a fall from a height of two metres, dustproof (equivalent to JIS Class 6), and cold-resistant against temperatures as low as －10°C. All these features make the WG-M1 a truly dependable, heavy-duty action camera in challenging outdoor conditions.
- Lightweight, portable design - Since it doesn’t require a cumbersome housing to protect the body, so you can enjoy taking underwater movies and images more freely, and also record sounds more clearly without muffling.
- Full HD movie recording - The WG-M1 provides Full HD movie recording in the H.264 recording format, capturing high-quality, extended movie clips (1920 x 1080 pixels, 16:9 proportions) at a frame rate of 30 frames per second. Thanks to its digital shake reduction mode, you can be assured of flawless, blur-free movies, with a choice of four angle-of-view settings — Wide (approximately 137 degrees), Medium, Narrow and Underwater. It also provides a host of creative tools to simplify complex movie-recording techniques, including “Motion detection,” which automatically starts recording a movie when the camera detects a moving object within the image field; “Loop recording,” which keeps recording movies while creating new files at five or ten-minute intervals; “High-speed Movie,” which records movies specifically for slow-motion playbacks; and “Time Lapse Movie,” which produces time-compressed movies using a time-lapse recording technique. In addition, a micro-HDMI terminal (type D) is provided on the camera body for the simultaneous output of movie clips and sound to external audio-visual devices.
- High-resolution still images captured by an ultra-wide-angle, 160-degree lens and approximately 14.0 effective megapixels - The WG-M1 delivers true-to-life, high-resolution still images, thanks to the combination of approximately 14.0 effective megapixels and a CMOS image sensor with outstanding high-sensitivity, low-noise characteristics and high-speed data readout. During still-image shooting, it offers a choice of four angle-of-view settings: Wide (160 degrees), Medium, Narrow and Underwater.
For more information on the camera, take a look at the Ricoh Imaging website.
Price for the basic camera/kit is spot on too...GO Pro are very expensive here in the UK. As long as the add-ons aren't a silly price
and it actually shoots good motion video then it could be a popular buy. I'd certainly be interested in getting one.
karlo
► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev0F2-i5EbU
reviews but even more so after people have used it for 2-3 months.
karlo
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Let's face it, GoPro has the market sewn up.