Digicamreview has reviewed the 7.24 megapixel Ricoh Caplio R5 and writes - “The Ricoh Caplio R5 has improved on the Ricoh Caplio R4 in a number of ways, most noticable is the camera’s improved image quality, improved shot to shot time, and improved battery life. Noise levels are slightly better than the R4 with less noise at the lower ISO settings. Image quality is very good, especially outdoors and the camera has rich colours and good exposure. The Ricoh Caplio R5 is the smallest digital camera to feature a wide-angle 7.1x optical zoom lens with image stabilisation. * I would definitely recommend this camera, with some reservations, as the camera can struggle indoors with noise and occassionally focusing. The camera occassionally has some flash problems (overexposure), so this camera would be best suited, and definitely recommended for mainly outdoor use and for those people happy to take a number of shots to get the best results. There are some design aspects that I’m not keen on such as the shutter release, and plastic battery cover, but if you are willing to overlook these shortcomings, then you will find an extremely capable pocket camera that can produce excellent results.”

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