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Announcement dates
Ricoh CX3 Announced 03-Feb-10
Ricoh CX4 Announced 19-Aug-10
Ricoh CX5 Announced 26-Jan-11
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Sensor and lens
| Items | CX5 | CX4 | CX3 |
| Effective pixels (Total pixels) (approx.) | 10.00 million pixels (10.60 million pixels) | ||
| Image sensor | 1/2.3″ CMOS | ||
| Focal length | f = 4.9 – 52.5 mm | ||
| 28 – 300 mm (35 mm film cameras equivalent) | |||
| F-Aperture | F: 3.5 (wide) – 5.6 (telephoto) | ||
| Shooting distance (From the front of the lens) |
Approx. 0.3 meter – infinity (wide) Approx. 1.5 meter – infinity (telephoto) |
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| Macro range (From the front of the lens) |
Wide : approx. 0.01 meter – infinity | ||
| Telephoto : approx. 0.28 meter – infinity | |||
| Zoom macro : approx. 0.01 meter – infinity | |||
| Display the minimum distance at Macro | Available | Available | Available |
| Lens construction | 10 elements in 7 groups (4 aspherical lens elements with 5 surfaces) | ||
| Optical zoom | 10.7 x (28 – 300 mm / 35mm filmcamera equivalent) |
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| Super Resolution zoom *a1 | 2 x (300 – 600 mm / 35 mm filmcamera equivalent) |
N/A | N/A |
| Digital zoom | 4.8 x (600 – 2880 mm / 35 mm filmcamera equivalent) |
4.8 x (300 – 1440 mm / 35 mm filmcamera equivalent) |
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| Auto Resize zoom *a2 | 5.7 x | 5.7 x | 5.7 x |
| Combination with optical zoom : up to 61.0x (1710 mm / 35 mm filmcameras equivalent) | |||
Camera Features and other
| Items | CX5 | CX4 | CX3 |
| Image processing engine | Smooth Imaging Engine IV | Smooth Imaging Engine IV | Smooth Imaging Engine IV |
| AF method | Hybrid AF (Contrast AF / External Passive AF) | Contrast AF method | Contrast AF method |
| Multi Target AF | Available (in Focus menu) | Available (in Focus menu) | Available (in Focus menu) |
| 5 frames | 5 frames | 5 frames | |
| SCENE Auto mode (S Auto mode) | Available (Portrait, Sports, Night. Port., Landscape, Nightscape, Macro mode) | ||
| Face recognition mode | Face-Pri. Multi (Focus mode), Portrait mode (S Auto mode, or SCENE mode) |
Face-Pri. AF (Focus mode), Portrait mode (S Auto mode, or SCENE mode) |
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| Antiblur function (Image stabilizer) | Image Sensor shift stabilizer | ||
| Multi-pattern auto white balance | Available (in white balance mode) | ||
| Level setting | Available | Available | Available |
| Target shift | Available (AE, AF, AE/AF) | Available (AE, AF, AE/AF) | Available (AE, AF, AE/AF) |
| Image quality, color settings | [Image settings] Vivid, Standard, Custom setting, B&W, Sepia | ||
| Bracketing | Focus bracket, Auto bracket, White balance bracket, Color bracket | ||
| Movie size | HD 1280 x 720 (30 fps) / VGA 640 x 480 (30 fps) / QVGA 320 x 240 (30 fps) | ||
| Continuous mode / Multi shooting | Normal continuous, Speed Cont., M-Cont plus | ||
| ISO sensitivity / selectable value | ISO AUTO / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 | ISO AUTO / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 | ISO AUTO / 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 |
| Step zoom at optical zoom | 28 / 35 / 50 / 85 / 105 / 135 / 200 / 300 mm (In Macro mode : 31 / 35 / 50 / 85 / 105 / 135 / 200 / 300 mm) * 35 mm filmcamera equivalent |
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| Flash control range (from the front of the lens) | (W) 0.2 ~ 4.0 m (T) 0.28 ~ 3.0 m |
(W) 0.2 ~ 4.0 m (T) 0.28 ~ 3.0 m |
(W) 0.2 ~ 4.0 m (T) 0.28 ~ 4.0 m |
| ISO AUTO / ISO 1600 | ISO AUTO / ISO 1600 | ISO AUTO / ISO 1600 | |
| Flash exposure compensation | Available | Available | Available |
| Skew correction | Skew correction mode (SCENE mode) & Skew correction on a captured image | ||
| Grid Guide Display options (framing grid at shooting) | Available (3 options) | Available (3 options) | Available (3 options) |
| Noise reduction options | Off / Auto / Weak / Strong / MAX | Off / Auto / Weak / Strong / MAX | Off / Auto / Weak / Strong / MAX |
