Although many smartphones today can survive drinks, taking photos or videos underwater can be a challenge. A special waterproof shell accessory may help, but the performance may still be difficult to compare with the underwater function of durable cameras such as Ricoh's new wg-80 compact camera.
Wg-80 is the latest product among Ricoh's many ruggedized cameras. It is designed for outdoor exploration, underwater content creation and strict work on industrial sites.
The airtight fuselage can be waterproof for two hours within 46 feet (14 meters). Due to the different transmission modes of light underwater, wg-80 can compensate for the loss of contrast and enhance the usually weak red tone to make photos and videos brighter.
This compact camera also has ipx6 standard dust-proof function, can fall to the ground from a height of 5 feet (1.6 meters), has a compressive capacity of 100 kg, and can operate at temperatures as low as 14 ° f (- 10 ° C).
There is a 1 / 2.3-inch 16 million pixel back illuminated CMOS sensor inside the wg-80 body, which adopts super-resolution image processing technology. The ISO sensitivity of wg-80 is up to 6400, and it can record Full HD video in H.264 format at the speed of 30 frames per second. Its built-in micro HDMI port allows it to be output to the external display at the same time.
The full frame equivalent focal length of the 5x optical zoom lens is 28 mm to 140 mm, but it is said that the intelligent zoom function can digitally expand the zoom range to 36 times without affecting the image quality.
The electronic image stabilization function is an anti shake three in one technology composed of pixel track damping function, "effectively compensating camera shake through digital processing of affected images", the digital SR mode automatically increases the sensitivity to the maximum, so as to adopt higher shutter speed and minimize the impact of camera shake, and the film SR mode - generating fuzzy film clips through software to compensate for misplaced images.
The wg-80 compact camera is available in all black or black / orange colors, equipped with 16 megapixel CMOS image sensor, electronic image stabilization system and 5x optical zoom. The front of the fuselage is an integrated fill light ring, including six LEDs and five adjustable intensity levels. It is used for macro photography to illuminate underwater scenes, and can also be used to illuminate itself during self photographing. At the rear of the fuselage is a 2.7-inch outdoor visual LCD with adjustable brightness.
The wg-80 durable compact camera will go on sale next month with a suggested retail price of $329.95.