If you're looking for the perfect camera to take on your next vacation to the Amazon rainforest or Sahara desert, look no further than Ricoh's upcoming Caplio 500SE; like the
500G that preceded it, this 8 megapixel ruggedized shooter also sports a water-, shock-, and dust-resistant casing, but throws in some sweet wireless action to offload your pics no matter where you are. The high end Model W not only features a WEP- and WAP-secured WiFi radio like
several other products on the market, but is one of the first imaging devices to also include Bluetooth 2.0 in the mix. No hotspot? No problem -- just transfer the pics over to your smartphone and release them onto the Internet wherever a cellular connection is available. Besides the dual radios, you're getting a 3x optical zoom, 2.5-inch LCD, 26MB of internal memory (enhanced via SD), and rather underwhelming QVGA video capture that may not even include sound. Still, this is a hell of a package (both in terms of its feature set and its weight: 482 grams fully loaded) with a price to match -- ¥130,200 ($1,100) for the Model W and ¥115,500 ($990) for the WiFi-less Model B when they ship sometime this winter and September 1st, respectively.
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posted Aug 29th 2006 1:33PM
I bet it rocks your battery life, too. 30-40 shots max and your dead in the water right? ... it's called a USB card adapter. $20 vs. $1100. Man, not even an SLR! D'oh!
What we need is a camera with bluetooth that you can sync up with a GPS and get geo-coded images... forget the wifi stuff- like John says- usb card readers are a dime a dozen- or $20 for one... however the BT transfer to phone is a really cool idea...
Shouldn't that be a WPA secured wifi link, not WAP?
They do have geo-coded gps cameras I have one on my desk...
At first glance I thought it was a disposable. Not at $1,000 though.
Ricoh also has a Geo-Imaging solutions called the Caplio Pro G3. It has a CompactFlash slot for Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity when needed.