Ricoh Caplio 500SE Model W rocks WiFi and Bluetooth

by Evan Blass, posted Aug 29th 2006 at 1:33PM

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.

[Via The Raw Feed and dottocomu]

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Wireless

Tags: 2.5-inch LCD, 2.5-inchLcd, 3x optical zoom, 3xOpticalZoom, 500se, 8 megapixel, 8Megapixel, bluetooth 2.0, Bluetooth2.0, caplio, model b, model w, ModelB, ModelW, ricoh, ruggedized, wap, wep, wifi

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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John from Buffalo @ Aug 29th 2006 1:49PM

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!

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Kenundrum @ Aug 29th 2006 2:21PM

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...

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Conor @ Aug 29th 2006 3:36PM

Shouldn't that be a WPA secured wifi link, not WAP?

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Aaron @ Aug 29th 2006 5:13PM

They do have geo-coded gps cameras I have one on my desk...

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Bill @ Aug 30th 2006 8:58AM

At first glance I thought it was a disposable. Not at $1,000 though.

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Joseph @ Nov 16th 2006 9:56AM

Ricoh also has a Geo-Imaging solutions called the Caplio Pro G3. It has a CompactFlash slot for Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity when needed.

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