Ricoh CX5 User Manual

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Capture all those special moments as you feel them

with the CX5's new hybrid AF system.

f=28 mm 1/1070 sec. F3.5 ISO100 EV±0 WB: AUTO

f=28 mm 1/32 sec. F3.5 ISO308 EV+0.7 WB: AUTO

RICOH Pure Image Quality Technology

The imaging philosophy that lies at the root of all Ricoh digital cameras: not just “high image quality” but “pure image quality, true to

what is perceived by the naked eye.” This is achieved through three core technologies—a low-distortion lens with true-to-life imaging

properties, an image sensor with superior high-sensitivity performance, and an imaging engine that reproduces images in minute detail—

that have been designed and developed as a single mechanism, offering unsurpassed resolution and faithful, unaffected color reproduction.

Image

Sensor

Lens

Image Processing

Engine

Imaging processing performance that puts a premium on pure
and high-level image quality ensures
that you'll get great shots with high image quality.

The CX5 boasts a back-illuminated CMOS image sensor combined with advanced Smooth Imaging
Engine IV image processing. Poorly-lit indoor or night scenes are rendered in pure, unblemished
quality, as of course are brightly-lit subjects. An output pixel interpolation algorithm residing in
dedicated logic circuits in the imaging engine reduces loss of detail in highlights to faithfully recreate
high-contrast scenes exactly as they appear to the naked eye. The CX5 produces photographs with
even more amazing resolution than previous models.

High-speed autofocus means that you'll never miss
another opportunity that comes along for a good shot again.

The CX5 comes equipped with Ricoh's unique new hybrid AF system, which combines an AF sensor
for continuously measuring the distance between the camera and subject together with Contrast AF.
This hybrid AF system allows the camera to set the focus in as little as 0.2 sec., not only for 28-mm
wide-angle shooting but also for 300-mm telephoto. Ensures that you capture the image you were
waiting for over the entire zoom range, never to miss another good shot again.

*AF focusing times were measured under Ricoh measurement conditions.

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*Focal lengths indicated are 35-mm film camera equivalents.