Asian Photography - December 2015

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CAMERA REVIEW

PRICE

`29,315

Ricoh WG-M1

Joining the battle

of the sports action

cameras, Pentax

this year released its

Ricoh WG-M1. A small,

yet tough-looking

camera, the WG-M1

features full HD video

(1280 x 960 pixels),

Wi-Fi compatibility,

and a tiny screen to

review the output. The

camera is shockproof,

waterproof,

freeze proof and

dustproof, and can

be submerged

33feet/10metres in

water. While it sounds

great on paper, does

the camera perform

just as good too? Read

on to find out more.

Look, body and feel

Designed to be an action camera, the

WG-M1 is rugged to say the least. The

camera is not just tough and sturdy looking,

but feels like a rock when held in the palm of

the hand. Weighing 190 g, the camera is not

too heavy. The camera is waterproof down

to 10 metres, dustproof, shockproof from

two metres and freeze proof up to -10 °C.

One word you wouldn’t use to describe its

form is minimalistic. Unlike its competitors,

the camera does not have a simple box-like

form. The camera has a square-ish form,

but with all its sides rounded off, and a wide-

angle lens protruding from the front. There

is a small colour LCD screen on the top

of the camera. So when you are shooting

an image or a video, it might seem like a

strange way to compose, as you will be

looking down on the scene in front of you.

However the ultra-wide angle lens with the

angle of view of 137-degree makes up for

it, and you capture a large amount of the

scene in front of you.

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