background image

Capture, process, and send images on the f ly. 

Zoom Lever

Shutter Release button

Sub Shutter

Release button 

Instruction Manual

Warranty Card

Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery DB-20L

Battery Charger BJ-1

Eject Lever

Card Slot

LCD Panel

Viewfinder

Power Switch

Mode Dial

Zoom Lever

Flash Mode button

PIC button(Picture mode)

Macro button

Terminal

Battery Cover

CARD/IN button

LCD Monitor

Remote Control 

Reception

LCD Monitor

Lens Cap

AC Adapter AC-3

USB Cable

Battery Charger

Software CD (Win/Mac)

Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery

Remote Control DR-3

AV Cable

AF window

Lens

Self Timer Lamp

Flash

Microphone

RDC-i500 Major Specifications

Software CD ( Windows/Macintosh )

RDC-i500 Optional Accessories

Compatible Products

Camera Softwares 

<Memory Card>  

<Communication Card>    

CONTENTS

This brochure was printed on recycled paper. 

Soft Case

Wrist Strap

RICOH COMPANY, LTD.

3-2-3,Shin-yokohama
Kohoku-ku,Yokohama-shi 222-8530,Japan
Phone:(045)477-1738 Fax:(045)477-1797  http://www.ricoh.co.jp/r_dc

RICOH PHOTO PRODUCTS(ASIA), LTD.

Unit D, E&F, 24/F., China Overseas Building,139 Hennessy Road
Wan Chai,Hong Kong
Phone:2528-2823 Fax:2566-3647/2866-1985

RICOH CORPORATION

5. Dedrick Place,West Caldwell,NJ
07006 U.S.A.
Phone:888-742-6410  http://www.ricohzone.com

RICOH EUROPE B.V.

Photo Products Division
Koolhovenlaan 35,1119 NB Schiphol-Rijk,The Netherlands
Phone:020-5474111 Fax:020-5474540  http://www.ricoh-europe.com

RICOH EUROPE B.V. Düsseldorf Branch

Photo Products Division
Oberrather Straße 6,D-40472 Düsseldorf,Germany
Phone:0211-6546-0 Fax:0211-6546-350

RICOH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.

8 Rodborough Road, Frenchs Forrest,N.S.W. 2086
Phone:02-8977-1111 Fax:02-8977-1100
http://www.ricoh.com.au

Operation Panel 

Optional Accessories

Accessories Included

*In motion picture mode, zoom and flash do not work and the focus is locked in the state in effect when the release button was pressed. 

http://www.ricoh.co.jp/r_dc/icd

The RDC-i500 offers three key ways to send images to others. 

PDA

PC

Another

RDC-i500

*

FTP

RDC-i500

INTERNET

TELEPHONE

PC

in the picture.

E-mail

FTP uploads

Direct PC transfers

*Browsing with the RDC-i500

  is not available.

http://www.ricoh.co.jp/r_dc/icd

RDC-i500

RDC-i500

DESCRIPTIONS
Still:JPEG ( Exif 2.1 ), Non-Compressed:TIFF
        DCF"Design rule for Camera File system", DPOF support 
Text:TIFF ( G4 MMR system )
Motion:AVI ( Open DML Motion JPEG ), 15 frames/second *
Sound:WAV ( Exif 2.1 ) 
NTSC/PAL switchable
Internal Memory / Compact Flash Card, Microdrive
1/1.8-inch CCD with 3,240,000 square pixels ( effective pixels )
Still: 2048 x 1536 / 1024 x 768 / 640 x 480
Text: 2048 x 1536 / 1024 x 768
Motion: 320 x 240
STILL/TEXT/VOICE MEMO/STILL+VOICE MEMO/MOTION WITH SOUND/ CONTINUOUS MODE
Fine/Normal/Economy, Non-Compressed
F:2.6-3.4, 10 glass elements in 7 groups
Optical 3x zoom, f=7.3-21.9mm ( 35-105mm in 35mm camera format )
Digital 1.3, 1.6, 3.2x zoom ( resolution 640 x 480 only )
Still: 8, 4, 2, 1-1/2000sec. ( mechanical shutter )
Motion: 1/30-1/2000sec. ( electronic shutter )  
24cm ( 9.4in. ) -

 ( at Wide ) / Macro: approx.1cm ( 0.4in. ) -24cm ( 9.4in. )

AUTO/Selectable ISO ( equivalent to 200/400/800 ) 
Real-image, Diopter Adjuster ( -2-+1dpt. )
2" TFT LCD (200,000 pixels)
AUTO/FORCED FLASH/SLOW SYNCHRO/OFF/RED-EYE REDUCTION,
Manual strength adjustment ( SOFT/NORMAL/STRONG ) 
AUTO FOCUS/MANUAL FOCUS/FIXED FOCUS ( SNAP: 2.5m,

∞ 

)

Programmed AE, Exposure metering system:CENTERWEIGHT/SPOT/MULTI
AUTO/MANUAL EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ( +/- 2.0 EV in 1/4EV steps )
AUTO/DAYLIGHT/FLUORESCENT LIGHT/TUNGSTEN LIGHT/OVERCAST/MANUAL
Approx. 10sec. delay
DATE IMPRINT, AUTO BRACKET, MONOCHROME MODE ( B&W,Sepia ), 
INTERVAL MODE( Time Lapse from 30second intervals up to 3 hours ), 
SOFT MODE, TIME EXPOSURE MODE, SIGNATURE function, SPLIT-SCREEN MODE
PC : USB, Video Out, Audio Out
Compact Flash card slot
Supporting Card: Modem, Cellular, LAN ( compatible products only )
Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery
141.9 x 78.2 x 30.3mm, 5.6 x 3.1 x 1.2inch ( excluding projections )
Approx.295g ( 10.4oz ) ( without battery )

ITEM
RECORDING FORMAT

VIDEO SIGNAL METHOD
RECORDING MEDIUM
CCD
RESOLUTION

RECORDING MODE
PICTURE MODE
LENS
ZOOM

SHUTTER

SHOOTING RANGE
ISO SENSITIVITY
OPTICAL VIEWFINDER
MONITOR DISPLAY
BUILT-IN FLASH

FOCUS
EXPOSURE MODE
EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENT
WHITE BALANCE
SELFTIMER
OTHER FEATURES

INTERFACES
EXTENTION SLOT

BATTERY
DIMENSIONS ( W x D x H ) 
WEIGHT

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS

CPU
MEMORY SPACE
HARD DISK SPACE

Item
Compact Flash

Microdrive

Item
Modem

Cellular

LAN

MODEL
DB-20L
BJ-1
DR-3
AC-3

Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery
Battery Charger
Remote Control
AC Adapter

Maker
Xircom
Pretec Electronics Corp. ( C-ONE Tecnology Corp. )
Xircom

Socket Communications Inc.
Xircom

Type
CompactCard Modem 56 GlobalACCESS
Compact Modem
CompactCard GSM
CompactCard Modem 56 GlobaGSM Connection Kit
Low Power Ethernet
CompactCard GSM Ether 10

Maker
SanDisk
Lexar Media, Inc.
IBM

Model name
SDCFB-16/32/40/48/64/80/96/128/192
USB enabled Compact Flash 8x32/48/64/80/128/192MB
340MB, 1GB Microdrive

1. Image Capture Guide List tool with Word and Excel sample files ( Windows only *3 )
2. RDC-i500 Explorer Plug-In ( Win ) / RDC-i Mounter ( Mac ) : Camera memory can be accessed from PC / MAC.
3. RDC-i Direct Upload ( Direct transmission program ) : receive data from RDC-i500  *4 
4. TWAIN driver, USB driver *5
5. Apple QuickTime 4 

*1 PCs with Windows 95 and Windows NT4.0 can be used when connected via Lan.
*2 128MB or more for Windows 2000.
*3 Required Microsoft Office 97 or 2000.
*4 Apple Remote Access 3.0 Personal Server is required for MacOS 8.x.
*5 Limited to PCs with Windows 98/2000 pre-installed or Macintosh with MacOS 8.6-9 ( USB service 1.1 ). 

*More products to be qualified by Ricoh in the future will be announced at our web site. ( www.ricoh.co.jp/r_dc/icd )

* Specifications are subject to change without notice.
* Windows, Microsoft Word and Excel are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation of the U.S.A. and are registered in the U.S. and other countries.
* Macintosh and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer,Inc. of the U.S.A. and are registered in the U.S. and other countries.
* All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
* All screen shots and sample images shown in this catalog are simulated. 

WINDOWS

Windows 98/98 Second Edition
Windows 2000, Windows Me *1
Pentium processor
32MB or more ( 64MB recommended ) *2
6MB or more

MACINTOSH

MacOS 8.6-9

Power PC
32MB or more 
6MB or more

PPP
Protocol : POP3/SMTP
Encording format: MIME 
Protocol:Ricoh original
Size Change, Rotation and Voice Memo annotation
Image Capture Guide List, HTML File Creation

DIAL-UP Protocol
INTERNET MAIL

DIRECT UPLOAD
IMAGE EDITING
JOB Navi. FUNCTION

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2001-03001

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