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what is the MP

Jan 12th, 2014 at 9:24:10 PM PST by

idk

Jan 13th, 2014 at 12:34:11 AM PST by

what kind of batterys

Jan 19th, 2014 at 9:07:42 AM PST by

idk really theres a couple different ones including a circle watch kind

Jan 19th, 2014 at 5:40:30 PM PST by

does it have a usb plug in to hook up to computer ?

Jan 20th, 2014 at 10:13:14 AM PST by

one of the cords goes to the computer

Jan 20th, 2014 at 1:07:32 PM PST by

F&W!
Looks like it takes AA's, or some kind of AA pack.
What's with the old RS232 serial cable? Is that the only way to move files to the computer?
Does it use SD cards? Seems unlikely if you have to use such an old cable.
How much memory does it have?
Does it work?

Jan 20th, 2014 at 11:32:27 AM PST by

I don't believe it takes sd cards it does work there is the cord for the computer n a yellow plug for computer or tv n another plug & ill have to check about the memory I cant remember

Jan 20th, 2014 at 1:06:20 PM PST by

dose it work

Jan 20th, 2014 at 12:47:51 PM PST by

yes when you put it on the wall charger it turns on but battery's are needed without the wall charger

Jan 20th, 2014 at 12:55:14 PM PST by

how long can u video with it? what will it hold as far as time?

Jan 20th, 2014 at 4:38:44 PM PST by

OK guys, here's the skinny.

1) This camera is a Richo RDP-4200

2) It uses 4 Alkaline batteries + 1 CR2025 'watch' battery for the time & date

3) This thing dates back to 1998, and only has drivers & software for Windows 95 and Windows 98

4) The only way to hook it up to a computer is via and old fashond 9-Pin RS232 serial port, the precurser to USB. Most computers don't have that anymore. You CAN buy a RS232 to USB converter, last time I looked they cost between $20 and $30 on Amazon.com

5) Then you will need to find a TWAIN driver that will work on your computer. TWAIN was one of the first methods of sharing data between programs and, obviously, serial devices. This method was quickly abandoned

6) It DOES NOT use SD or SDHC memory cards, instead it uses what is called a SmartMedia card, of 16 MEGABYTES or smaller. To give you an idea of what size that is: 1,024 Megabytes is 1 Gigabyte. Today a good Class 10 SanDisk 32GB SDHC card goes for $25 on Amazon.com

In fact, you'd need 2,048 16MB SmartMedia Cards to = that 1 $25 32GB SDHC card

In fact, if you take 1 picture in what they call RAW (uncompressed) mode, it will entirely FILL the card that shipped with the camera

7) The manual says that the SmartMedia card is so slow, that you need to be careful not to switch modes while it is writing to the card

8) Of course neither an SD (max size 4GB), or the newer SDHC (64GB is the largest I've seen) can be used in place of the SmartMedia card. Your computer MIGHT have backwards compatible to a SmartMedia card, but I wouldn't count on it. The two cards are different shapes, so I find it unlikely unless you have a multi-adapter that lets you use multiple cards with different form-factors (shapes)

9) So, unless you've got an old Windows 95/98 computer in working order laying around, I'd stay away from it

http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/past/rdc/4200/
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/ricoh/ricoh-reviews/rdc4200.html

Jan 20th, 2014 at 8:26:56 PM PST by

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