Pentax Ricoh – New summer-style white color added to the waterproof/crashproof/coldproof/crushproof tough digital camera “PENTAX WG-3″ lineup

Pentax Ricoh - New summer-style white color added to the waterproof/crashproof tough digital camera "PENTAX WG-3" lineup

We wrote about “PENTAX WG-3” when it was released. It’s waterproof up to 14 meters under water, crashproof up to a fall of 2 meters, coldproof to -10°c and crushproof to a pressure of 100kg which makes this camera your best friend for outdoor and hardcore activities.

Now, with the full-scale summer outdoor activity season upon us, Pentax Ricoh is releasing a new summer-style white color model on June 21.

In their Japanese press release, the price is open price. However, the U.S. press release says that it will be available in July for $299.95.

Pentax out the WG-3 with GPS and Qi wireless power transmission

Pentax announced today its latest Rugged series of Camera with the WG-3. Capable to withstand the most atrocious condition (for a camera), the WG-3 will feel at east even at 14m under water, -10°c below there, fall up from 2m and even pressure of up to 100kg! Technically speaking the WG-3 is a very capable camera that come with a 16Mpix BSI CMOS Sensor, a 5x optical Zoom, 6 LED lights, 1080/30p video capability, 70MB of internal memory and Eye-Fi support.
If this is actually not enough for …