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Is the Ricoh WG-6 good for Landscape Photography?

Ricoh WG-6
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Ricoh WG-6 Landscape Photography Score

POOR
Ricoh WG-6 has a score of 27 for Landscape Photography which makes it a POOR candidate for this type of photography. If Landscape Photography is important for you, we strongly recommend you to consider the Alternative cameras listed at the bottom of this page.
Read our detailed Ricoh WG-6 Review
Ricoh WG-6 Landscape Photography Detailed Analysis
Manual Focus Mode

With the manual focus mode, you can make fine adjustments to have the perfect focus.

28 mm - Good Wide Angle Coverage

Even though there are very good examples of landscapes photos taken with tele lenses, most of the landscape photos are taken with wide angle lenses.

Very High Resolution Sensor: 20.0MP

Ricoh WG-6's 20.0MP sensor is perfect for landscape photography. It will capture a lot of fine details and let you print them larger.

Environmental Sealings

Landscape photographs are taken outdoors and you should be prepared for all kind of weather conditions.

No Manual Exposure Mode

A correct exposure of a landscape shot is very important. Even though modern digital cameras features advanced algorithms to calculate the right exposure, they still may fail some difficult conditions. Lack of manual exposure mode in these conditions means lot of shadow and highlight clipping.

No RAW shooting capability

RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

Small 1/2.3 sensor

Ricoh WG-6's small sensor struggles in low light situations compared to larger sensors.

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Ricoh WG-6 for Portrait Photography
Ricoh WG-6 for Street Photography
Ricoh WG-6 for Sports Photography
Ricoh WG-6 for Carrying Everywhere

Ricoh WG-6 Alternatives in Waterproof cameras for Landscape Photography

Olympus TG-5

Compare WG-6 vs TG-5

12 MP | 1/2.3-inch BSI-CMOS Sensor
25-100 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #295
Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #5

Olympus Tough TG-5
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 94
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Olympus TG-6

Compare WG-6 vs TG-6

12 MP | 1/2.3-inch BSI-CMOS Sensor
25-100 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #284
Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #3

Olympus Tough TG-6
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 93
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

OM System TG-7

Compare WG-6 vs TG-7

12 MP | 1/2.3-inch BSI-CMOS Sensor
25-100 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #285
Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #2

OM System Tough TG-7
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 93
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Ricoh WG-6

Compare WG-6 vs WG-6

20 MP | 1/2.3 BSI-CMOS Sensor
28-140 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #559
Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #83

Ricoh WG-6
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 94
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Ricoh G900

Compare WG-6 vs G900

20 MP | 1/2.3 BSI-CMOS Sensor
28-140 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #560
Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #76

Ricoh G900
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 94
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Ricoh WG-50

Compare WG-6 vs WG-50

16 MP | 1/2.3 BSI-CMOS Sensor
28-140 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #617
Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #100

Ricoh WG-50
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 95
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Fujifilm XP130

Compare WG-6 vs XP130

16 MP | 1/2.3" BSI-CMOS Sensor
28-140 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #471
Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #37

Fujifilm FinePix XP130
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 95
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Ricoh WG-70

Compare WG-6 vs WG-70

16 MP | 1/2.3 BSI-CMOS Sensor
28-140 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #640
Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #128

Ricoh WG-70
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 95
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Ricoh WG-80

Compare WG-6 vs WG-80

16 MP | 1/2.3 BSI-CMOS Sensor
28-140 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #570
Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #82

Ricoh WG-80
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 95
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Nikon W300

Compare WG-6 vs W300

16 MP | 1/2.3" Sensor
24-120 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #536
Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #65

Nikon Coolpix W300
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 94
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape
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