WACOM intuos 5

[ten_zero]

Instore on 16th, March 2012 (JST)

http://wacom.jp/jp/products/intuos/（written in Japanese）
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/colu ... 15489.html (written in Japanese)
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news ... 14131.html (written in Japanese)

○ stylus pen model
　『Intuos5 small　PTK-450』　2万4801円
　『Intuos5 medium　PTK-650』　3万4800円　$361.74

○stylus pen ＋ touch model
　『Intuos5 touch small　PTH-450』　2万7800円　　$273.01
　『Intuos5 touch medium　PTH-650』3万7800円　$412.92
　『Intuos5 touch large　PTH-850』　4万7800円　$566.49

※ Not include EX Large model ( sale "Intuos 4" EX Large model continuously）.
※ Still keep 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity.
※ All models enable "WACOM Wireless module" (2.4GHz RF/about 10m).
※ About overlay sheet ...
　　for Intuos5 PTK-450/650 and Intuos4 PTK-1240's option parts ready.
　　However Intuos5 touch PTH-450/650/850 is "only change by repair"
　　　sauce http://wacom.jp/jp/products/intuos/lineup/index.html *3 (written in Japanese)

【size】
　　small　320.1（W）×207.8（D）×11.5（H）mm
　　medium　379.9（W）×251.4（D）×11.5（H）mm
　　large　487.1（W）×317.7（D）×12（H）mm


【wireless module battery】

　with package / full charge by USB … 6 hours

○Small
　『Intuos5 small　PTK-450』　15 hours
　『Intuos5 touch small　PTH-450』　8 hours

○Medium
　『Intuos5 medium　PTK-650』　15 hours
　『Intuos5 touch medium　PTH-650』　8 hours

○Large
　『Intuos5 touch large　PTH-850』　5 hours


【OS】
　Windows7/Vista/XP(include 64bit OS)、Mac OS X 10.5.8-

[Elodie]

Thank you for sharing Ten_Zero

[Paul Fierlinger]

I would prefer if Wacom fixed their software -- it still disappears every time you update or introduce some new software and you have to un-install and install Wacom all over again. But they can't make money on selling fixed software so they develop a new tablet. The tablets are beginning to be more alike from new to "newer" models -- except for the pens, which of course must be different and bought all over again for inflated prices. This company is beginning to operate on borderline criminal behavior. I wish they had some stronger competition.... how about that, Japan?

[ten_zero]

Dear Mr. Fierlinger,

I think intuos 5 as just " intuos 4S (or 4 mk-II)".
To change intuos 5 touch model's overlay sheet is only "repair" not "exchange", and they will set a big price of repair in it.
They will advise for customers, "if dissatisfied with it, just buy next intuos5 newly".
It is the same in Japan, too.

I still use intuos 1 A5 (i-600 USB / made in Japan) for intel Mac mini and intuos 3 B6 (PTZ-430) for iBook G3.
It does not still know trouble like to raise driver error, connect error and break down.

[Paul Fierlinger]

I haven't used that old Wacom in a long time, but I do remember that a couple of the following ones did have some substantial improvements in the amount of sensitivity points and size -- and buttons... it's just that the differences from one model to the next are becoming quite negligible. The biggest trouble is that I can't live without them -- a piece of plastic!! Isn't that awful? I really would die if I couldn't continue to work.

[ematecki]

a piece of plastic!! Isn't that awful?

have you tried the Wacom Bamboo ? :) ;)

[ten_zero]

Dear Mr. Fierlinger,

I am ready to come back to papers and pencil or writing brush with inkstone anytime if necessary ...

I am not a professional animation creater.
However, it can be understood that fictionization of professional creator is influenced by "a plastic and IC silicon plate".
It is not wholesome.

[Paul Fierlinger]

a piece of plastic!! Isn't that awful?

have you tried the Wacom Bamboo ?

Oh that is Funny So that's where the name comes from -- those tricky Wacomers again

[idragosani]

What's with the multi-touch functionality? Who uses a drawing tablet like that? Guess they are trying to compete with the iPad?

[Paul Fierlinger]

It is not wholesome.

I beg to differ (a polite phrase that says, I DISAGREE!!) The flow of a liquid line that streams out of a digital pen while one's mind becomes immersed within the warm glow of a computer screen brings the mind into an altered state. I am not alone when I claim that often I loose all connections with my surroundings and when I have to look away it often feels like waking up in a daze, not knowing where I am for a fraction of a second. It is not a coincidence that so many newcomers soon describe TVP as addictive. I believe this is because of the wholesome mindset the software brings to the artist.

[ten_zero]

What's with the multi-touch functionality? Who uses a drawing tablet like that? Guess they are trying to compete with the iPad?

The latest Bamboo enabled multi-touch function, and it is NOT comfortable as iPad.
Bamboo (probably in "intuos 5 touch", too) cannot do swipe while drawing by stylus pen.
You must release a pen for gesture operation.

I do not think that "intuos 5 Touch" competes with iPad 3, it is work of Google and Samsung.

Edited：100302
A new PV from WACOM Japan (spoken in English / intuos 5 medium).
It seems to none put stylus pen during gesture operation.

[Paul Fierlinger]

This was on the sidebar. More fun to watch if you missed it:
http://gizmodo.com/5890219/mercedes-mak ... ial-option

[idragosani]

Wow, that is pretty neat.

[Fabrice]

I wonder if one can read the tech specifications of the Intuos 5 somewhere.

[idragosani]

Fabrice, they are on the wacom site now:

http://www.wacom.com/en/Products/Intuos/Large.aspx