Wacom Bamboo Capture CTH470

Wacom Bamboo Capture CTH470

The Wacom Bamboo Capture is the sweet spot in the company's new lineup of drawing tablets. At $99.99, the Capture offers more pressure sensitivity than the prior Bamboo Pen & Touch CTH460 (4 stars), as well as a slimmer design and an impressive software bundle. But in a cynical move, Wacom removed the eraser, and is now saving it for the new Bamboo Create CTH470 ($199.99), which is twice the size and twice the price; just make sure your style of working doesn't require one in the usual spot before purchase. Design, Product Line, and SetupThe Bamboo Capture measures 6.9 by 10.9 by 0.4 inches (HWD). Wacom streamlined the design, but only partially; while it's slimmer, and there are fewer cut lines and buttons than on the Pen and Touch CTH460, there's now an extra space on one side that contains the same four programmable buttons as before. Wacom spruced up the look by adding some extra geometric surfaces to the buttons. The entire tablet is still made of plastic, with a glossy plastic bar next to the buttons, a blue LED light indicating a live connection, and a hard textured surface around the tablet's edges. The Bamboo Capture is mostly silver, with a black accent bar containing the buttons, a black plastic stylus, and a black nylon pen holder.