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    Ricoh CX1 Review: A Photographer's Compact Point and Shoot
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    05/07/09

    In reply to Ricoh CX1 Review: A Photographer's Compact Point and Shoot
    I didn't know that Cillian Murphy worked for Gizmodo.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/07/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Nice.
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    05/07/09

    In reply to Ricoh CX1 Review: A Photographer's Compact Point and Shoot
    only thing stopping me from breaking out the plastic is the mention of a timer mode or time lapse mode.. which is an extremely important feature for me in a p/s camera such as this.. I'd rather leave this out for a day or few hours and not my 5dm2.. Canons p/s with a hacked firmware to allow time lapse functionality might be a win over this one for that feature alone
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    05/07/09

    @anon: There is a built in intervalometer for timelapse. Can define hours, minutes and seconds and will shoot until the card is full.
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    05/07/09

    In reply to Ricoh CX1 Review: A Photographer's Compact Point and Shoot
    Oh, my, that clementine is absolutely darling!
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    05/07/09

    In reply to Ricoh CX1 Review: A Photographer's Compact Point and Shoot
    1. How is that HDR mode not a gimmick? It certainly doesn't look anything like any HDR photos I've seen / made. It should be called something like enhanced mode. Using the name HDR has gimmick written all over it.


    2. Acceptable ISO noise? Really? That to me looks appalling. Even ISO 400 shots aren't really usable at 100%


    The price is pretty normal. I wouldn't call it a photographer's point and shoot though. For that, I'll stick with my Canon PowerShot G series, which is truly as feature packed as you can make a point and shoot.

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    Image of John Mahoney John Mahoney
    05/07/09

    @latterman: The G series are much, much larger. We're talking compacts here. Amended the headline so you're not confused!
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    05/07/09

    @latterman: PS Don't be an asshole.
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    Image of Mr. Moto Mr. Moto
    05/07/09

    In reply to Ricoh CX1 Review: A Photographer's Compact Point and Shoot
    Fail on HDR - the face is too dark. Just looks like the exposure has been ratcheted back a stop. Still has blown highlights too.


    Also lens is too slow and the high ISO shots are very noisy.

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    Image of John Mahoney John Mahoney
    05/07/09

    @Mr. Moto: Yeah, having an f/2.8 would be sweet
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    05/07/09

    @Mr. Moto: But the HDR mode is not promising miracles. It only uses two shots so of course there are still blown highlights.
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    Image of Mr. Moto Mr. Moto
    05/07/09

    @John Mahoney: Also needs image stabilization
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    05/07/09

    @Mr. Moto: It has that too. Read the specs.


    [www.ricoh.com]

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    Image of Mr. Moto Mr. Moto
    05/07/09

    @John Mahoney: Yeah, it does say it has some kind of anti-blur function. That could help. Did you find it effective?
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    05/07/09

    @Mr. Moto: Didn't test it
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/07/09

    In reply to Ricoh CX1 Review: A Photographer's Compact Point and Shoot
    Oooooooooooh....


    I like it....I like it a lot, especially the macro function, which I'd use a great deal. I'm willing to completely forget the niggles about video capture, though it's something I currently use on my SD1000, including the time-lapse function (which is actually pretty sweet.)

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    05/07/09

    In reply to Ricoh CX1 Review: A Photographer's Compact Point and Shoot
    nice looking specs...and nice backup... i like the Canon G10, but it is a bit more expensive...if i didnt have it already i would look very much to this camera as my pocket camera in the field
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    05/07/09

    @thejager: I'm also fixing to get a G10, unless something superfantastic at a superfantastic price comes along.
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    05/07/09

    In reply to Ricoh CX1 Review: A Photographer's Compact Point and Shoot
    This is the first time I've heard of Ricoh..Have they been around a while? HDR shots looked real nice.
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    05/07/09

    @JonathanATTY: Ricoh has a history of producing the best point and shoot cameras - all the way back to the age of film. When they're not pandering to the lowest price point [and other corporate necessities], they turn out some pretty cool stuff.


    These are a couple of very cool Ricoh film cameras and sample shots:


    [thinkmoreinc.wordpress.com]

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    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    05/07/09

    @thinkmore: I have a Ricoh film camera from way back in the day. One of the things I love about it is that it takes regular old AA batteries. No hunting around for weird batteries while on vacation.


    Of course, now that I have a D40, the Ricoh pretty much just gathers dust... :(

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