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
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.
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.)
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
@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:
@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... :(
Even if most high dynamic range photos on Flickr make you want to barf.
really? I found them to be brillinaly refreshing as if you had merged a poet and photgrapher together and they were seeing the images through the eyes of vampire.
There is a fugifilm that does an HDR-like thing, but just with one shot (it relies on some magic with the sensor). It's not out yet, but its coming out.
This is more of a dynamic range extension than true HDR. The two shots are most likely compared, combined extra shadow and highlight detail to extend the dynamic range of the exposure.
@dMek: perhaps I take too literal an interpretation of HDR-- but "dynamic range extension" and "high dynamic range" seem pretty much like the same thing :) granted, you can push HDR to the ridiculous levels that some do on flickr, but it is more tastefully used for 'range extension' as you call it.
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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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Also lens is too slow and the high ISO shots are very noisy.
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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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These are a couple of very cool Ricoh film cameras and sample shots:
[thinkmoreinc.wordpress.com]
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Of course, now that I have a D40, the Ricoh pretty much just gathers dust... :(
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True HDR images can't be displayed on any current monitors.
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really? I found them to be brillinaly refreshing as if you had merged a poet and photgrapher together and they were seeing the images through the eyes of vampire.
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I thought those shots were very interesting...
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