12mp DMC-FX100 reviewed (looks good!)

[Mr Noble]

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Panasonic-DMC-FX...

[Mr Noble]

Noise is an issue and there is not a lot of manual control like AP or SP.

The wait contonues!

When is a blink9ing camera company going to bring out a "pro" compact for real photographers to carry about, instead of these cameras with silly MP numbers that are supposed to wow the buying public into thinking they must be great just cause they have bigger MP numbers than the next cam!


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[F-Stop Junkie]

What about the Ricoh Capilo GX100? Not sure about the EVF, but the noise looks reasonable, lens fast and very wide! Also full manual and Adobe RAW too.

[lowdrag]

I looked at the Ricoh the other day on the internet. It looks good with a 24mm/72mm wide angle lens. Anyone seen a review of it at all?

[lowdrag]

Found one here. It looks a pretty good option, noise levels again excepted from ISO 400 upwards.

http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews_ricoh_capli...

I'm with Mr Noble though. A camera with 6mp and no noise but with these functions would be ideal. Who really need 10mp in a compact? You aren't planning 19x13 prints with a camera like this.

Edited by lowdrag on Tuesday 14th August 17:05

[VxDuncan]

Most of the shots from my compact go on the web at 800px wide. I'd love something maybe 1000x1000 (to allow for cropping) with a decent, sharp, wide zoom (maybe 28-70 equiv), fast and with VR. That'd be great. Hopefully with that low pixel count you could get almost noise free images at 1600/3200 ISO.

I can dream.

[g_stacey]

Just bought a Ricoh Caplio and love it, especially for its size, always in my pocket. Cant add more at the moment but so far very pleased.
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