Sep 9, 2004, 09:30
I have an Olympus 750UZ (4 Mp, 10x zoom) and a Ricoh Caplio RX (3 Mp, superfast AF). They complement each other well. The Ricoh fits in the pocket, takes nice pictures with no need for half-pressing and can autofocus almost anytime. The Olympus has 10x zoom, slightly better image quality and can mount an external flash, but is clumsy and the AF is slow when it works at all.
I think I'd like the second or third generation of the Ricoh Caplio GX, something like the GX with slightly better picture quality, higher movie resolution and slightly thinner, maybe with 5x zoom as long as the brightness of the lens is still good. Oh yes, it should have swiveling LCD too, and AA batteries. Like, Canon A80 but faster, or Pentax 750 but smaller, somewhat faster and with AA batteries.
I think I'd like the second or third generation of the Ricoh Caplio GX, something like the GX with slightly better picture quality, higher movie resolution and slightly thinner, maybe with 5x zoom as long as the brightness of the lens is still good. Oh yes, it should have swiveling LCD too, and AA batteries. Like, Canon A80 but faster, or Pentax 750 but smaller, somewhat faster and with AA batteries.