Ricoh GX200 Expert Reviews

Ricoh releases firmware update version 1.20 for its GX200 digital camera. I remain puzzled as to the real reason for Ricoh's more than normal firmware updates. Is it sloppy product testing or is it a clever move to have their cameras featured on the...

Ricoh releases firmware 1.14 for the GX200 digital camera. This update fixes the following: • In the Auto shooting mode, and with the Grid Guide is displayed, and if you turn off the camera power and then turn on in the My Setting mode, a lacked grid guid

Ricoh releases the first firmware update of the GX200 digital camera. This update adds following improvements: • Displayed images may look inverted in high brightness parts under certain conditions. • When using VF-1 a picture in multishot with RAW and Ma

The Ricoh GX200 is virtually identical to the older GX100 in terms of its design, so a lot of the comments that we made in our review of that camera will be repeated here. You'd be hard-pressed to tell the GX200 and GX100 apart if you put them side by sid...

Ricoh releases the 12 Megapixel GX200, successor to the compact digital camera introduced in April last year. The GX200 inherits popular features such as a 24 to 72 mm high-performance wide-angle optical zoom lens on a 25 mm thin body, and a removable ti...

The GX200's 69mm LCD screen packs in an amazing 460,000 pixels, twice the resolution of most -- and that's just one example of the top-end features this camera has despite its small size. Its focal length is also wider than usual, meaning it&apo...

Small size; build quality; advanced controls; wideangle zoom

Expensive for a compact; performance good but not outstanding

Ricoh might not be one of the biggest names in photography, but it has a long history of camera manufacturing and its compact GR film camera earned a cult following. The GX200 offers the same blend of pocketability and power. Cheaper cameras can match its...

Ricoh has quite a history in camera design and development dating back over fifty years. The latest GX200 camera continues their tradition of robust quality.

Video can be shot in a range of resolutions and frame rates, the highest being 640x480 at 30fps. Video is stored in AVI format

A no-nonsense, high-end compact camera

24mm wide-angle zoom; excellent manual controls; good image quality; excellent LCD screen and digital viewfinder

Pricey; no face detection; complicated; no shutter priority mode

A great camera for those who don't want or need an SLR

Announced on the 24th of June 2008, the Ricoh GX200 is a 12 megapixel update to the Ricoh GX100 and features a 24mm wide angle 3x optical zoom lens, 1cm macro, ISO1600, full manual controls, a new 2.7" screen, a new image processing engine Smooth Imaging...

More and more it seems like you have to buy a Digital SLR in order to get manual controls - not so with the Ricoh GX200 - it features full manual controls and more customisable buttons than most Digital SLRs! With this camera you can have all the great Di...

: This 12 megapixel camera has a 24-72mm (film equivalent) zoom that is reasonably fast with an f2.5 maximum aperture. In other words this is a true wide angle optic. The build quality is excellent and ergonomics are good. Appearance is austere and purpos...

: The wide angle lens is ideal for travellers. Distortion is reasonably well controlled and there is a Distortion Correction function that almost, but not quite, eliminates barrel distortion. The RAW recording ability should be a plus but we found that th...

: This camera suffers from extreme image noise. Even with noise reduction turned on full-time we couldn't get the graininess under control, except at speeds below ISO100. Unfortunately the shadow noise coagulates into ugly black clumps.

: This camera has a lot going for it. It feels like it has been made by serious photographers for serious photographers. The electronic viewfinder is a useful accessory. And for anyone content to stick with ISO speeds under 100 it produces good images, we...