Ricoh CX4

usability, image quality, portability, performance, screen

price, exposure, shutter

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Compact, simple design ; 10.7x optical zoom provides excellent versatility ; dSLR quality 3.0-inch LCD screen ; Great overall performance ; Excellent Image Quality ; Image Sensor Shift Image Stabilization is equivalent to 3.7 shutter speed stops ; 5fps...

Lots of modes and settings, can take a while to learn where everything is ; No dedicated video recording button ; Small, weak flash ; Video playback trouble on computer

Ricoh's CX4 is a powerful compact digicam created with your creativityin mind. It's great quality, performance and ease-of-use leave youwanting to have it all the time. Read more in our

With only a few new features on offer the CX4 offers very little reason to upgrade from the 6-month-old CX3, and the removal of the useful handgrip actually makes it less easy to use than its predecessor. With rival models offering bigger zooms and...

From testing the camera I would have to say the vibrancy of the pictures and the zoom are two of the most impressive features it has. The camera is feature packed and hardly makes a sound. Ricoh seem to understand that photography is an art form, and...

Quality: OK but not brilliant. Why would buy the CX4: you want a high quality digicam with some nice toys you can play with… like cross processing etc. Why you wouldn't: ID texts on the rear controls are near-illegible in low light; you need more...

Excellent LCD screen, excellent focusing performance, speedy, takes clear and vibrant images, big zoom lens, excellent menu system

No manual mode, noisy images, some chromatic aberration

Ricoh's CX4 compact digital camera is almost identical to the CX3, but it offers a new subject-tracking focus mode and a dedicated creative mode on its dial. It's a fun camera to use and the end results are almost always pleasing. However, it doesn't...

Easy to handle, Fast and accurate, Good build quality

Inconsistnent exposure, Chromatic Aberration, Disappointing lens

Sleek design ; 10x optical zoom ; Fun filters

Lack of manual controls

The Ricoh CX4 was released only a few months after its predecessor, the CX3. With many serious competitors in the high-end compact market, have Ricoh updated the camera enough to warrant shelling out more money for the latest version?

Solid feel construction, broad 28-300mm equivalent focal range (10.7x optical zoom), fairly priced, extremely high resolution LCD for this class of camera

Drab design, the CX4's zoom mechanics are noisy in operation and the facility is disabled in video mode, lack of decent handgrip

The lens reach and monitor resolution may mark the CX4 out as a more serious proposition for the photo enthusiast than your average snapshot camera, but in fact this Ricoh is a pretty much auto everything point and shoot model none the less.

Excellent LCD screen, excellent focusing performance, speedy, takes clear and vibrant images, big zoom lens, excellent menu system

No manual mode, noisy images, some chromatic aberration