Ricoh Caplio GX8

The Ricoh Caplio GX8 is a different digital camera. Different because of its design and different because of a number of unique features. The Ricoh Caplio GX8 is a digital compact camera with the shortest interval of release ever. It belongs to the...

The Ricoh Caplio GX8 is a frustrating camera. It's one of the most usable, intuitive and well-designed digital cameras that I have ever reviewed. At the same time, however, the images that it produces are some of the worst that I have ever seen. Large...

Detailed macro mode, interesting picture quality settings

Poor quality LCD, difficult software

The Caplio GX8 does everything except 'feel' right. It has a high level of photographic control but image quality is so-so, kind of like the build quality

The ability to drop in AA batteries in place of the camera's rechargeable ones.

The lack of RAW format, Slow menu navigation

The Caplio GX8 has an unusual range of features and it's intuitive, versatile and technically impressive. But there are issues with image quality, it's too complex for someone looking for a powerful snapshot camera and serious photographers looking for...

Excellent macro mode ; Wide angle zoom lens ; Easy to use ; Very good detail ; Good to Very good colour ; Decent movie mode (unlimited 320 x 240 / 30fps with sound) ; Excellent ISO range (64 - 1600) ; Audio recording ; Full manual controls

The 8 megapixel Ricoh Caplio GX8 is a very good digital camera. The easy to use camera is capable of very good results, however you may have to work with the image(s) to get the best out of them - for example to remove noise, etc. The camera gives you...

Capable of capturing very fine detail, the GX8 offers great value for and a decent level of manual control.

Manual controls are set via a menu, which can be fiddly, and the camera's scene modes are poor. Compressed image capture is also weak, and the monitor is small and dark.

Pricewise, Ricoh has come up with a ground-breaking compact camera. However, it's not pretty or that much fun to use. Bear in mind that you'll need a capacious SD card on top, plus a steady supply of batteries

Ricoh's neat little Caplio GX8 is based on the 5-megapixel Caplio GX model and sports the same 3x optical zoom lens. With its 8-megapixel sensor, flash hot shoe and suite of manual controls, it's targeted more at the quality-conscious intermediate...

and gives it a good recommendation writing - 'The Ricoh Caplio GX8 is a different digital camera. Different because of its design and different because of a number of unique features. The Ricoh Caplio GX8 is a digital compact camera with the shortest...