Ricoh GX100/200 Anyone?

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Recently grabbed a GX200 for a silly price,

Wondering if anyone still uses theirs regularly?

Does anyone have experience using AAA's?

I needed a P&S camera to take with me to Rock on the Range this coming weekend, after reading multiple times on their website "Cameras with removable lenses are NOT allowed" so at the last moment I went searching!

Any tips and tricks to help me jump into this camera?
 
AAAs are not really an option except in an emergency. Maybe 20-30 shots per set unless you buy insanely expensive lithium ones (and even these will do less than a 100).

It is a very nice compact, with (grainy) optional EVF and the manual options of a DSLR. But the lens is on the short side (24-70mm equivalent) - on a concert event you'd be better off with a superzoom compact.
 
I had one for a few years starting 2008, best handling/interface of any small camera I've used. After a few months with it I could change all the settings one handed without looking at the camera. Ricoh did an amazing job with the GX and the GR series and out of any camera I've had it's my favorite. Sadly the image quality is not good. These days you'll get technically better pics out of an iPhone 5, the DR, colour depth etc., high ISO performance, sucks. I remember some people at the time liking the GX for making good Tri-X-like BW conversions at higher ISO (I was never convinced, but it might be your thing). Lens tends to get dust in it. I got mine with the shoe mount EVF which was basically useless.

I did use AAAs a few times, works great but you'll get fewer shots out of it than the OEM battery.

I wish I could recommend it, but honestly I think an all weather cheap 35mm P&S and some 400 speed film would make a better cheapo option for the mosh pit.
 
nongfuspring said:
I had one for a few years starting 2008, best handling/interface of any small camera I've used. After a few months with it I could change all the settings one handed without looking at the camera. Ricoh did an amazing job with the GX and the GR series and out of any camera I've had it's my favorite. Sadly the image quality is not good.
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I disagree, at least where my GX100 is concerned. The main flaw regarding IQ is that it has no usable ISO level beyond 100. But apart from that, the image quality with the internal JPEG conversion is quite up to high end smartphone level, but on top of that it has much better handling, better focusing, better (real) flash and IIS. And it can write RAW - so that you can use proper post processing and offline de-noising (which will set the IQ way apart from any current smartphone).
 
sevo said:
I disagree, at least where my GX100 is concerned. The main flaw regarding IQ is that it has no usable ISO level beyond 100. But apart from that, the image quality with the internal JPEG conversion is quite up to high end smartphone level, but on top of that it has much better handling, better focusing, better (real) flash and IIS. And it can write RAW - so that you can use proper post processing and offline de-noising (which will set the IQ way apart from any current smartphone).
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The GX100's lens might be sharper, but in every other aspect it's no competition against any half decent smartphone. The max usable 100 ISO is testament to how narrow its dynamic range is, very limited colour depth also. Smartphones also shoot RAW. The best I can say about the IQ is that it made me much better in photoshop, artificial lighting and technique.

I wish the IQ was better otherwise I'd consider using it for it's ergonomics, but the tradeoff is much too big. It does have it's own aesthetic, a sort of "bite" to the files that can be interesting sometimes.
 
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