Urgent GX-100 questions

[Dante_Stella]

I am taking off for Brazil tomorrow. The plan is to take a borrowed D-Lux 3. But I'm having a little bit of last-minute uncertainty. Fourquick questions about the GX-100 (which I suppose I could have overnighted in time):

1. How is the shutter lag compared to the D-Lux 3? Startup time?

2. If you set a focal length, say a 35mm equivalent, does the camera remember that when you turn it back on?

3. Does it come with a real lens cap or just the breakable "shutter thing?"

4. Can it work in a pinch on lithium AAAs?


Thanks
Dante

 

[kbg32]

The GX100 is a faster camera. No lag whatsoever. Set it to the sports mode and the lag is non existent. You can program the camera to 2 individual settings that the camera will remember when you set it to those settings. The camera has a real lens cap. And it can work with AAAs.

 

[Tuolumne]

It's almost useless in RAW mode, takes about 3+ secs to write to memory, during which the image blacks out and nothing else happens. So, I find RAW mostly useful for landscapes and architecture, even then frustrating. ISOs higher than 80 have appreciable noise.

All that said - I really like the camera and carry it everywhere. I find Noise Ninja deals with the noise effectively, JPEGs look really good to me and write to memory almost instantly, the camera is light as a feather, the battery lasts a long long time. The 25-75mm range is nearly an all-round ideal.

Get it. You won't be sorry. BTW, the external LCD viewfinder is too small to be useful. Don't get it.

/T
P.S. Here's a link to the Ricoh sites with the camera's features:
http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/caplio/gx100/features2.html

 

[cameramanic]

Gx 100

Gx 100

I am taking off for Brazil tomorrow. The plan is to take a borrowed D-Lux 3. But I'm having a little bit of last-minute uncertainty. Fourquick questions about the GX-100 (which I suppose I could have overnighted in time):

1. How is the shutter lag compared to the D-Lux 3? Startup time? (Dont Know but its fast enough)

2. If you set a focal length, say a 35mm equivalent, does the camera remember that when you turn it back on? (Yes)

3. Does it come with a real lens cap or just the breakable "shutter thing?"(real cap)

4. Can it work in a pinch on lithium AAAs? (Yes)




Thanks
Dante

I have been to Brazil a lot of times, and the street kids will try to steal your camera in broad daylight with the police waching. I was ashore from my ship at lunch time, and was taking a few photos when a gang of 14-15 year olds tried to get my camera, they stabbed me in the wrist, I had to kick them with my steel toe caped boots to get away from them, I still have the camera.

Take Care

Dennis

 

[nightfly]

Does it have something like the Snap mode that the GR-D has or is the auto focus fast enough not to need it?

 

[jobo]

Does it have something like the Snap mode that the GR-D has or is the auto focus fast enough not to need it?

It has snap and infinity focus, plus I have set the FN button to switch between manual focus (at the AF'd distance, so focus lock) and autofocus. The AF is very slow in macro mode, which is the only time I really need it. :bang:

 

[Tuolumne]

Does it have something like the Snap mode that the GR-D has or is the auto focus fast enough not to need it?

I never use the snap mode. Autofocus is quite fast and accurate. I have a hard time manually focusing on an LCD screen.

/T