Ricoh GX200 reviews and prices: camera

The new Ricoh GX200 continues Ricoh’s focused pursuit of the high-end, professional digital compact camera market. Successor to the 15-month old GX100 model, the GX200 retains many of that camera’s main features – an unusual wide-angle 24-72mm 3x optical zoom lens, optical image stabilisation, RAW mode via the Adobe DNG format, 25mm thick pocketable body, external hotshoe, full creative control over exposure, and an optional removable electronic viewfinder. Improvements offered by the GX200 include a 12 megapixel 1/1.7-inch CCD sensor, the new Smooth Imaging Engine III processing engine, a larger 2.7-inch, 460,000 pixel HVGA LCD screen, 5 shot continuous RAW mode and an electronic level function for horizontal and vertical shooting.