On 8 Jul 2007 12:47:05 GMT, Chris Malcolm
wrote:

irwell wrote:
On 4 Jul 2007 10:47:56 GMT, Chris Malcolm
wrote:

There seems to be a polarisation in the market between DSLRs, which
apart from interchangeable lenses exploit the quality advantages of
physically big sensors, and P&S, which exploit the small camera and
lens size advantages of small sensors.

There's a cross-over region where the high end P&S cameras exceed the
image quality of the poorer DSLRs, and have similar degrees of manual
control. Is there any general agreement about a short-list of P&S
cameras which inhabit this region?

The Ricoh Caplio GX100 would seem to qualify for
the shortlist, if you listen to people that own
them.

Dpreviews seems to agree too.

Some of the reviews of the Sony DSC-R1 suggested that it was the first
of such a new hybrid breed. The critical question is whether you can
buy more from the hybrid advantages of the best of both worlds than
you lose in the disadvantages of the worst of both. Many folk thought
the R1 too heavy, and were annoyed by its lack of movie mode. The
GX100 has restored that missing lightness and movie mode.

I'm glad to see that the general idea isn't dead, and will keep an
interested eye on the GX100.

Unless you live in a very large city the GX100 is going to be hard
to actually see in person, this site (A very long download for
the whole thing) gives a very good in depth description of the
camera and accessories, plus some images.
http://eng.mobile01.com/newsdetail.php?id=3286