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I want a decent compact camera, just like my old film Ricoh GR1.
Unfortunately no one yet makes a good quality APS-C sensor based compact although Sigma haved tried hard with the DP1 and DP2.
Options for me are ;
Panasonic LX3 - f2.0, 24mm-60mm, HD video, very compact
Ricoh GX200 - f2.8, 24mm-70mm, very compact, good controls and focus modes, DNG raw format
G10 is a bit too big, 28mm is a step in the right direction, zoom range is too great. 24-100 is the perfect zoom range. f2.8 is ok although this is usually only on the wide end, the telephoto aperture is often less (Ricoh is f4.4, LX2 is f2.8)
I guess the best ultimate image quality comes from the G10 but the LX3 or GX200 win in other ways.
Hopefully next year Canon or Nikon will really make a quality rangefinder with specs along the lines of ;
APS-C, 24-80mm, f2.8 throughout the zoom range, HD video 720p, DNG raw, 10 megapixels, good ISO 800/1600 performance, 5+ RAW buffer, 3fps.
regards
Sean
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