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Re: Still no love for the Ricoh GXR?


Ron - that\'s a series of images. Images from your 21 Lux look terrific; I\'m impressed with what the CV15 can do too.

Some comments back at you: the NEX-5N touch screen will respond to gloves but I didn\'t find I used it a lot when shooting hand held, with gloves on, using MF lenses. Now if only my Motorola smart phone would respond to gloved fingers (I\'ve tried my nose, it isn\'t the same!) that would be something.

On battery life: Of the X100, NEX-5N and GXR my feeling is the GXR chews through packs fastest. A new body will deserve a different pack. The NEX-5N has a dual cell pack with higher power capacity in watt-hours and did quite well, beating the X100 I found although I didn\'t shoot it in very cold weather. Fortunately the GXR packs are cheap enough; I\'ve been buying Lenmar third party packs for $34 bucks each but much much cheaper copies exist as well... I just can\'t bring myself to buy them. Three works for me in rotation; they take some time to charge though. Maybe the GXR-II will deliver us from pack enslavement.

On level: I\'ve got the same suspicion you do... either the level is not hugely accurate or isn\'t granular enough. I\'m using it primarily as a reminder and I do over-ride it. Crop to the rescue, which brings us to resolution: yes, more would be good. Sometimes a \"digital zoom\" via a crop saves the day!

I\'m definitely in agreement with contributing photographs to this thread. Keep the love flowin\'...




Jan 19, 2012 at 01:20 PM





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