"The GRD IV's understated, black appearance coupled with a fine, pebbled-texture finish covering the entire chassis gives the camera a professional feel. There's a texturized rubber padding on both the grip and thumbrest, which makes the camera grippier, offering a more secure
hold. We found the camera to be quite compact and could be easily concealed in our pants pocket. Despite being lightweight, its magnesium alloy body lends a sense of robustness to the camera's body and feels strong enough to be able to withstand some bumps along the way.
Will Canon ever release a compact camera system? Yes, they pretty much have to. In the meantime they stuffed an aps-c sensor in some oversized g12ish body, and came up with this:
"Shots taken at high ISO settings were consistently clean and noise-free up to
This is an example of a camera body and lens combination designed by photographers, for photographers, and a prime candidate for the 'desicive moment digital camera' crown. Too bad about the small sensor, the drop in image quality is pretty severe above 400 iso.
"The Ricoh GR Digital was one of the first cameras to put a focus on lens and sensor quality when it was first announced in 2006
It may LOOK similar to the TZ20 it is replacing, but the differences under the hood are anything but subtle: Useable ISO @ 1600 despite the rising to 14 megapixels, better image stabilization, full manual controls, 20x zoom (starting at 24mm), very quick response times and more, well this baby deserves a place into both the 'superzoom' and 'prosumer' tags: