I have a great afternoon with my trusty GX200. After much testing and trying and searching for a new camera befitting my need in doing street photography, I still can’t find one capable of beating the Ricoh's in terms of the user interface. GRD4 is the only better choice for IQ's sake. But after an afternoon with the GX200, it is obvious that the camera does offer great IQ up to ISO 200. What're most endearing and important to street photographers are its superb ergonomics and consistency / straight-forwardness in customisable functions which, unlike the Sony RX100 for example, do not feel falling all over different buttons and wheels in a confusing way. No street photographers will be happy to miss the shot presenting itself around the corner just because the camera obliges him or her to fumble for the right buttons and wheels. Either putting most functions in those physical elements or hiding them in layers of menus make not much difference in accessibility to me.
(Grip On Reality: This photo was taken on my way to work. I was walking past trucks parking on a cul-de-sac when the ropes caught my attention. The light was right, the colour was right and the criss-crossing pattern was perfect and I held up my GX200. People passing by checked me out and wondered what could be made out of such a boring scene. To me, the fun in photography is that the photographer makes something interesting out of what is not obvious to most at the scene. The ropes tied in knots somehow reminded people I know who are in the grip of the recession) You must have also known a friend or two, or even yourself, being baffled by the spiral downturn of the economy. Bank went bankrupt and the rich was faced with a shrinking wealth. A friend of mine has just had his salary cut by over 10% and some of his colleagues started to be shed. But, wait. Was this done really for the sake of continuing the business? Or is there a factor or greed in it? I wonder whether the
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