When a Point-and-Shoot Can Do

The shots are taken on a mountain of no name somewhere in Tasmania.

The Samsung WB600 I took to Australia has produced some good shots which others may not able to with a large DSLR. It makes me grow increasingly tired of any cameras larger than the size of a palm and heavier than, say, a small bottle of distilled water. These small cameras cannot achieve clear images at high ISO values. But that's just a matter of taste and what the photographers shot. And nothing can beat the lightness of them in weight.

The WB600 features most of the colour style as the NX1 does which for me works like choices of different films, saving me time to post-process the final images for slightly better results. The possibility to manually adjust the exposure combo is the strongest point of WB600, giving it an edge in flexibility and usability over its competitions, especially when the farthest focal length is in use.

But, of course, the GX200 is still the gem if you ask me, save the restricted reach of its lens. It is a shame that Ricoh has no plan to continue the GX line like Pany did for the LX3.

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New Low Prices

The window shopping some hours ago has almost provoked my AgIDS illness. Just in case you’re in Hong Kong or are coming here, and have the money to burn (All in HK$/ body only): GX200 = $3,280 GRD2 = $3,380 LX3 = $3,180 G10 = $3,280 Prices are available form a gear shop on the 1st floor of the Mongkok Computer Centre. Besides these new low prices, I found that Wing Shing Photo (55-57Sai Yeung Choi St., MK Tel: 2396 6886/ 91-95 Fa Yuen St., MK Tel: 2396 6885) is offering a Sony A700 + Carl Zeiss Lens package for HK$9,980 (hopefully, a bargain will make it some hundreds cheaper).

Mini Review of GRD II by Colin Bradbury

Today, we are going to learn some useful insights from Colin Bradbury in his mini review of the GRD II. Colin is a professional photographer stationed in Hong Kong. Photos are copyrighted to him. (St Agnes, Cornwall. 'Environmental' portrait) By COLIN BRADBURY: Just back from 2 weeks in rural England with the family over Christmas. Since this was a family holiday and not a photography trip I wanted to travel light. On that basis I left my DSLRs at home and took the GRDII as my only camera to save weight but also to see how useful it would be as the only camera in a variety of photographic situations. I have to say I was very pleased with it and didn't miss having a zoom or longer lens at all. The 28mm is a perfect single focal length and proved itself useful in a variety of situations. Landscapes are clearly well suited to the 28mm but less obviously I have also found it to be great for portraits. With a 28mm you are forced to do 2 things. First, to get in closer ...

Respite

(Ricoh GRD4) Yahoo! I found the invoice for the GRD4 and sent it to the dealer for repairing the malfunctioning manual focus, which rendered the snap mode totally useless. I hope it will be soon for the GRD4 to be up and about.

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