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Review summary: This digital compact boasting a Cmos sensor comes not from one of the industry giants, but Ricoh, the niche player that has brought us some of the most strikingly original designs, including the upmarket GR-D and GX cameras, as well as the more ...

Verdict: Our only real gripe is the lack of HD video clips - it has a pretty average VGA option. Despite that, our overall impression of the CX1 is very positive. Not only does it have the style and build to compete with the big names, but Ricoh has proved it ...

Review summary: The 9-megapixel CX1 looks smart, produces good-quality images and offers plenty of features to get your teeth into. Its high-dynamic-range mode isn't perfect, but the CX1 offers excellent 4 frames per second full-resolution shooting, and its high ...

Pros: Attractive design and interface ; excellent 4 frames per second continuous shooting at full resolution ; good high-dynamic-range mode -- in the right conditions

Cons: High-dynamic-range shots can be easily spoilt ; small and fiddly joystick ; fairly expensive

Verdict: The Ricoh CX1 is smart, elegant, clever and quirky, but the high-dynamic-range mode is imperfect, and, while you might swoon over many of its cleverer gadgets in the shop, you may later find you never use them -- for example, the seven-shot focus ...

Review summary: Ricoh's newest digital compact camera features dynamic range expansion and a 920,000-dot LCD screen. Could that be enough to tempt you away from your DSLR? Ricoh knows how to make good-looking digital cameras, and the company's latest model, the nine ...

Pros: Innovative dynamic range mode is handy for recovering highlight detail in bright conditions, 28-200mm lens very versatile, and helped by in-camera image stabilisation. Features like white balance bracketing, 4fps maximum shooting rate and flash ...

Cons: Purists may want 'true' manual exposure control, image quality isn't great at ISO 400 and above, 'DR' mode doesn't work very well in poor light or with moving subjects. Face Detection AF only operates in 'face' scene preset

Review summary: Offered in black, silver and Champagne Rose, the new Ricoh CX1 is the first Ricoh camera with a CMOS sensor that provides an effective resolution of 9.29 megapixels. Coupled to this sensor is a 7.1x optical zoom lens that covers a focal length range ...

Verdict: Pictures taken with the normal Auto and Easy mode settings looked bright and punchy and showed slightly elevated contrast. Saturation was a touch emphatic, particularly in reds and yellows. Shifting to the DR shooting mode reduced contrast; almost ...

Review summary: Ricoh announces the CX1, a new digital camera with a 7.1x optical wide-angle zoom (28-200 mm in 35 mm film equiv. focal length), and a new high-speed image processing CMOS sensor, with a novel dynamic range double shot mode. This mode expands the ...