Ricoh GXR P10 initial shots / thoughts

I’ve had my Ricoh GXR P10 camera for a few days now and took it to my Son’s cricket practice this morning to see how it performs. Below are the pictures I took – click any for a better sized image.

Although I bought this camera with a P10 unit because that was the best cost deal at Clifton Cameras, I could see that if I could ever afford to buy some Leica M-Mount lenses and the 12M APS-C GXR module, this would probably become my favourite camera system.

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Ricoh GXR P10 Images

Points I’ve noticed.

It is apparent that the Ricoh GXR P10 combination is a small sensor camera unit and therefore doesn’t have the dynamic range to accept a large amount of under or over exposure. I’ve post processed these images in Lightroom 4 and noticed that one of the standard adjustments I do (which is drop the highlights to recover detail in the sky) doesn’t have anything like the effect that it does with images taken with my Pentax K5.
The battery indicator is a bit inaccurate. It started to show yellow almost as soon as we arrived at the club, but I could take all these pictures even when the indicator was green. I also took a few minutes of video as well.
In common with all LCD cameras, the screen is very difficult to see in bright sunlight. At least there is an electronic eyepiece viewfinder available for this camera.
The picture quality is (to my eyes anyway) on par with the images taken with my Canon S95 which has a similar sized sensor. The photographic functions available however far surpass that camera.