Great Camera for beginners and avid photographers on a tight budget! (Ricoh RZ-728)

Member Name: waterbaby999

Product:	Ricoh RZ-728
Date:	13/07/03 (146 review reads)
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Advantages: Lightweight, Relatively Cheap, Excellent Photos

Disadvantages: A bit too automated for me, Grip areas could be bigger

I am one for SLR cameras myself, but after my sister begged for my SLR to take travelling, I got this camera from her as a replacement. Great, i thought, yet another idiot proof camera. To a certain extent it is. For your basic photo you just have to switch it on (even the button is marked on/off!), zoom to your required focus, and press the button. Excellent for those party shots where you are slightly worse for wears!

However, for those who like fiddely things, there is a macro facility (gives some brilliant shots!), self timer, flash control etc. and the camera itself is remarkably easy to load and unload film into. Battery life is excellent (3v lithium camera battery which loads in a cleary marked and easily located flip up bay.

I admit to being pleasantly surprised by the quality of the photographs, especially those with macro, and when used in low light I've had some great shots of scenery and clouds especially.

All I would say, is use a decent film in the camera to get the best results - the same with all cameras but it really can make a difference.

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