Review of the Ricoh Caplio R30

The R30 includes a 5.7x optical zoom with a 28-160mm focal range – longer and wider angle than most compacts. Alongside normal (program) mode sit a selection of scene modes including: portrait, sports, landscape, skew correct (for correcting tilted lines) text, zoom macro and high sensitivity. White balance, metering, exposure compensation and sensitivity are adjustable and the R30 offers a decent maximum ISO of 800. Movie mode captures 640x480 movies at a rate of 30fps...