My family
FIRST dc long long time ago actually was Ricoh product!!
its quality was not good esp. compare w/ those rite now on mkt.
appearance was super ugly, better say is
super 7,
as this brand ALWAYS does!!
the look is very similar to this (but i can't rem is it exactly this model) :-

yet, i was impressed by its Macro &
still think ricoh hs the best/top-tier Macro quality!!
getting bored w/ my FZ-20 after 3 yrs, last yr i was blowing water
that i would buy Ricoh Caplio R6 & then said would buy R7....
R6

R7

though after trying them.....um....was so far so gd lah~
i.e. extremely NOISY!!!!
well~ should say i'm "規格控"~!!
portable DC with 7.1x is soooooo attractive to me~
though u guys should know mi techno-freak hv already bought a
extremely crazy HEAVY toyz~
R8 is now in my wishlist!!!!!!
R8 upgrade :1/ outfit
2/ config
My situation :- with the new toy but NO nice short focal length lens rite now...
selling my 12x F2.8 = downgrade foto quality
- oversea trip w/ new toyz seems crazily heavy lor.....um.....
Dilemma :1/ buy a nice lens & sell my luvly 12x 2.8
then wait R8 (any other DCs) price drop & "in hand"
= $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
2/ keep the 12x & do nth!!
= SAVE $!!!!
Conclusion :Wish list priority #1 should be - get rich ASAP lah!!!!!!!!!