Be that as it may, but where is the original source (manufacturers) of this information? Do Ricoh send this proprietary/in-house information to review sites to let everyone on the web know they have a 90% clone of another brand?? Or do reviewers just read what someone has guessed at then repeat it in their own reviews? I mean, review sites like DPR are always 100% right, right?
No, of course they are not always right, they are written by humans just like the rest of us and often reviews of a product has errors, sometimes they haven't actually held the product at all, they just needed to be first to the post to attract hits to their site. (Cynic, me?!
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The internet is a wonderful place and a great source of information, but it's also full of rubbish, fools, liars, armchair experts and monumental ultracrepidarianism.. Personally I never accept anything which doesn't have some verifiable supporting evidence,
especially from casual posts on forums. But that's just me.
Back to the merits of the MX-1.
Aside from excellent stills, I like the video mode. It's simple and gives great results (IMAO). I like it much more than the K-01 video for casual shots. I plan to try it tripod mounted at the first bitumen sprint event of 2014 in March.
This example was shot without SR turned on, so is a little shaky. (I also notice it's jerkier than on my PC, I think YT have changed the framerate?)
This was unplanned, I was shooting some stills of unusual flowers when this Brown Honey Eater came along so I flicked to movie mode. These birds are about the size of your thumb, so he was quite close. (Yes, the vid was cropped in post)
I paid AUD$399 for my MX-1 and happy to as well. So $199 inc freight in the US is a bloody bargain! (As Blunty would say)