written by cpoppy1967 on 18/11/2008
Good Points
Long and wide zoom lens, compact size, good picture quality, manual controls, excellent macro facility, large clear lcd screen, excellent shutter response time, vga quality video with sound, fast start up / shut down, excellent value for money.
Bad Points
Noisy mechanism, picture noise at high ISO settings, bland colours (on normal setting), fragility of lens mechanism.
General Comments
I have owned my R5 for 2 years and generally found it to be a versatile, dependable camera. Under certain circumstances the focussing struggles, mainly in low light conditions but manual focussing corrects this issue. I left the high colour setting permanently on as I personally found the normal setting a little bland. The image stabilisation system is not very effect at long zoom but combined with a tripod for long exposures is adequate for night shots such as fireworks or lightening. I was generally happy until it was dropped onto concrete and the lens mechanism broke but I am now buying the R7 without hesitation!