Ricoh GX200 Review

When you select Playback mode the last picture taken is displayed. You can move backward or forward through the images one a t a time using the LEFT and RIGHT buttons or the ADJ. dial. By using the UP and DOWN buttons you can move back and forth by 10 images at a time. The amount of overlay information displayed is controlled by pressing the DISP button.

You can quickly search through stored images using the Index playback function which is actuated by pressing the Wide zoom control button. The index displays 20 thumbnail images at a time, allowing you to ver quickly search through your images.

The image can be magnified up to 16x in 15 steps by pressing the telephoto zoom button or the dial in front of the shutter release. Once the image is enlarged at any step, you can move around inside of it using the 4-way selector buttons.

Movie clips can be played in the camera with audio thanks to the built-in speaker. Here is the full info screen shown before playing a movie clip. To play the movie you have to press the ADJ. dial on the back of the camera.

Play Menu:

Slide Show - Starts a slide show of all images on the memory card
Protect - Allows you to protect images so they can not be deleted
DPOF - Sets print settings for the images
Resize - Resize the current image on the camera
Copy to Card - Copy images from the internal memory to the memory card
Skew Correction - Adjusts images and makes them square
Level Compensation - Auto or Manual adjustment settings
White Balance Compensation - Allows you to adjust the white balance inside
the camera

Large images can be resized down smaller when needed.

The GX200 also features a very intricate white balance adjustment.

Camera Settings Menu:

Format [Card] - Format the memory card
Format [Internal] - Format the internal memory
LCD Brightness - Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen
Conversion Lens - Off, Wide, Tele, Start Sel.
Reg. My Settings - Save up to 3 sets of camera settings
Step Zoom - On or Off
ISO auto-high - Set the highest ISO that the camera can select when set to
ISO Auto
Set Fn1 Button - Choose from a list of adjustments that the button can access
Set Fn2 Button - Choose from a list of adjustments that the button can access
Fn Set. My Set. - On or Off
Operation Sounds - All, Level Sound, Shutter
Volume Settings - Set the camera sounds volume
Adjust Lever Set.1 - Choose from a list of adjustments that the lever can access
Adjust Lever Set.2 - Choose from a list of adjustments that the lever can access
Adjust Lever Set.3 - Choose from a list of adjustments that the lever can access
Adjust Lever Set.4 - Choose from a list of adjustments that the lever can access
ADJ Shutter - On or Off
Level Setting - Off, Display, Disp + Sound, Sound
AF Aux. Light - On or Off
Digital Zoom Img - Normal, Auto Resize
Auto Power Off - Off, 1 min., 5min., 30min.
Playback Screen - LCD, VF
LCD Confirm - Off, .5 sec.,1 sec., 2 sec., 3 sec., Hold
Auto Rotate - On or Off
CL-BKT B&W (TE) - On or Off
RAW/JPEG Settings - Fine, Normal, N640
Sequential No. - On or Off
Date Settings - Set time and date
Language - Choose from one of the many languages
Video Out Mode - NTSC or PAL