Jules,
I can understand your view after reading the DPReview. But what about the resolution test? Impressive. I'm going to be shooting mostly in RAW with this camera. Ricoh have brought out several Firmware updates to correct minor problems.
The attached photo was taken with the GX100 in RAW with the Nikon 3x tele-extender.
Neil
The resolution is indeed superb as well as your photograph by the way. However, IMO a DSLR is better suited than a P&S to photograph flowers and other macro work when high resolution is desired if one has both.
I am not sure that the difference in resolution between decent cameras is such a big factor in digiscoping. It seems to me that the 2 main factors for quality pictures in digiscoping are:
1- The photographer !
2- The suitability of the camera for digiscoping: small diameter lens, low zoom, manual controls, focus speed, RAW, swivel LCD or viewfinder, etc.
As an example, if I look at your water lily photographs, there does not seem to be a difference to the eye in resolution between the different RAW pictures, even if the GX100 is said to be the best. IMO, the difference in resolution is so small that it will not show up on a bird photograph at 30 meters. I am not even sure that we would see a difference between a JPG and a RAW picture taken with the same camera at that distance - of course, RAW would show its colours in post-processing.
What do you think ?
By the way, the important weaknesses of the GX100 (for my needs) after reading the DPreview are:
1- High ISO noise
2- Low quality viewfinder
3- 5.5 sec. to save a RAW pic
4- So-so video quality
5- Price