Hi all,

I'm currently a noob and want to start with photography. I did some searching for a cheap (less then 200 bucks) and easy camera, wich has the possibility to modify a lot of settings.

I came across the Ricoh R10 camera wich seemed nice, because if I do like photography and wanna buy an expensive camera one day, I still got this one for concerts / parties / friends / etc...

here are all the specs: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Ricoh/ricoh_r10.asp (This camera has a nice zoom, atleast for a compact camera, macro option and much more I think :P)

I read some starting guides online, but I guess it's the best to just start trying different things out and to get a feeling for it.

what do you think about the camera?
And does anyone got tips (or ideas) for a noob like me?

The specs look nice, find some photos it has taken. Try out flickr and type in the name of the camera.
We look forward to see you posting in here when you got the camera.

thx for the tip (:

All the pics look nice (although I don't see alot of different ones), but when I look at the highest resolution, it isn't really sharp (like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawari/2874910231/sizes/o/). Is that normal (for a cheap compact camera?

And I'm also looking forward make some photos (:

I think it looks okay. But it got a lot of noise at ISO 80!
But it is normal for a compact.

When you unzoom it to be like 40%, it looks okay.

If you are sure you are going to use the camera each day and you want to do manual-settings-stuff. I suggest you buy a cheap dslr.