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New GM 1/5, absolutely! I love super small cameras, and don't even have (or ever want) a cell phone.

Hey Tom. I use small cameras (including the GM5) and agree with you. 'Hey' from Pamplona, Spain.

Rube

Like Chris, I always carry a camera in my hand when I go out, and always use a wrist strap. My favorites are the ones that screw into the tripod hole (I never use a tripod).
This kind of strap...

Excellent rant! I fully agree. Ako does not have a cell phone either. grin

Amazing how well the Casio still holds up! But then again I still get decent shots out of a 2004 Fuji, picked up for C$5.

Cyril, yes my friend, and all kinds of things I definitely do not want with me when I take a nature walk or an urban stroll. Grin. I use a computer daily at home for those kinds of things. When I ...

Cyril, Maybe you should have gotten into the Ricoh cameras. Grin. Sometime delicate, but always small and superb. As for cell phone, those who like them: great. I won't have one for any reason, and ...

Guy, Interesting comparison, especially given the sensor size differences between the two cameras. All my shots of the Corrida were taken at 450, and then cropped (some more than others). My usual ...

Thanks. One of the great things about this series of Casios is the extreme reach, something vital in taking images like these (from way up in the 2nd balcony in the Madrid Bull Ring). Rube

Hey Guy, Lyn. Nice to hear from you. Ako and I will probably take a trip back to Japan next fall or early winter 2024. Ako will probably take the ZR800, but I don't know what I will take. Maybe ...

I was in Madrid this past week, traveling between Van Isle and Pamplona with the change of the seasons. I did not have my long tele/sports gear with me, and so fell back to my wife's Casia ZR800 ...