>>4491993I have a 3x and its fantastic. Its the only camera I had with me on a recent trip to the Caribbean and it performed exceptionally. The lens is sharp and the sooc colors are great.
Everything you've heard of how atrocious the AF is in low light is true, and the collapsible lens sucks in dust like crazy. I had the flash Ricoh sells separately, which helped a lot. The battery easily lasted the avg day of around 200-300 shots, so no complaints there.
I've tried the teleconverter before. It works well, but defeats the purpose of the camera IMO.
