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The CX1 (on which this is based) actually gets quite a few plaudits for not pointlessly cramming in too many pixels, and producing pretty clean images as a result. Canon have just latched onto the same trend with their G11 and S90, both with 10mp (4.5 less than the G10) but much cleaner performance in low light. They're getting serious about producing compacts that can challenge SLRs for actual image quality.

Sure, the sensors in compacts are smaller (with one or two notable exceptions) but with manufacturers actually accounting sensibly for that rather playing the megapixel race, the difference in image quality doesn't have to be anything like as inevitable as you're suggesting. Weigh it up against the obvious advantages of having all that in a small pocketable form rather than a weighty, bulky system camera, and things aren't so black and white anymore.

For me, the only real dissapointment in the CX2 (and 1) is no proper manual mode - I don't see why the user shouldn't have straightforward access to the aperture and shutter speed if they want it. Canon provide it on the G11 and (smaller, much more pocketable) S90 though, as do Nikon on the P6000 which is also due an update. I'm hopeful they'll also follow this new trend towards less megapixels and higher quality.]]>Aug 20th 2009 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/ricoh-cx2-has-10-7x-optical-zoom-cx1-pedigree/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/ricoh-cx2-has-10-7x-optical-zoom-cx1-pedigree/Give me RAW!!!]]>Aug 20th 2009 4:25PM