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Think Camera has reviewed the Ricoh Caplio RR660 "pocket" camera. 'Features on compact cameras are getting out of hand. People are now expecting 85 different scene modes (even though few people use them), anti shake, Bluetooth, 80 fps movie modes etc... Given the price of the RR660 and the target market, it will come as no real surprise that it lacks many of these. There are modes for portraits, landscapes, action, close ups and night portraits as well as a movie mode that will record about an hour and a quarter's worth of web quality video onto a 1GB memory chip. More expensive cameras may offer more but really I doubt if you'll find a scene mode that you need that isn't available. There is a 3X zoom that runs from 5.5 - 16.5mm - in “normal” terms (i.e. compared to a 35mm film camera) that's roughly equivalent to 35ish to 100ish mm. Not a huge zoom but a useful one going from moderately wide angle to moderate telephoto.'