High Fives: Backpacks

High 5 January 2008

Ricoh Caplio GX100

$599, street
www.ricoh-usa.com
This luxe 10MP is perfect for iconoclasts. Made of magnesium alloy, it's solid as a tank. With or without the removable shoe-mounted electronic viewfinder ($170, street; $100 with the camera), its distinctively retro style will turn heads. Sensor-shift image stabilization lets you forego a tripod in low light, and in macro mode you can focus from as close as 0.4 inch. The 24mm (equivalent) wide angle on the 3X zoom can't take it all in? Add the optional DW-6 converter lens ($185, street, with required HA-2 adapter) for an extreme 19mm view.