Ricoh GX200

I cant wait to get my hands on this one! I already own a GX100, and even though is slow as a turtle in RAW mode, the flash sucks and noice over 400 ASA is terrible, its still one of my favorite cameras. Why? Its small, well buildt and a compact with a 24 mm lense is a real gemstone in all the rubble you find out there. I already had a Canon G9 when I got the GX 100. Its been collecting dust ever since. The G9 its a nice camera, but the access to manual controls in the Ricoh is ultra fast. I carry the GX 100 around my neck like a real tourist, and exposure control with the small multi function button is working like a charm, a detail I really enjoy when I use it walking the streets. The only thing thats really bugging me is the terrible delay between shots in RAW mode. Its seems the GX200 has solved that problem really well. I huge nice chip would have been really nice, but this little baby on 400 asa will solve most of my problems, anyway.

I'm specifically interested in a camera that can shoot in square format, and the GX-200 (and GX-100) are the only cameras I've found that can do that.
Does anyone know of another digital camera that shoots square format?
Also, do the electronic and viewscreen on the GX-200 display a square image, or simply provide dotted crop-lines or something like that on a full screen image?

sedentary_male said on 25th June 2008
The 1st curtain flash is on the start of the release time of the shutter, the 2nd curtain flash is on the end of the (long) release time: so on the second curtain flash there is first a movement bij the available light before the flash goes off.

Having looked at a number of reviews of high end compacts the GX200 seems to tick all the boxes as far as I'm concerned. I agree with the comments about pixel cramming and wonder when the technicians will start to win the battle with the marketing departments.

One thing I don't understand about all digital camera reviews is the obsession with high iso performance. In over 40 years of film photography I can count on the fingers of one hand the times I bought film with a speed greater than 200. When I did I accepted the inevitable increase in grain as a reasonable trade off.