I haven't used them but strongly considered for a while. They offer weather sealing on some cameras and lenses which is obviously great for outdoors. Apart from

I haven't used them but strongly considered for a while. They offer weather sealing on some cameras and lenses which is obviously great for outdoors. Apart from that they have some great primes but not cheap as their market is smaller, and as such the overall range of lenses isn't as broad. Also the tech isn't quite as advanced as Canikon. Overall though still a fine system, and likely to exceed the skills of most users. That's from a couple years ago, not sure how much has changed with Ricoh takeover.