I originally thought that a 28mm standard lens could be too limiting but
it really is not, you just make an adjustment to your normal viewpoint
and include more foreground than you normally would. This gives your photo
more apparent depth and the lens delivers excellent sharpness and detail.
Its operation is not quite like any other compact camera so whatever type
you have used in the past, you will still need to learn this one's quirks.

The GR1s is the same design but you can fit filters and a lens hood to it.

For anyone interested, my Ricoh GR1 instruction page currently still exists
on my now defunct and inaccessible Telinco website at http://tinyurl.com/5xsq4