I have about £300 to spend on a compact camera....

[engineer]

always fancied a ricoh, think they have a bigger sensor than your average comapact?
http://www.digitalrev.com/en/ricoh-gr-digital-camera-975.html
http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-Ricoh-GRDII-Digital-High-Resolution-Compact-Camera/p1023878?cm_mmc=GoogleBase-_-Cameras-_-Digital-Cameras-_-Ricoh-GRDII-Digital-High-Resolution-Compact-Digital-Camera_1023878

[potatojunkie]

always fancied a ricoh, think they have a bigger sensor than your average comapact?
http://www.digitalrev.com/en/ricoh-gr-digital-camera-975.html
http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-Ricoh-GRDII-Digital-High-Resolution-Compact-Camera/p1023878?cm_mmc=GoogleBase-_-Cameras-_-Digital-Cameras-_-Ricoh-GRDII-Digital-High-Resolution-Compact-Digital-Camera_1023878

Nope. You might be thinking of the Sigma DP1, which has the same sensor as Sigma's DSLRs.

From the review of the DP1 on dpreview:

While both lenses are remarkably sharp across the entire frame the Sigma captures a much higher degree of detail. The Ricoh does not perform badly at base ISO and under reasonable light but its output cannot match the Sigma's Foveon images, not even when downscaled.

£320 from Amazon.

Cracking camera for landscape stuff, not so good if you're working indoors.

[engineer]

aye confused it with the sigma, shop on ebay has 9 in stock for £280
http://tinyurl.com/ycrckmj