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What is this? New Ricoh GXR lenses announced

Not until the end of the year...bummer. Maybe they could offer the unit that uses other manufacturers lenses sooner. Like one that could use the Samsung NX lenses maybe. The pancake looks to be pretty good.
 
That should be reassuring for a lot of people ;)
Only thing sad is that every module gets delayed by a quarter . maybe they are working on new sensors
as there are probably some big improvements coming on the sensor side this year

Harold
 
barjohn":3ewiqnws said:
Not until the end of the year...bummer. Maybe they could offer the unit that uses other manufacturers lenses sooner. Like one that could use the Samsung NX lenses maybe. The pancake looks to be pretty good.
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A module to put the samsung pancake.... what a strange idea. don't think they would sell 10 of these :p :roll:

Harold
 
"A sensor-only unit is also being investigated that will allow users of third party lenses to attach them to the GXR body."

Hmm if they release only 2 modules per year, this means the sensor only module if they decided to go with it, will be out earliest on 2011.
 
What a good news!

50 + 28mm APS-C + the big zoom for leisure shots in between.....great.....my E-P2 becomes afraid...... :cool:

There is ONE 3.party flange to skyrocket sales: The M-mount Leica bajonnet.....THIS would kick sales, guys. An affordable cam for the massive amount of lenses from the thirties up to now. Without the poor M8 faults like banding, sudden death syndrome, shutter failure (by software), shutter failure by edging blades, sudden hickups by SD card failures etc. etc.

The good EV from the GXR will help to focus precisely and the leading UI will meet the needs of younger users.

The next sensor 3. party flange should be for the Leica R bajonnet. Again hungry lenses are waiting for a solution.

Due to Ricoh's experiences in sensor/software the Leica lenses would deliver outstanding results in picture quality......Go On!
 
"A sensor-only unit is also being investigated that will allow users of third party lenses to attach them to the GXR body."

Hmm if they release only 2 modules per year, this means the sensor only module if they decided to go with it, will be out earliest on 2011.
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May be that will be with GXR3 :lol:
 
The announcement of 28mm APSC module is very good news, the availability in winter is very bad news. 28mm APSC should be the priority and very first option together with 50mm lens. These two are the minimal focal lengths required for any newly introduced system. The rest of world will be "flooded" by Samsung NX, Oly/Pana m4/3 and maybe even Sony own compact interchangeable solution by that time. Ricoh high-end options will be just 28mm and 50mm lens and that's not enough, not to mention the price of entire GXR system.

CX-like lensor is in my humble opinion pure waste of time and energy. GXR + P10 will be much bigger and much more expensive than CX3. The only real advantage over the CX3 will be RAW. But that's probably all. Although the CX3 photos looks better and less noisy than those from CX2 or older CX/R cameras, the image quality is still nowhere as good as photos form GX range. Sensor used in CX is simply too small to deliver high-end quality images expected form GXR system. In my opinion, this new lensor does not fit the GXR strategy and user base. And because P10 will be capable of RAW, there is now a very thin chance we will ever see RAW in future CX, which is very bad too. Casio already added RAW to CX-like competitor and I guess it will not be alone in a very near future.

What's really interesting, is the last line of the Ricoh announcement article at amateurphotographer.co.uk...

"A sensor-only unit is also being investigated that will allow users of third party lenses to attach them to the GXR body."

So Ricoh is apparently considering this often requested option? If that's true, this could be a kick in the right direction for GXR! Leica, Contax or Pentax mount module with A12 sensor could be a killer combo.
 
I also think the P10 is a waste of time, just give me a GX300! If they are going to have the camera with the ability to accept other lenses then theres no need for a removeable sensor and they can make it smaller.
 
deejjjaaaa":3ee9bkaf said:
they should stop being foolish and join 43 consortium... then make m43 mount module, that's it.
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No - bigger (sensor) is better
If the "big two" comes in that market and i think they would, than mF/T is a dead horse like F/T
 
If the sensor could overcome the light fall off at the edges when using a Leica 24mm (effective 36mm) they would have a real winner as every M8 or M9 owner would be tempted to have one for a back up. If it used the new backlit sensor with either micro lenses to capture the additional light at the edges or software the corrected for the fall off by reducing the center sensitivity rather than boosting the edge sensitivity IQ could be very good.
 
odklizec":22fdrwhm said:
The announcement of 28mm APSC module is very good news
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Agreed. I'm now very interested in a GXR. I've been enjoying the IQ of my DP1 but miss the usability of Ricoh.

I've been thinking about buying a DP2 but now the GXR looks a good alternative to DP1+DP2. Has anyone directly compared the IQ of the DP2 with the A12?
 
I'm disappointed to have to wait for another year for the 28mm. Oh well. I think Ricoh was mistaken to release the small sensor units. Things have moved on and small sensors should now be limited to small cameras (GRDs). I gather Ricoh is realizing this too. The demand seems to be almost exclusively for large sensor units. Will take some time for Ricoh to catch up with that reality.
 
It's nice to see more lensors, regardless of the size of the sensor.

It seems to me that every camera maker, including Ricoh, is scrambling to get their products out to market. Hopefully, the 28mm/large sensor won't be as 'wet' as the A12 is.

I'll be heading over to England in the Fall, so I will be very interested to see what lensors are offered at that time. :D
 
socket":3fbthw18 said:
It's nice to see more lensors, regardless of the size of the sensor.

It seems to me that every camera maker, including Ricoh, is scrambling to get their products out to market. Hopefully, the 28mm/large sensor won't be as 'wet' as the A12 is.
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I agree socket, Any company & every company wants market share. Ricoh have their way of doing it.
The consumers will use, test & dictate what works or not. Consumers like choice.
If Ricoh can give you a choice of lenses & keep the EVF/buttons the same. Great.
"You have choices."
In this day & age of consumerism. We want choice. (eg: Canon, flooding the market)
Ricoh are just future proofing the GXR for the next six to eight years with a choice of lenses. Plus software updates.
At the end of the day, if you want it. Get it from Ricoh because there will be no second party doing what Ricoh are doing.
Its Ricohs line. And the line will continue into the future.
Fifteen years from now the GXR maybe as big as your mobile phone with a choice of five to eight lenses. :cool:
 
silvio":3goacxia said:
deejjjaaaa":3goacxia said:
they should stop being foolish and join 43 consortium... then make m43 mount module, that's it.
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No - bigger (sensor) is better
If the "big two" comes in that market and i think they would, than mF/T is a dead horse like F/T
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sure, but 43/m43 will give them a normally functioning mount... w/o that it is a reverse engineering... Sigma does that of course... or Ricoh has to use its mount, which is what ? mechanically close to K mount ? but Pentax moving for SDM
 
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