GXR new info, m mount?
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Pickett Wilson
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Doesn't look quite right. Some kind of hack? But the bigger question is, why? Interchangeable lenses kind of defeat the concept.
swoop
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Not a hack. Rough prototype.
Looks like you guys will eventually have your discount digital m-mount.
And the why. Well, it'll be one more customer to buy the camera. Even if they only bought the GXR and the M-mount sensor cartridge. I'm sure Ricoh is well aware of the folks buying EP-1's and GF1's just for M-mount use.
Looks like you guys will eventually have your discount digital m-mount.
And the why. Well, it'll be one more customer to buy the camera. Even if they only bought the GXR and the M-mount sensor cartridge. I'm sure Ricoh is well aware of the folks buying EP-1's and GF1's just for M-mount use.
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Pickett Wilson
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Lots of folks want to bail on their film rangefinders, I guess. "Poor Mans M9"
Dwig
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Definitely more of a rough mockup or intentional fake than a prototype. There are two major telltales:
1. No lens mount release button.
2. The body is too thin to allow an M-mount flange to be mounted flush to the face of the module. With the mounting for the interchangeable module between the sensor and the LCD, the distance from the back of the camera to the sensor would be greater than that of an E-P1 or GF-1. This would mean that the M-mount flange would be further from the back of the camera than it is on a m4/3 body plus M adapter. This would result in a 5-15mm tube extending from the face of the module to the M-flange.
swoop
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ruby.monkey
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Trouble is it would be just *one* more customer. 😉
Joking aside, the tiny market for such a module would hardly be worth the expense of developing it - an expense the micro-4/3 crowd avoid completely.
jsrockit
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If they can make an M-mount module with a sensor the size of the M8's or larger, then I think it would do well. Anything less is too much of a crop factor.
Andy Kibber
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I wonder about people who spend their time making fake images of fake cameras. Seems like such a sad use of one's time.
bwcolor
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These are Ricoh early mock-ups. The sad use of time was on the part of Ricoh. I doubt that any engineering has gone into the concept. Nobody was trying to pull one over on you. They were shown to canvas opinion as to market for such a module. Take a look at the link in the other thread and you will find telescope modules and many others. The GXR may not survive to see such a module.
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Andy Kibber
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I stand corrected with regard to the image in the OP. I stand by it generally though. 🙂
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This is but one approach to get market feedback on a concept before it gets taken too much into engineering. If there are lots of folks who say I want one, then Ricoh will take it to the next step. I'm working on a business plan to do this and a bit more with the back of the GXR. Keep in mind there were street observations of the GXR being used with Pentax K mount lenses before she was announced.
An interesting observation is the letter in front of the new zoom module, "P". Now the S seems to mean 1/1.7 and the A seems to mean APS-C (not sure if it's Canon or Everyone else), what could P mean? Perhaps M4/3 size sensor?
Thoughts?
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An interesting observation is the letter in front of the new zoom module, "P". Now the S seems to mean 1/1.7 and the A seems to mean APS-C (not sure if it's Canon or Everyone else), what could P mean? Perhaps M4/3 size sensor?
Thoughts?
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AJShepherd
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What would be really nice is if they engineered the module to have a 'dark slide' - some device which when the lens is removed covers over the sensor. It's the one thing that always concerns me about my E-P1 - that once I take the lens off the sensor is exposed and vulnerable.
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Another observation about the Leica mount mock-up. The 'Cron they are using is a VI the Bokeh King. Who ever loaned their lens to this effort is either old or a somewhat serious leica geek.
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pvdhaar
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If this is a physically existing prototype, they went through a lot of effort to achieve the following result:
The lines through the center aperture markings of the lens and along the top right converge behind he camera. The lines through the center aperture markings of the lens and the rise in the top plate (just to the lower left of the finder) converge in front of the camera..
The same interesting feature can be seen if you draw a line through the lower left and lower right corner of the so-called module and along lines of the camera itself..
In my book, that smells..
The lines through the center aperture markings of the lens and along the top right converge behind he camera. The lines through the center aperture markings of the lens and the rise in the top plate (just to the lower left of the finder) converge in front of the camera..
The same interesting feature can be seen if you draw a line through the lower left and lower right corner of the so-called module and along lines of the camera itself..
In my book, that smells..
Matus
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Interesting enough - this information also appeared on the news page of the dpreview.com but it was taken down after a short time. This does not add to credibility of the M mount GRX I guess ...
CK Dexter Haven
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Not nearly as sad as watching 'reality tv.'
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mrisney
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Looks like Terry Richardson and friend are keen on the GXR
http://www.terrysdiary.com/post/439200901/justin-theroux-taking-a-picture
http://www.terrysdiary.com/post/439200901/justin-theroux-taking-a-picture
