Ricoh GXR A12 50 & 28 Image Thread

The last of the series. I will make another attempt this week-end to capture the winter.

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The guy on the bike is a tough soul. I think the temperature was about -22 C and -30 C with the windchill. I could never do it!
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Great images everyone! Its a shame some pictures don't show anymore, guess I'm a bit late to join the party ;)) anyway...
I used to own A12 28mm , loved it , but decided to sell it and get Heliar 15mm for my M mount module. I think I will buy 28 and 50 makro again.

Heres few from A12 28mm module.
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tss, I have so many lenses that I use on my M module and though the 28mm Module is great I hardly use it. Nevertheless just now clicked on the buy now button for a 50mm Macro, couldn't resist it's cheap looking prize. It will be my first 50mm AF ever


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kuuan said:
tss, I have so many lenses that I use on my M module and though the 28mm Module is great I hardly use it. Nevertheless just now clicked on the buy now button for a 50mm Macro, couldn't resist it's cheap looking prize. It will be my first 50mm AF ever
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You must've bought the one I was eyeing. The only reason I didn't was because I already have a faster 35mm M-mount lens serving as my 50. Eventually though I'll probably pick one up, along with the A16 zoom.
 
CliveC said:
You must've bought the one I was eyeing. The only reason I didn't was because I already have a faster 35mm M-mount lens serving as my 50. Eventually though I'll probably pick one up, along with the A16 zoom.
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oops, yes, there were a few watching. Did you see the cheap Ricoh flash GF-1, that's going my way too ;)
my Canon LTM 1.8/35 and 2/35 are faster right, and much smaller which I like, but I suppose the 50 module will give me quite different, modern rendering and I look forward using the AF for fast 'n easy portraits
 
Would you recommend to me to buy today such a camera with one of the modules? Is it sufficient to get the M module and use my Leica M lenses on it?
 
Raid one might say that, for there also is a thread for images taken with the M module, this is the wrong thread to ask :) see: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110755
It's a bit of a personal thing, but I have both the 28mm and the 50mm module and even though they both are very good I have not used them more than for 1 or 2 outings but have been using my M module pretty much exclusively. The GXR M module is optimized for rangefinder lenses and handles them very well indeed, no issues with corners and or edges with rangefinder wide angles lenses as other mirrorless cameras have. It is a joy to use and takes great pictures.
As compared to the latest and newest one may say that it is a bit outdated by now, it is slower in operation, it's EVF ( which, if you use the M module, that is manual lenses, I'd much recommend ) has quite a bit lower resolution than those of newer cameras and it's sensor has fewer MPs and less good high ISO performance. But those are about it, and they are not all that decisive: The focus peaking function for manual focusing of the GXR imo works better than that of any other mirrorless camera, at least than that of the Sonys, and that makes manual focusing just as fast and good even though the EVF has less resolution. It only goes up to ISO 3200 but that is useable. In features, customisation, handling I believe the GXR to be still unsurpassed by any other mirrorless.
( Since I own a Sony A7 I hardly have used the GXR M, but that mostly because I am too curious how my lenses look when used on a FF sensor. During day I have gone back to use the GXR M a few times, simply because it's use gives much joy and mostly I prefer the photos it takes as compared to my Sony NEX5n and A7 )
 
Thanks kuuan It is possible to get for about $500 a GXR with two lenses. Is this a good deal for today?
 
most welcome Raid. with two lenses, do you mean a GXR body with the 28mm and the 50mm modules?
 
that last dael sounds good!
I'd think that roughly speaking one could calculate, if bought used and fairly cheap, abt. 125 for the GXR body and 175 each for a 28mm and a 50mm modules.
For using the rangefinder lenses of course you would need the M module though, not sure for how much they are selling now, last I remember about 1 year ago were offers for unused modules for abt. 250 usd. And as mentioned I'd recommend the EVF too, that might be not so easy to get and rel. expensive for 150 to 200.
that would make for a set body + M module + EVF around 500 to 600
 
So you prefer the M module over getting the two lens modules for 28 and 50. The M module sells for at least $200.
 
raid said:
So you prefer the M module over getting the two lens modules for 28 and 50. The M module sells for at least $200.
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I personally do because I like using manual lenses. If you wanted to use your rangefinder lenses than the M module is the only way to do that ;)
The 28mm and 50mm modules are very well regarded though and that for good reasons.
 
Getting an entire kit would be too costly for a system that is in some way outdated. The GXR with M module may be a good approach to try out this system.
 
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