Ricoh shows off the GXR M-mount

[keytarjunkie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln91Hk_gccE&feature=player_embedded

From PMA 2011.

It looks very nice, and I wouldn't put it past them to come out with a full-frame sensor module in the future when it's a little cheaper to do so.

They also show off some prototypes, such as a fiber optical camera and a projector unit.

 

[kshapero]

Good luck to Ricoh, always been a quirky camera company.

 

[Roberto V.]

Man, I can't wait for it to come out. I'm starting to get some serious GAS for the GXR system. Reading Steve Huff's review didn't help either 😀

 

[rxmd]

Interesting. Lots of good ideas.

Looking forward to see how focusing works on the M-mount module, whether just plain through-the-lens, run-the-sensor-full-time or whether there's some kind of other solution as hinted at in the earlier interviews.

 

[kxl]

Steve Huff's review stated more than once that what makes the GXR special is that the lens has a mated sensor for optimum results. Let's say that's true. Wouldn't that imply that an offering that allows interchangeable lenses would be less than optimum?

 

[tapesonthefloor]

Wouldn't that imply that an offering that allows interchangeable lenses would be less than optimum?

No less optimum than any other interchangeable-lens digital camera.

 

[kxl]

No less optimum than any other interchangeable-lens digital camera.

My point exactly.... it more or less becomes just like any other.🙁

 

[reala_fan]

Ricoh didn't say it was a "Full Frame" M module, did they?

Oh never mind - this article says APS-C sensor is aboard:

http://www.popphoto.com/news/2011/02/new-mount-ricoh-gxr-can-use-leica-m-series-lenses

What I would like...is an APS-C or FF sensor for Konica Hexanon glass.

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[sleepyhead]

My point exactly.... it more or less becomes just like any other.🙁

Why would someone go down this Ricoh route for using M lenses on an APS-C sized sensor, rather than a Sony NEX?

 

[btgc]

SWouldn't that imply that an offering that allows interchangeable lenses would be less than optimum?

M-glass would compensate that.

 

[ed1234]

Why would someone go down this Ricoh route for using M lenses on an APS-C sized sensor, rather than a Sony NEX?

The Gxr is far more comfortable to hold than the nex when taking pic.

 

[Griffin]

Is it me, or does this guy pronounce 'gxr' as 'jigsaw'?

 

[ray*j*gun]

I assume the system would support LTM's with a proper adapter.......I don't see aything that would prevent that.

 

[dreilly]

Unless it utilizing the coding of the newer lenses? But I kinda doubt that. I'm sorta banking that LTM lenses will be usable. I hope to get a Canon 50mm f1.8, f1.5 or f1.4 and a 35mm f2 or 1.8. I actually took some of my favorite photos on the 50mm f1.8 lens. Love it.

 

[eddie1960]

Unless it utilizing the coding of the newer lenses? But I kinda doubt that. I'm sorta banking that LTM lenses will be usable. I hope to get a Canon 50mm f1.8, f1.5 or f1.4 and a 35mm f2 or 1.8. I actually took some of my favorite photos on the 50mm f1.8 lens. Love it.

I did read somewhere that they plan an LTM adapter as well, which is cool

 

[mugent]

Why would someone go down this Ricoh route for using M lenses on an APS-C sized sensor, rather than a Sony NEX?

No EVF. I had a NEX which I used with some M lenses, it sucked, manual focusing using a screen in daylight isn't pleasant!

M43 solutions have too big a crop factor, so a GXR with M mount actually has a pretty good niche that nobody else has. It'll probably cost a fortune though....

MT

 

[Archiver]

I think I saw the figure USD$800 for the M-module being bandied about on another forum. It's true. Happened to a friend of a friend of mine. 😉

As for why someone would buy this rather than a NEX:

1. Someone who already has a GXR would obviously gravitate to the M-module.

2. Ricoh controls and ergonomics are leaps and bounds ahead of most cameras, let alone the NEX.

3. Sony, like Microsoft, is the evil empire. And I don't mean in the 'electronic viewfinder' way, either. 😀

 

[FrozenInTime]

It's getting closer 😀

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