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p.8 #1 · p.8 #1 · New crazy Ricoh system


Having a lens with a perfectly matched sensor is great... for about one or two years.
Then there wil be new (mauch much better) sensors and you can't profit from that by simply changing the body but you need a new lens too.

For me the only great thing about that system is that it is something different that you can watch failing.

What is wrong with keeping the expensive glass and switching the bodies?
Feb 23, 2010 at 02:50 PM
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p.8 #2 · p.8 #2 · New crazy Ricoh system


simon_k wrote:
Having a lens with a perfectly matched sensor is great... for about one or two years.
Then there wil be new (mauch much better) sensors and you can't profit from that by simply changing the body but you need a new lens too.

For me the only great thing about that system is that it is something different that you can watch failing.

What is wrong with keeping the expensive glass and switching the bodies?

I think part of the appeal of this is that the glass would not have to be overengineered in terms of optical performance, meaning potentially less weight and cost.


Feb 23, 2010 at 07:26 PM
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p.8 #3 · p.8 #3 · New crazy Ricoh system


Dpreview have posted their Ricoh GRX Review:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/ricohgxra12/




Mar 02, 2010 at 11:37 AM
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p.8 #4 · p.8 #4 · New crazy Ricoh system


Dpreview have posted their 24-72mm lens module review:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/ricohgxrs10/






Mar 17, 2010 at 10:04 PM
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p.8 #5 · p.8 #5 · New crazy Ricoh system


interesting. not sure i'd want to pay for a lens that is permanently mounted to an outdated sensor, but maybe they have a greater purpose in mind that our feeble minds are too... er, feeble, to grasp.
Mar 17, 2010 at 10:57 PM
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p.8 #6 · p.8 #6 · New crazy Ricoh system


I guess this concept will simply ruin the company. Haven't heard of anyone around who is willing to buy into the GXR system.
Mar 18, 2010 at 01:25 PM
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p.8 #7 · p.8 #7 · New crazy Ricoh system


A few mock up modules showing the potential of the system:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1005/10050701ricohgxraccesories.asp








May 07, 2010 at 08:59 AM
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p.8 #8 · p.8 #8 · New crazy Ricoh system


Ricoh have announced a new 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 VC module:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1005/10050702ricohp10.asp

And a 28mm f/2.5 Module is currently under development.




May 08, 2010 at 01:05 PM
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p.8 #9 · p.8 #9 · New crazy Ricoh system


i'm sorry but those mockup modules are pretty laughable i think the 28-300mm zoom sounds like a really nice unit though.
But as many have said i wonder who actually has this camera...
May 09, 2010 at 12:29 AM
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p.8 #10 · p.8 #10 · New crazy Ricoh system


Dpreview have posted their 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 VC module Review:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/ricohgxrp10/




Aug 06, 2010 at 05:22 PM
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p.8 #11 · p.8 #11 · New crazy Ricoh system


28mm F2.5 Module Announced:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10092128ricoha1228mm.asp






Sep 21, 2010 at 04:19 AM
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p.8 #12 · p.8 #12 · New crazy Ricoh system


I looked for this camera last time I was at B&H. They didn't have one on display. I wanted to play with it.


Sep 21, 2010 at 04:43 AM
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p.8 #13 · p.8 #13 · New crazy Ricoh system


Has anyone, anywhere, actually bought one of these?

The concept still seems ludicrous to me, as does the cost. Each of the compact sensor models costs as a smaller and more capable compact camera, and the larger sensor modules are bigger than just the lenses would be for m4/3 or the NEX. Still don't get the whole point. Why would I buy the standard zoom compact module when I can get a Canon S95 and have a more compact and more capable camera? It just doesn't work. If the modules were half the price they are now, it might make a little more sense.
Sep 21, 2010 at 05:06 AM
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