A new camera in 2013, what will it be?

Harold, I wondered myself just whether the Q was worthwhile with such a small sensor but now that I have seriously tried one myself I have found it a pocket powerhouse capable of good quality images.  Consequently dismissing the possibility of a Q mount module so lightly must be the words of someone who has never tried one.

I tend to think that Ricoh will replace with similar rather than the same.  ie: an A16 50mm is more likely a 50mm f1.4 non-macro.  This would give two choices, macro in A12 and "fast" in A16.

The existing GXR back might continue and an improved resolution evf supplied - a further new evf back would be an additional product. I think the perception of the GXR as a replacement component system needs to be discarded. I think it needs to be seen as a ripple-out system where each component has new design and the old components not superseded.  The old components bulk out the system and might be used until thet simply wear out.

Perhaps seen as a laying out of the options on the table as much as any brainstorming might do.  From this natural ist of possibilities an order of production could be extracted.  Some might never be made, others might get high priority, new possibilities might emerge before others came to prime time causing them to be shelved. Of course it is a wish list but it does put most "possibles" on the table.

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Tom Caldwell