Maybe......... but it wasn't so

[omel]

In a way Ricoh could have been better to start with a 35mm lens and gone head to head with the Leica X1. My take is that there would have been more sales..................... but all this is hindsight thinking
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[linterman]

not you, of all people...not enough gear talk?

people go and visit imants' gallery. he's got some very good stuff there, and you don't need albinoni or four seasons in the background.

 

[omel]

Nahh I do like cameras for what they are, but I am in the market for a small digital, my old Leica D2 is almost dead so it is used sparingly, the epson is down to a 28/42mm lens and the mainstays are a film contax and a ricoh GR1. The D90 doesn't count as it is used for documentation and the odd portrait or funeral, party or nothing.

So it is the X1, the GXR or the GF1.......... but time will win as I am not in a great hurry, so just window shopping
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[TMacaw]

Would not have impacted my choice much at all ... given its 33mm characteristics and 50mm FOV. I wonder if any choice of initial APS-C 'lensor' would have had much impact on sales volume .... given the wide range of interests posted here over past few months. I believe 28mm would have been a bit more popular, but would also have hammered GRD III sales. Ricoh clearly has a long term strategy for GXR and broad market focus encompassing commercial applications.

All said, I have lost my initially high level of Ricoh interest except for perhaps adding GRD III to existing GX200 (which has been fine value for money). No criticism of Ricoh whatsoever. They just chose a path with GXR which may take much time to mature to fit my need set. OTH, all other new offerings seem equally deficient in one way or another.

Not being a professional, my foundation is dslr with new, quality lenses as needs arise, and small niche cams (like Sigma DP and Ricoh) to cover very specific requirements. Trying to keep an open mind re. m4/3 see where it leads. Being distant from large city resources, I depend on the many capable user/posters here to help me understand major shortcomings with the torrent of new solutions available.

When you, and others with similar skepticism, endorse one of the new concepts with enthusiasm, I can move forward with confidence. I find this a quite beneficial.

Regards,
Tom B