Is there a consensus building on the GXR?

[mitchall]

Harold:

I just checked: I use custom settings (MY1, MY2) — when you turn the camera off and then on it reverts to whatever MF distance settings you have in you MYx settings bank. Hence, you can save the MF setting that you want in these custom settings banks.

BTW, this forum is getting less and less interesting: on the one hand there are these threads full of Twitter-type posts, along the lines of "Maybe I'll take some pictures tomorrow" and, on the other, there's little interesting discussion, not to speak of the increase in weird personal attacks.

Last night I posted in of my GXR/A12 threads, the one on using Capture One, a quote from Mike Johnston on his idea that the 50mm lens is a "chameleon" that sometimes likes like a wide-angle and sometimes like a mild telephoto lens — not one response to that. Seems like hardly worth the effort.

Incidentally, I wonder how much real interest there is in the GXR/12: in three days I've had less than 90 views of the flickr set of "Thailand (GXR/A12)" pictures — in the same period I have some 900 views of my GRD3 flickr set, and that was before Mike Johnston published my GRD3 review on hos TOP blog, which gets 20-000–30,000 visits a day.

Perhaps a part of the problem is that there's also less photos being posted here these days comparing to, say, the Leica Talk Forum. Idle chatter about equipment gets pretty boring...

—Mitch/Paknampran
http://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/sets/72157623125199790/show/

 

[TMacaw]

... some impressive firmware upgrades for my new GX200 ! (yes ?)

I don't have negative issues with Ricoh (exemplified by the recent purchase) but a newcomer's review of rapid changes with GDR, GX, and CX1 raises a fair question about commitment to new products.

Let's hope GXR is a solid and positive forward step with exemplary upgrades and impressive new modules for years to come.

Tom B

 

[Stephen Kovac Jr]

I agree that Ricoh must publish a road map of the modules/lenses for the GXR system and sooner the better. Ricoh is betting the barn on the GXR system. If it does not fly, then they are in deep trouble.

 

[anodyne2]

My first day with my GXR was in fact a bit shaky. That should be taken very lightly however, I got some nice photos that day, I just had to think a little. It simply and truly is a camera that rewards familiarity - quickly. I don't care to compare statistics with other cameras, it simply belies what the GXR is about. This is a camera that requires the user to use their brain, and participate by cultivating a sense of intuitiveness. The Lens on the A12 is quite fine and so very easy to hand hold. The controls, the camera in general are extremely well laid out. Buttons can be assigned specific functions. I never thought I would bother.....

There is very little I would ask to see changed. I look forward to the introduction of the 28mm lens unit. 35 and 75mm APS-C units would be interesting, I would own a pair of GXRs. The size and feel of the camera dead on, I would not care to see lenses with VR at the expense of changing the scale and balance of the APS-C units.

If you want a fine camera you can learn well, and then put your energy towards what you are photographing, this does an excellent job. At the very least, it will bring you closer, it isn't obtrusive or intimidating to people. It does however look like a rather serious camera. It's all about balance with the GXR.....

Good stuff, lots of intangibles, gets better with time.

 

[Franka T.L.]

The market spoken ... right

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[rudyr]

Just a data point, I recently purchased into this system as a backup for my 7D. However, the main reason I considered it was simply due to used pricing. For $780 to my door was able to pick up a like-new A12, P10, body, extra battery and retractable lens cap. At that price point it made a lot of sense since it's a durable, highly configurable camera that gives some super zoom flexibility along with a really good focal length paired with a APS-C sensor for high quality shots. However, when I consider what the LIST price is on these, there is no way I would have gone this direction.

 

[anodyne2]

I don't know that I follow your comment. The market is somewhere out there, they aren't my concern. Ricoh is pretty much a niche market camera maker, at east as far as their high end cameras are concerned. Who sells these cameras other than Adorama?

This is a pretty specialized camera, it isn't meant to be everything for everyone. The modular nature tends to suggest otherwise, that is perhaps a misread. With the A12 unit, I see the GXR as being similar to a Hexar. If the Hexar wasn't your thing, you'd have a long list of gripes where it fell short. There wasn't a mass market appeal for the camera, it was however a good one.....

Honestly, you comment was somewhat cryptic, specifically what were you referring too?

 

[anodyne2]

My previous comment/question was directed towards Franka and not the preceding comment. I failed to make that clear. -Robert