Originally posted by ogl The time will tell...Anyway, I'd like to have such camera for travel.
But I'm afraid that lens could be compact and the camera not bigger than GR.
Original Rx100 was 102mm W, 58mm h, 36mm, 240g
GR is 117mm W, 61mm H, 35mm D, 243g
If Ricoh made the MX-2 to the same specs as the RX100, today we would see people going crazy after a Pentax compact. But no. The MX-1 was clearly a Pentax product, in the pipeline before the takeover, and Ricoh killed it for the sake of their own new camera for which they needed Pentax team to finalise it. And then we got an excuse that the MX-1 type of camera was disappearing anyway, and that is why it was discontinued. When it was not the case: the whole new generation of compacts was behind the horizon, and Sony led the way.
So, yes, they lied because they made a mistake. Not the first time, though.
New generation of compacts came with new sensor sizes, new specs. Today's RX100 V is so powerful that is blows your socks off. GR is still a fine stills camera, but at least 7 out of 10 people will choose RX100 over the GR, because of the utility.
Those 7 of out 10 people Ricoh could have in their own pockets if they invested in the MX-1 further on, like they invested in the GR. But no. Ricoh is not smart enough to learn from mistakes of others; they can learn only from own mistakes.