Originally posted by jogiba Go use a 36mp FF mirrorless with the 35mm Zeiss lens and then tell me it's not small. It's amazing the amount of BS on this forum.
Why bother if you're limiting yourself to a single focal length? You could just pickup a GR if you really want decent IQ with a limited focal length in a very small form factor. But why not ask for a FF pocketable camera in that case?
Your point of view makes no sense to me because you've provided no reasoning to why mirrorless is a benefit for the majority over a DSLR with a typical OVF. And it would have to be a benefit to the majority for Ricoh to release it.. because they want to make money.. a lot of it.
The Sony in your photograph still has a massive lens attached to the front of it. It is sure smaller than that pentax rig in the same photo, but it is still large. And are they even the same focal length and aperture?
The point being, you can resize the body of a camera all you want, but it (today at least) still has a fairly massive lens attached to the front of it thus squashing much of the benefit of the smaller camera body! It surely isn't pocketable. It is still a large block of metal with a tube jutting off the side.
Does a mirrorless system weigh significantly less (and a traditional OVF body with the same lens)? Is it somehow easier to weather seal? Something else? Surely there is a better reason to go mirrorless than a simple shrinking of the camera body! You haven't really provided any reasons and I am interested in knowing the benefits to the majority/typical DSLR user with an OVF containing body.
Please share!