Originally posted by GeneV Do you really think the GRD is a comparable product to the MX-1 but for the hot shoe? It is a single FL, and its list is $100 more.
You're asking the wrong person. Even with a zoom, I inevitably shoot 99% of the time at the widest and fastest focal length anyway so a zoom is wasted on me. So I would pretty much use an MX-1 just like a GRD anyway, which means they are comparable, in which case the features of the GRD are much better.
Except for video. Ricoh video to date is total pants. Any camera/phone is better at video than a GRD. But to be fair that's primarily due to the CCD sensor. The new CMOS as in this MX-1 is more video capable.
Originally posted by GeneV GXR S10 kit is more like it, but still more money. You are not paying that for the hot shoe, though. If you are buying into the GXR system, you are getting a whole lot more options.
Not really,. The only options you get with the GXR 'system' is merely a swappable back (ie the same card, battery, settings, file sequence etc) you can use on any of the 6 GXR camera (unit)s currently on offer, from P&S zoom to rangefinder mount. Just like any other range of half a dozen disparate cameras from any other maker (eg Fuji superzoom, X10, X100 etc), you only buy the one you need/want.
So if you only want one of the cameras, eg many people have just bought the Mount A12 and ignored the rest, you won't have any reason to swap the back onto another camera so the GXR 'system' doesn't mean anything as you just treat it as standard camera.
PS. The file sequence thing is one of the unsung boons if you have more than one GXR camera unit. You can swap between the cameras and keep the image numbers continuing in sequence on the same SD card as if you were still shooting with one camera.