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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
10-19-2016, 07:02 PM
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The GXR shows why Ricoh is the right company for this sort of innovation. But the GXR with the A12 28 or 50mm equiv lenses doesn't seem like a pocketable solution. Their sensors are also technology from some years back.
Maybe the dual lens/sensors is pocketable with a slightly longer body or maybe they should release a trio of cameras like 21mm, 35mm, 55mm similar to Sigma's DP series.
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
10-19-2016, 02:34 AM
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@Savoche,
I have taken hundreds of landscapes with the gr; mostly as panoramic stitches shot in portrait to increase FOV and resolution for large prints. Invariably in my experience though, 28mm equiv will (out in the countryside) include grass or rocks or shrubs in the foreground and a large amount of sky. This is where the 50mm would come in useful. Being able to focus on some distant objects and reduce Parallax, always having the option to shoot panoramic to increase FOV.
Having 2 or maybe even three cameras with different focal lengths might be cumbersome to carry around. Possibly an interchangeable lens GR with small insert lenses and their own carry pouch but the single camera idea still seems most ideal to me.
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
10-19-2016, 12:11 AM
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It would have to be a little larger than the current GR. But the whole idea is that prime lenses beat zoom lenses in terms of optical performance/size. I don't believe that there's any pocketable APSC with a zoom lens.
The current 28mm is great but just cant do landscapes.
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
10-18-2016, 07:15 PM
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Hi Ricoh,
In a recent interview at Photokina 2016, you mention Visual Revolution is your current objective. You also mention that you need to listen to customers on where the GR lineup should go.
I have been a long time user of your Ricoh GR (2013) and here’s some conclusions I’ve reached about it.
It’s Positives:
- It’s truly pocketable. This means I don’t have to carry a DSLR/lens and always ‘be in photographer mode.’ I can just know that in my pocket, I have a tool which captures the data I need to create great images.
- It’s 28mm equiv lens seems to outresolve the sensor in resolution and is uniformly sharp across the image even at f2.8.
- The camera’s full manual control capabilities, menu depth and user customisability is all that I could ask for or ever need.
It’s Negatives:
- 28mm Equivalent is quite limiting for many types photography.
- Individually, the 12bit raw dngs seem a little bit brittle and don’t hold up too well when recovering Highlights, 14bit files from my APSC DSLR are more robust when post processing.
- 16mp doesn’t allow much cropping room. 24mp seems optimal for APSC
- Manual focussing is not well implemented. A traditional on-lens focus ring would be better.
Overall, I love the GR and use it all the time while my DSLR collects dust.
Ricoh GRx concept:
The GRx would be a dual sensor/dual lens pocketable camera with the following features:
- 1x 24mp APSC sensor with a 28mm equiv lens on one side of the camera. An identical 24mp sensor with a 50mm equiv lens parallel facing. Both lenses are prime and retractable into the camera body with their own Leaf-Shutter mechanisms.
- 14bit lossless raw
- Manual focus rings on each lens
- Highlight Priority Metering
- 3 stop ND filters in the lenses
- Sensor Shift stabilisation and Pixel Shift Super Resolution (Like seen in the K series DSLRs)
- Tiltable rear screen
- Dual SD or XQD card slots
- To be able to keep the retail price under $1400US
Everything else could happily be the same as the current GR but remove video and make it a pure photographers tool.
Such a camera would be extremely capable and versatile. If 28mm is not wide enough, one can stitch multiple images for wider FOV. The 50mm lens would be
very useful for landscape. The camera might need to be slightly larger to accommodate the dual lenses/sensors and a battery.
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