> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Godfrey DiGiorgi
> Ricoh has such a small presence in the US camera market, sales here > are no indication at all. They had departed the US market entirely a > dozen years ago, dragged back by specialty importers due to the unique > qualities of their fixed lens compacts - the GR1, GR21, GRD, etc, have > all had continued sales to a small photo enthusiast community, often > importing them from the UK and other places. I had the GR1 way back in > the stone age (around 1996-ish) and found it a superb camera, one of > the best of its class. > > This one is even better. By a good bit! I'm looking forward to getting > real comfortable with it. :-) I had a GR-1 way back when. Still have it, in fact, and I've looked at the modular ones that you've just bought. The problem with them from my perspective is the same problem with most of the smaller non-reflex(-y) cameras, namely having to peer at the screen at arm's length, which just doesn't work for me because of the reading glasses issue. I do have several Leica and Voigtlander accessory finders, but I wouldn't want to use them as the only means of framing with the camera - they're ok for occasional use though. Most of the P&S-type cameras also have piss-poor shutter lag, but I don't know what that's like on the Ricoh. These are among the reasons why I and so many others are so excited about the X100. I've ordered one but it's delayed in this country because of the factory closure following the earthquake. I've seen a shop dummy model and it looks nice, and a decent size, so I was very interested to hear your comment about the size of the controls. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
