The way I understand it is that effectively each GXR module is the camera portion of a digital point and shoot. I.e. the lens, aperture, shutter and sensor. The body part is the "computer half" of a digital point and shoot, that holds the display, viewfinder, memory, buttons etc.
The advantages this gives you over an SLR are that the lens and the sensors can be optimized to each other, and also that you can change lenses without getting dust on the sensor. I think that there are different body options, each with different ergonomics and features. My understanding is that if you want to use it as a normal replaceable lens camera, then there is the m-mount, which fits leica lenses. Since it has a shorter registratin distance than SLR lenses you can get (third party?) adapters to the leica M mount, which allow you to use, for example, Pentax K-mount lenses. The disadvantage of this system is that as far as I understand it, you cannot upgrade the sensor in the camera module. So, if I bought a 35mm lens with a K20 era sensor, that lens will never have better than K20 level sensor performance. On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 08:56:38PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > >From all accounts the GXR is a very good camera system, but I don't > understand it (at all) and when you have something that is radically > different than everything else out there, the burden falls upon the > marketing department to make it clear. I look at the GXR modules on > Amazon and it is not clear to me what mounts they work with. If I come > to the GXR with K-mount lenses I want to put on it, which module do I > use? Do I need an adapter? What do I lose and what can I keep (A > metering, AF? ) No clue. When I look at "GXR mount A-12" for instance, > I have no idea what "A-12" stands for. Description says "Universal > mount handling Leica M lenses and more"? Really? "and more"? What > might the "and more" include? It's $500 and it isn't a lens. And it > isn't a body. Then I see A12 lenses like the 28mm f2.5 for $540. Do I > need the "GXR mount A-12" in addition to this? > > I have a very low tolerance for feeling stupid (funny, since I feel > that way most of the time) and products like this make me feel like > I'm back in DOS land and have to crack the manual for every little > thing or I get a "syntax error". Not that I'm actually looking at the > GXR, since I don't see how hit gains me a single thing over my K-5 ii. > But if this is an example of how Ricoh is going to lead Pentax > marketing to the Promised Land, let's just say I'm not holding my > breath. > > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013, John wrote: > >> > >> Every piece of Sony consumer electronics equipment I have ever owned > >> failed & had to be replaced exactly one day after the warranty expired. > > > > Timex bought Sony??? > > -- > > Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 > > http://rule6.info/ > > <*> <*> <*> > > Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
