Thanks Larry - that helps. On Sep 11, 2013, at 10:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> 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. -- 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.
