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Ricoh GXR - Show your images
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scho
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I managed to get out for a walk between showers today and took this shot of one of the old Wharton brothers studio buildings on Cayuga Lake. This was "Hollywood East" from 1914 -1920 and the site where most of the early silent films were made. Scheduled for restoration and right now the only residents are pigeons.
One more from the lakeshore walk with the GXR, Driftwood & Geese:
One more from the lakeshore walk with the GXR, Driftwood & Geese:
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scho
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Thank you Godfrey. It will be interesting to see how the GXR compares to the new Sony Übercamera nex7 with M mount MF lenses.
Godfrey
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It will, I agree. However, the GXR A12 Camera Mount has been designed specifically for Leica M bayonet lenses where the NEX 7 is best optimized for its own and Sony Alpha SLR lenses. There are a couple of things in the NEX 7 that advance the body over the GXR body, but I am not sure about that 24 Mpixel sensor and how well the shorter RF focal lengths will image on it. That's a lot of pixels to squeeze into APS-C format.
The sample shots made with the Ricoh camera unit and ultra-wide lenses like the CV 12, 15, 21, etc look very good. Of course, it remains to be seen exactly what it does when the camera unit is in my hands.
Godfrey
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I'm waiting to see that very thing myself! Video capture with the A12 50 and 28 is fine for casual shooting, but without focus and aperture control it's pretty limited.
I've been playing with my Nex C3 today, and it's a super camera. I'm alternating use with the GXR.
I was thinking about this conundrum with the concept of the Ricoh "Lensor". If Ricoh introduces an improved sensor, to get it, you need to buy a lens that you may already have (lets forget about the m-mount concept for the sake of argument)
If you are a Nex 5 owner with your 14Mp and you lust after the new 16Mp piece in the latest Nex batch from Sony, you will have to buy a C3 or a 5n. But, you will have to take a kit lens with it, as I don't think you will be able right now to buy the body only.
Looks like the same difference to me - this is the stuff that keeps E-Bay ticking!
Keith
I was thinking about this conundrum with the concept of the Ricoh "Lensor". If Ricoh introduces an improved sensor, to get it, you need to buy a lens that you may already have (lets forget about the m-mount concept for the sake of argument)
If you are a Nex 5 owner with your 14Mp and you lust after the new 16Mp piece in the latest Nex batch from Sony, you will have to buy a C3 or a 5n. But, you will have to take a kit lens with it, as I don't think you will be able right now to buy the body only.
Looks like the same difference to me - this is the stuff that keeps E-Bay ticking!
Keith
scho
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Thank you Keith and yes, 3200 is very impressive with the GXR. Your new A12/28 is looking very nice and sharp as well.
Amen to that! I already have a closet full of gear ready to put up for sale. Hopefully the GXR will "stick" for awhile. The Nex 7 is tempting, but I have not been impressed with image quality coming off that 24 mp sensor.
Godfrey
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As I said in another thread, I'll be curious to see the NEX 7 when it arrives. But I suspect I'm sticking with the GXR + A12 Camera Mount until either I buy the M9 or Leica's upcoming LIVE camera ships. 12 Mpixel really is enough for 99% of everything I do, and the GXR is the best performing camera I've found in this size class overall.
scho
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scho
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Really nice images Uwe. Have you seen any edge/corner smearing with shorter focal lengths and have you made any custom in-camera lens adjustments for distortion, etc.? All of your images look very clean and sharp across the frame.M-Mount:
