Hello
On a recent trip to Japan I tried out the
GXR in Bic Camera.
It is a nice camera body, well made and solid feeling.
But the usability is awful.
The AF is is at least 2sec on the 33mm lens, which is
pretty bad for anything that moves.
The MF is sluggish and not nice.
Much more interesting were the Limited edition Pentax pancake
lenses
, very slim indeed, and made of metal not plastic.
OTT Japan Camera Notes:-
In the camera dept of the shop, the Panasonic "G" section and EP2
were very very busy.
Most of the DSLR areas were really quiet.
I went to Ueno Zoo [Big zoo in Tokyo] on a Sunday, which was busy.
I spent more time looking at the cameras people had, than the animals.
Approx 60% of people had DSLRs, of which 90% were Canon the rest were
Nikon [no Sony, no other brand at all I saw]
The rest of the people had Point&shoot cameras, and mobiles.
But I saw one guy with a Ricoh GXR !
-jKK