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Ricoh is offering a new system that allows the user to swap out a lens-sensor unit.  \r\n<br\n/>\r\n<br\n/>I'm not sure what to think of the Ricoh GXR.  Clearly there's an advantage here.  With a big-sensor prime lens and a small-sensor zoom lens, you don't have anything big and bulky...  But the engineer in me figured we've got a few cranks of Moore's Observation (you know, the one that says that CPUs get twice as fast every 24 months?) such that the usefulness of the GXR as a long term system purchase isn't likely to be great.  But, on the gripping hand, I should also note that my PC still has serial ports, even though it can go many times faster via USB, so maybe it's less of an issue than I think.\r\n<br\n/>\r\n<br\n/>I am, however, very much impressed by how quirky Ricoh is allowing themselves to be.  In a world of look-alike digital SLRs, it's nice to see some variety."}},"pageContext":{"id":"7b5d6de3-a019-5c24-a265-e97aa353a9f2","date":"2009-11-10T10:06:48.637Z","name":"ricoh_gxr","updated":"2009-11-10T10:06:48.637Z","type":"Link","title":"Ricoh GXR system","url":"http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2009/11/ricoh-grx-system-is-officially-announced.html ","excerpt":"I've been out and about, which is why I didn't post about this earlier.  Ricoh is offering a new system that allows the user to swap out a lens-sensor unit.  \r\n<br\n/>\r\n<br\n/>I'm not sure what to think of the Ricoh GXR.  Clearly there's an advantage here.  With a big-sensor prime lens and a small-sensor zoom lens, you don't have anything big and bulky...  But the engineer in me figured we've got a few cranks of Moore's Observation (you know, the one that says that CPUs get twice as fast every 24 months?) such that the usefulness of the GXR as a long term system purchase isn't likely to be great.  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