Ricoh GXR

Ricoh GXR Review

Brilliant or Unique? Ricoh's GXR attempts something completely new to the photography industry. For anyone who has lived in a cave the last few months, the GXR is a camera system unlike anything you've seen yet. Although it is digital, it offers a completely new set of advantages that sets it completely apart from compacts, *D.I.L systems , and DSLRS. GXR is a system made whole in two parts. One part (the module) houses the lens, sensor, and a processor - all sealed and perfectly matched to one another.. and the other part is the body, which is a sort of docking bay for the module- which has its own processor, an LCD, hot-shoe, dedicated af assist lamp, full manual controls (with customizable FN settings) and more. Ricoh's mission with the GXR is to give its customers an upgrade path over the GRD, GX, and CX models. By purchasing the body of the GXR system, you can then pick and chose which module or modules you'd most like to have- as opposed to buying several compacts- and gives its customers choices in different sensor sizes to boot, unique for one "camera". Having different sensor sizes available for one camera, is one of the more unique qualities of the GXR system.