Digital Home Thoughts: PhotographyBLOG Reviews the Ricoh GXR with P10 Module

"The Ricoh P10 is the third lens-sensor module for the revolutionary Ricoh GXR camera system, which combines the lens and sensor into a single interchangeable unit. The new P10 unit combines a 10.7x, 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 lens with a 10 megapixel 1/2.3-inch back-illuminated CMOS image sensor."

PhotographyBLOG takes a look at Ricoh's GXR, this time with the P10 module. The GXR is a pretty unique camera as it uses modules that come complete with both the lens and the sensor. The result is that unlike most other interchangeable lens cameras, the only thing that is consistent is the UI. The image quality is going to be varied, as different sensors will give different results.

While PhotographyBLOG is very impressed with this setup, I myself am a little unsure. In addition to the usual complaint about the system being potentially expensive as a new sensor has to be bought with each lens iteration, it is taxing to have to learn how to extract the best possible images from each sensor. To top it off, there is only one module with a large sensor; the A12 module with an APS-C sized sensor and a 33mm f/2.5 Macro lens. As it stands, while the UI and build quality is very nice, the system currently is very tiny, and the pricing restrictive.