OMG!! Big News GR Lovers!! Ricoh announced the GX100, their new addition to the Caplio line which looks alot like the GR. Does this mean there will be no new GR on the horizon? Or is this it? The GX100 is only 4mm wider than the GR but has a zoom lens, starting from 24mm which is slightly wider than the GR’s fixed 28mm. My first thoughts are that I don’t like the Caplio logo or the silver ring around the lens. Yuck. Also, I’m skeptical about the picture quality as compared to a fixed focal length lens. But the specs are competitive with the GR and costs about the same. It’s also the first camera to have a removable, tilting electronic viewfinder. Might be good when shooting outside in bright light although I’ve never been a fan of LCD viewfinders, most of the ones I’ve seen feel like I have a tiny cathode-ray-tube TV stuck to my eye. The rangefinder for the GR on the other hand is very bright and crisp. It goes on sale April 20 and I’m tempted to go out and reserve one but another part of me says to hold out for the new version of the “purer” GR. Check out the official unveiling from the link above.
When I first saw this yesterday, I too thought it was the next GR. But I seriously doubt it after realising it has zoom lens. I can’t see how a zoom lens image quality can better a fixed lens. Unless Ricoh did some new thing…
Other than that, it seems the GX betters the current GR.
Yeah, I’m not sold. I’ll stick with my GR for now.
When I saw it yesterday, I was shocked. It’s definitely not the new GR I want to see. Luckily, it’s not the new GR. I still like my GR more.
It may not replace the GR but it might replace my GX!
WoW looks like a super-Android camera !