I like the idea - it costs more but also eliminates dust issues altogether plus sensor and lens are always a perfect match - assuming ricoh do their homework on each unit that is... great for people who want one camera, interchangeable lenses AND a no-brainer - now can I have a viewfinder please? Cheers Ecke
2009/11/10 Dario Bonazza <dario.bona...@virgilio.it>: > Larry Colen wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 08:42:44AM +0100, Dario Bonazza wrote: >>> >>> Uh, strange solution indeed: >>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0911/09111001ricohgxr.asp >>> I'm not sure I'm thrilled with it. >> >> Funny, I was thinking that this was exactly where things were going if >> you want to optimize registration distance for each lens. The >> difference being that I was figuring that they'd do it first at the >> high end of the market, optimizing a $2,000 body for a $15,000 lens. > > I've been thinking for some time of a modular camera system allowing you to > interchange the lenses, the sensors units and the viewfinders independently. > A fast contrast-detect AF system (a la Panasonic) would solve any tolerance > problem in positioning the interchangeable sensor units and the lenses. > > Dario > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.