In theory I guess you could also make an interchangeable sensor with a lens mount on it. Or someone else could.
-----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:45 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Ricoh GXR interchanges electronics together with lenses! Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >While the notion of a "unit interchangeable" camera like the GXR is >interesting, technically, I'm not at all interested in it. I can only >imagine the price of premium lens-sensor units, the difficulties in >calibration across different lenses, etc. > >And, of course, there will be no ability to use anyone else's lenses >at all. No adaptation of existing FourThirds lenses, Pentax lenses, >nothing. You use whatever and exactly what "lens unit" offerings the >manufacturer makes available. > >Might be a nice system if it supports exactly what you want. And (for >US photographers) if Ricoh re-institutes their sales/service/support >network here that they eliminated almost a decade ago. > >But it's certainly not for me. I think it might be for me. I'd get just one fast prime and leave it at that. I think most people will get just one lens. I look at this as not an interchangeable-lens camera but at a customizable-fixed-lens camera. -- 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. !SIG:4af9b4dd76081784442050! -- 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.
