I like the MX1, really like it in fact, it may just do as a stop gap until something better comes along but I don't like buying for that reason, come on Ricoh, you've got a rangefinder APSC in there somewhere I know you have...

Sorry Fletcher
Too slow again...

I travel light Lu, Medium Format, however good it is, is not for me.
About hitting the Gym, I have one in my Garage and although turning the big 5 0 at Christmas this year, I can still squat and bench 300LBs, not bad for an arthritic crock!

Ok I'm pretty much exclusively a DSLR Landscape shooter but I want a lightweight alternative that while does not have to be exactly pocketable must give me image quality at the same level as the K series...
I've tried the Fuji Xe-1 and mostly loved it but...
It's not really that much smaller then say a K5/K50 when you get the 18-55mm X lens on it, image quality is superb by the way! However, I don't really want two overlapping systems with similar capability, just one where all the lenses fits everything else without manual adaptors etc.
Getting my K3 today but I have no intention of owning two of em as long as one works, just can't see the point in lugging two bodies around when one will most likely not get used much (Yes I've thought of the two bodies with differing lenses on each scenario but for mostly Landscape???)
So to the GR...
Price, it bugs me! Ok I'll say it 600 quid is a lot for a compact with a fixed lens, it would pretty much buy me a K5II, I just can't get that oot of me heed!
Again Price, I'd want one of those natty little optical viewfinder thingies for it which would bump it up even more, I can live with the 35mm crop mode as I think it still retains enough quality but not 47mm, it's just throwing away a bit much in my opinion, I have to bear in mind that I sell my Landscapes, so they have to be able to be printed and pretty large at that. Anyone miss having a telephoto focal length on the Camera? Looking at my Landscapes I have to say that I could likely take about 80% of em on a GR but just can't get those two limitations stated above out of my bonce. Am I just over thinking it or should I wait for a Pentax branded rangefinder which may or may not ever exist (What I reallly want, coupled with the new Ltd Zoom)?
I only ever seem to want what never exists! I have waited and Ricoh/Pentax have rewarded me with the K3, I'm considering waiting a little more...

If it doesn't belong in here move it for me John!
I just think if anything it will be lenses, maybe the new Ltd zoom
but "suprises" is plural...
Any ideas what then? If it's the 1.4 Convertor there will be a rift in the space time continuum so large it will punch a hole in time itself!

Ricoh Imaging France (Invitation gratuite au Salon de la Photo 2013 - Actualités de Pentax - RICOH IMAGING EUROPE S.A.S) Apparantly we are to expect surprises at the Salon de la Photo, Paris.

Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC lens that will have a completely new optical formula, wider zoom range and VC. This new lens will replace the current 200-500mm f/5-6.3 model.

No USD? So maybe it will come to our mount then?
Apologies for the Pic John it appaers to be Canon Mount...

Polin and Grainger! Ha! At least I now know I'm not the only one who thinks the same way about em! I have no idea how the manage to tear themselves away from their webcams long enough to go and do this "Pro" work they do to actually earn a living?
Kai is a Clown but a loveable one and goes out of his way to be that way but still I think he hsa a good grasp of what he is talking about.

Chris Nichols was made for doing video reviews, he is very at ease in front of the Camera, concise, clear and to the point, factual and pretty unbiased, my other half seems to find him very watchable too!

Actually gives me nothing but hope, and I'll find out tomorrow (AT LAST!)
anyway. Does nothing to dissuade me that this is THE camera for me...

Yeah I know but I thought that thread was gettin long in the tooth!

Go on then John, do your thing...