The Ricoh GXR is a modular digital camera. The body holds the battery, flash and screen. The lens and sensor come sealed together in a unit that slides onto a rail, so changing lenses also changes the sensor.
Ricoh GXR
Modular digital camera, 2009–2013
Updated
Quick facts
- Brand
- Ricoh
- Type
- Modular digital camera
- Made
- 2009–2013
Production
Ricoh announced the GXR in November 2009 and released five camera units and one mount unit for it. The GXR Mount A12 arrived in 2011. The GXR was discontinued after the Ricoh GR came out in 2013.
Models
- A12 28mm
- 12MP APS-C, 28mm-equivalent f/2.5.
- A12 50mm Macro
- 12MP APS-C, 50mm-equivalent f/2.5.
- A16 24-85mm
- 16MP APS-C, f/3.5–5.5.
- P10 28-300mm
- 10MP 1/2.3-inch, f/3.5–5.6.
- S10 24-72mm
- 10MP 1/1.7-inch CCD, f/2.5–4.4.
- GXR Mount A12
- 12MP APS-C with no low-pass filter, for Leica M lenses.
Specs
- Screen
- 3-inch, 920,000 dots
- Viewfinder
- Optional VF-2 electronic, 920,000 dots
- Battery
- DB-90
- Launch price
- $549 (2009). Body only. Each camera unit was sold separately.
- Dimensions
- 113.9 × 70.2 × 37.5 mm (4.5 × 2.8 × 1.5 in)
- Weight
- 160 g (5.6 oz). Body only, without a camera unit, battery or card.
- Hot shoe
- Hot shoe, plus a built-in pop-up flash
- Flash compatibility
- Ricoh designed its GF-1 flash for the GXR, and it can do TTL flash with it.
- Launch price: Adorama on the GXR announcement
- Dimensions and weight: Ricoh GXR on Wikipedia
Manuals
Firmware
- Latest version
- 1.51, released 06.26.12
- Last checked
- 11.03.26