Ricoh digicam with interchangeable lens/sensor modules
Japan’s Ricoh Co. Ltd. has today announced the digital camera, which harks back to Minolta’s digital camera of eleven years ago, by offering optional modules that allow the lens and sensor to be interchanged together. The Ricoh GXR camera body itself doesn’t contain a lot beyond the LCD display, a flash strobe and hot shoe, microphone and speaker, miscellaneous connectivity, battery and flash slots, plus the various control buttons and dials. The meat of the camera – its lens, sensor and (one presumes) image processor – are to be found in the modules. At launch, two lens/sensor modules will be offered for the Ricoh…
