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Ricoh launches standard zoom GXR module with 16MP APS-C sensor
Source: dpreview.com - 02 February 2012

Ricoh has released a 24-85mm equivalent F3.5-5.5 zoom module with a 16MP APS-C sensor for its GXR system. The latest camera unit offers a flexible focal length range that starts slightly wider than the average kit zoom, without making the camera excessively large. It's the first GXR module to be built around a 16MP sensor. Announced back in November, it is the first ...

Ricoh preps new GXR camera module
Source: Imaging Resource - 29 November 2011

An update to the global website of Ricoh Co. Ltd. reveals that it's working on a new camera module for its GXR camera system. Announced in late 2009, the Ricoh GXR is extremely unusual in offering interchangeable modules that couple both a lens, sensor, and image processor in a single unit, rather than the more typical interchangeable lens design fo...

Ricoh to make 16MP APS-C GXR zoom module
Source: dpreview.com - 28 November 2011

Ricoh has added a 24-85mm equivalent zoom camera unit, based around an APS-C sized CMOS sensor, to its product roadmap. The roadmap on the company's Japanese site shows the module, scheduled for an 'Early 2012' launch, will be built around a 16MP APS-C CMOS sensor. Given the company's use of 12MP Sony sensors in its A12 modules, it seems likely this zoom module ...

Ricoh: Thai floods affect GXR module production
Source: Imaging Resource - 10 November 2011

Over the last month, we've been monitoring the devastating floods in Thailand, which have seen factories from major imaging companies including Canon, Nikon and Sony shuttered. Even for brands that have no factories in affected areas, supply-chain issues are causing disruption, with companies such as shutter-mechanism manufacturer Nidec Copal facing...

Ricoh’s GXR compact digital camera wins silver award at 2012 German Design Award
Source: Imaging Resource - 03 November 2011

Ricoh Company, Ltd.'s GXR(*1) compact digital camera won a silver award at the German Design Council's 2012 German Design Award. The 2012 German Design Award is an influential international design awards event held annually since 2006 by the German Design Council, which was founded in 1953 with support of Germany's Federal Ministry of Econom...

Ricoh adds features with final GR Digital III firmware update
Source: dpreview.com - 16 September 2011

Ricoh has announced it will update the firmware of its GRD III enthusiast compact camera. The update, due in mid October, is the fifth feature-adding revision for the high-end model and includes several additional features that have come from its GXR and GRD IV cameras. These include the ability to assign an additional option to the 'Adj.' lever and the locking of the...

Iridient Digital releases RAW Developer 1.9.2 for Mac OS X
Source: Imaging Resource - 06 September 2011

Pacific Grove, CA, September 2, 2011 -- Iridient Digital, Inc. has released RAW Developer 1.9.2 an update to our critically acclaimed RAW image processing software for Mac OS X. This update includes support for many new camera models including: Nikon D5100 Olympus E-P3 and E-PL3 Panasonic DMC-G3 and DMC-GF3 Sony NEX-C3, NEX-5N, SLT-A35, SLT-A65 and S...

Ricoh updates features of GXR camera modules
Source: dpreview.com - 31 August 2011

Ricoh has announced a firmware update for its GXR camera units, increasing the available range of features and functions. The updates bring many of the advances made in the recently-announced M-mount module, including improved manual focus magnification. There are also a number of small additions and corrections to other features, including the ability to specify both...

Ricoh releases fourth function-enhancing firmware update for GXR
Source: Imaging Resource - 30 August 2011

Tokyo, Japan, August 30, 2011Ricoh Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Shiro Kondo) today announced the August 31, 2011 (Wed.) release of the fourth function-enhancing firmware update for the GXR, a high-image-quality compact digital camera launched in December 2009. The GXR is a revolutionary interchangeable unit camera system in which lenses are changed by using a slide...

Ricoh GXR MOUNT A12
Source: LetsGoDigital - 15 August 2011

Ricoh GXR MOUNT A12 : Ricoh announced the release of the Ricoh GXR MOUNT A12, a lens mount unit exclusively for the Ricoh GXR interchangeable unit camera system. The GXR is a camera system in which lenses can be changed by mounting camera units that integrate lens, image sensor, and image processing engine into a single unit. In addition, utilizing its ability to acco...

Ricoh announces GXR MOUNT A12
Source: Imaging Resource - 05 August 2011

A GXR lens mount unit featuring an APS-C size CMOS sensor Tokyo, Japan, August 5, 2011Ricoh Co., Ltd. (president and CEO: Shiro Kondo) today announced the development and release of the new product GXR MOUNT A12, a lens mount unit exclusively for the GXR interchangeable unit camera system. Introduced in December 2009, the GXR is a revolutionary interchangeable uni...

Ricoh adds new sensor/lens mount unit to GXR
Source: DCResource.com - 05 August 2011

Ricoh has added a new "module" to their GXR interchangeable unit camera system. The new A12 model isn't another lens and sensor combination, as has been the case with previous models. This one features a APS-C size CMOS sensor and a Leica M lens mount -- sounds pretty nice to me. Here's more on the A12: ...

Ricoh M-mount GXR Mount A12 module announced and previewed
Source: dpreview.com - 05 August 2011

Ricoh has announced a Leica M-mount unit for its modular GXR camera system. The GXR Mount A12 features a 12MP APS-C CMOS sensor with the ability to fit a wide range of M-mount lenses or a still wider choice if used in combination with an adapter. And, unlike the majority of digital cameras, it features no low-pass (anti-aliasing) filter. The Mount A12 module includes ...

Ricoh GXR and GPS-equipped Panasonics get firmware updates
Source: dpreview.com - 04 August 2011

Ricoh and Panasonic have announced firmware updates for their cameras. Ricoh has released firmware v1.37 for its GXR module, while Panasonic promises improved GPS accuracy for several of its recent cameras. Installing firmware version 1.2 should increase the positioning accuracy of the DMC-ZS10/TZ20, TZ22 and FT3/TS3. Meanwhile, v1.37 for the GXR modules corrects a mi...

Ricoh posts firmware update v1.36 for GXR system
Source: dpreview.com - 22 April 2011

Ricoh has posted a firmware update for its GXR system, covering the A12 28mm, 50mm macro, P10 28-300mm and S10 24-72mm equiv. zoom lens units. Version 1.36 rectifies a minor bug related to the Cross Process scene mode in all units. The update also rectifies additional minor bugs for the A12 28mm and 50mm equiv. units. The single firmware file will make appropriate c...