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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Paul Burrows

Ricoh GXR – the whacky mirrorless camera with its interchangeble sensor/lens modules

Ricoh GXR.

The Ricoh GXR was an innovative camera dating back to 2009. Back at the time the first mirrorless camera were coming onto the market, Ricoh took a radically different approach to making an interchangeble lens camera that was smaller than a DSLR. It's whacky idea was a camera where you changed both the lens and the sensor at the same time - using a series of modules. 

I have been seeing how the GXR stack up in 2025 - but before I get to that, here is the history…

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