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Interested in old but still capable digital compact cameras? The Ricoh GXR — so-called budget Leica M8 — is worth your consideration.

While the Ei-C90 may be long gone, the idea is still alive: Pentax’s new owner, Ricoh, sells the GXR, which features a viewfinder/body component that lets you swap out entire camera units.

Forget interchangeable lenses – the future mapped out by the Ricoh GXR sees cameras using swappable lens-and-sensor units. We got our mitts on a GXR body, 50mm f2.5 lens and APS-C (SLR-sized) CMOS ...

The Ricoh GXR offers the unique ability not only to swap lenses, but also image sensors. It has a wealth of physical controls, making it an exciting camera for enthusiasts, but its benefits are ...

The Micro Four Thirds (MFT) system, which eliminates the pentaprism and reflex mirror but retains the use of interchangeable lens, is steadily making inroads within the photography community. MFT ...

Look closer, friend. The Ricoh GXR might appear run-of-the-mill at first glance but it’s the only camera that doesn’t let you just change the lens, it lets you change the sensor. Why would I want to ...

As of November 10, 2009, Ricoh research. Main features of the new GXR 1. Ideal form for an interchangeable lens camera: The interchangeable unit camera system • By integrating lens, image sensor, and ...

But Ricoh has been offering something slightly different since 2009, when it introduced its GXR series modular cameras that swap out not only the lens but also the camera sensor.

As the Ricoh GXR body is common to all of the available camera units, virtually all of the comments that we made in our original GXR review apply equally to the new A16 24-85mm camera unit. Rather ...