Ricoh GXR gets accessorized, is ready for the town -- or the shooting range
By Tim Stevens 
posted March 12th 2010 7:54AM
posted March 12th 2010 7:54AM
posted March 12th 2010 7:54AM
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Holy crap!
I smell voyeurism.
@Joshua Przygocki
Auughhh... Oh no! That sinister-looking kid is coming to kill me!
*falls out of wheelchair*
"a 28-300mm F3.5-5.6" If it's looking thin, then I daresay that's the equivalentfocal lenght, and not the real one. So compact camera sensor, more than likely.
That monster in the photo looks awesome though!
@Sarig
If I'm not mistaken, these new Ricoh cameras come in different lens / sensor combinations. The body is just what enables the lenses to work. You slide the whole lens / sensor assembly into the body and you're good to go. Quite a unique way of doing things, that's for sure...
@r34p3r Oh I know, what I'm saying is that module probably comes with a compact camera sensor, instead of something bigger, to keep the whole module small :)
Awesome I could use this to show Zipper how they nerfed aim in MAG.
the concept still seems a daft idea
the "lifespan" of good glass is far long than that of a dSLR
when one upgrades a dSLR the "old" glass can be used on the "new" camera
with this design this basic concept is not possible
daft, very daft
Been doing this for awhile at the gun-range. I didn't know that no-one knew they could do this.
@GenericMessage
I looked into doing this with my Canon DSLR in order to do astronomy pictures. I am still considering it, but I am wondering what the focal length is in mm for this setup? The spotting scopes I saw were 75x or (2625mm) I think. I was trying to get something in the 10,000mm range in a computer controller tracking setup to see planets and more detail on the Moon.
@rcappo
10,000mm? Those are the kind of lenses NASA and the DOD uses in its satellites. I dunno if you can readily get your hands on something like that
@rcappo
um I do astrophotograpty.. A 10,000mm scope would cost you round $500k (with out a mount) made by RC.
I use a Canon DSLR 450 with a 6" refractor (1200mm f/8). You need a Canon EOS to T-ring adaptor ($20) & a T-ring too hook it up to the scope (about $80). Then a scope with GOTO or AUTOSTAR. If you want to control the mount with a computer for adaptive optics tracking you need something like a Meade LX90 ($2k-3.8k) or a Meade 200LX ($3k-$14.5k) then you need a piggy back scope with a CCD for tracking then use the main scope for taking photos with the DSLR.
Goto Meade.com for more info. There is also Orion scopes, cheaper but the tracking & optics are not as good as Meade's stuff. RC scopes are THE BEST but your starting cost is $12k for a 12" scope only & the mount is $15k & they go up from there, into the millions of $$'s.
It is not a cheap hobby.
@Seemore
just to add..
A 10,000mm scope is 32.8ft wide so that would cost in the 10's of millions of $'s if not 100 million $'s.
If you ment 1,000mm that would be just under a 5" scope (1180mm), cost about $400-$600.
RIIIIIIICOHLAAAAAAAAAAA
Seriously, it looks like one of those horns.
Is that a guy in a gillie suit looking through that camera?
Hmmmmm, is there an iphone adapter for the telephoto?