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Yes that mechanism looks rather fragile.
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pez said:
I have this idea that this thing is going to be an amazing camera in the hand...just LOOK at that middle finger groove, an d the mock-up/trial pieces in the article...the top non-labelled, multi-function wheel...the analog-type controls...the large prism housing--and more-importantly, the comment about being able to observe wide-aperture depth of field by looking through the finder; one of the Canon high-end FF models Canon's Chuck Westfall said has an effective viewfinder screen scatter factor that rendered the DOF as visually only f/4.8--no matter how wide the aperture of the lens in use! This might have a KatzEye-equivalent type screen in it, stock.
I have a feeling that this camera might have a from-the-factory viewfinder screen that has a different scatter factor than new-era, autofocusing cameras have--a screen that is ground coarsely, not super-finely, and probably not artificially brightened by the camera's battery when the battery is installed and the camera is switched on and is brightening the screen image. If so, that would make this camera perhaps THE best camera in years as far as manually focusing lenses, AND for being able to literally SEE the degree of in-focus and out of focus with fast lenses; given the huge backlog of K-mount manual focusing lenses, this would make a huge amount of sense.
The other thing is that Ricoh has always been a company that has made cameras that are reallllllllly "good shooters". The Ricoh GR for example, has a very enviable record as a real shooter's camera. One of TPF's best shooters loves the GR.
I hope this is the case!!I have this idea that this thing is going to be an amazing camera in the hand...just LOOK at that middle finger groove, an d the mock-up/trial pieces in the article...the top non-labelled, multi-function wheel...the analog-type controls...the large prism housing--and more-importantly, the comment about being able to observe wide-aperture depth of field by looking through the finder; one of the Canon high-end FF models Canon's Chuck Westfall said has an effective viewfinder screen scatter factor that rendered the DOF as visually only f/4.8--no matter how wide the aperture of the lens in use! This might have a KatzEye-equivalent type screen in it, stock.
I have a feeling that this camera might have a from-the-factory viewfinder screen that has a different scatter factor than new-era, autofocusing cameras have--a screen that is ground coarsely, not super-finely, and probably not artificially brightened by the camera's battery when the battery is installed and the camera is switched on and is brightening the screen image. If so, that would make this camera perhaps THE best camera in years as far as manually focusing lenses, AND for being able to literally SEE the degree of in-focus and out of focus with fast lenses; given the huge backlog of K-mount manual focusing lenses, this would make a huge amount of sense.
The other thing is that Ricoh has always been a company that has made cameras that are reallllllllly "good shooters". The Ricoh GR for example, has a very enviable record as a real shooter's camera. One of TPF's best shooters loves the GR.