new camera

this has taken ages and it's a long story... a story i can't really be bothered telling.

remember i told you i was buying a new camera... it was months ago.

well a week ago the final part of the camera turned up...

it's quite a special camera. it's in four parts... well, five really because these

four bits don't include a lens.

wait a minute, the big box with 287 on it was the roberu x 6shiki camera strap

( which didn't even fit the camera ! )

anyway, box 1

it's a camera body. a ricoh gxr

well, it's kind of a camera body

it's a tiny thing too

here's another view of it

it's a camera body but without a lens, sensor or viewfinder ( or strap ! )

it doesn't look promising does it ?

still...

it's supposed to be pretty good when you put it all together

we'll see how that goes ( © bad twin )

box 2

contained an evf

box 3

arrived last week. it's not available in the uk yet. i got mine from tokyo.

it's the final piece in the puzzle

it's an adaptor with built in sensor.

the gxr uses a camera body and has a variety of modules which slide in.

each has a different lens and each lens comes with a different sensor.

the thing i have here is the slide-in lens / sensor unit

but without a lens.

it's the lens unit but with an adaptor on it to take leica m-series lenses

( of which i have 4, but only one leica body )

so here's the camera with all the pieces put together

apart from a strap which doesn't fit... grrr !

and here's the camera ready to use, with a 35mm f.2 lens

now all i need is a strap that fits and something to photograph,

then i'll be back with a full report.