Compact interchangeable lenses cameras

**JorisVandenBerghe** · March 11th, 2010, 11:53

So far only Olympus (EP-1, EP-2, EP-L1 I think ?) and Panasonic (GF-1 ? Any others ?) have come up with compact cameras with interchangeable lenses. During PMA 2010 Sony unveiled, along with the A7XX and a mainstream concept DSLR, the 24mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss and 500mm f/4 G SSM, it's rumoured compact cameras.

From what I read on Dpreview it seems that at least in the UK they (the Olympus and Panasonic ones, that is) are quite popular.

As you may know such cameras feature the same sensor as an APS-C ('crop') DSLR so the ISO performance and image quality is on par with DSLR's. The lenses are smaller...

Here's a teaser of the upcoming Sony's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkXU_I4Uyk0

I hope there will be some sort of compatibility with the existing range of Alpha DSLR cameras...(they are to be called Alphas as well, I believe NEX 3 and NEX 5 or so).

Comments ? I find it a highly interesting evolution.

***Panther_99FS*** · March 11th, 2010, 15:33

There's also the Ricoh GXR....
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0911/09111001ricohgxr.asp

**JorisVandenBerghe** · March 12th, 2010, 04:08

Correct - but in my opinion it isn't quite the same. There is an interchangeable element, but it's a complete sensor/lens/... package, contrary to the cameras mentioned above.

The Ricoh GXR is a great concept - I ilike it, the designers have probably been thinking 'out of the box'...