Ricoh GXR Mount A12 vs Sony RX1R II

Below is a in-depth review of the Ricoh GXR Mount A12 and Sony RX1R II, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Large Sensor Compact by companies Ricoh and Sony. There is a considerable difference between the sensor resolutions of the GXR Mount A12 (12MP) and RX1R II (42MP) and the GXR Mount A12 (APS-C) and RX1R II (Full frame) offer totally different sensor size.

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The GXR Mount A12 was released 5 years prior to the RX1R II and that is quite a large difference as far as tech is concerned. Each of these cameras have different body design with the Ricoh GXR Mount A12 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony RX1R II being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before going straight to a thorough comparison, here is a short summary of how the GXR Mount A12 matches up against the RX1R II when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Ricoh GXR Mount A12 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1R II. The complete galleries are viewable at Ricoh GXR Mount A12 Gallery & Sony RX1R II Gallery.

For those who are intending to lug around your camera often, you'll need to take into account its weight and size. The Ricoh GXR Mount A12 enjoys external measurements of 120mm x 70mm x 45mm (4.7" x 2.8" x 1.8") having a weight of 370 grams (0.82 lbs) and the Sony RX1R II has specifications of 113mm x 65mm x 72mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 2.8") with a weight of 507 grams (1.12 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are working with at the time. The following is a front view over all size comparison of the GXR Mount A12 versus the RX1R II.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the GXR Mount A12 and RX1R II is 84 and 78 respectively.

Often, it's difficult to see the contrast between sensor measurements simply by checking specifications. The visual here will help provide you a better sense of the sensor measurements in the GXR Mount A12 and RX1R II.

Plainly, the 2 cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The GXR Mount A12 because of its tinier sensor will make achieving shallower DOF more challenging and the Sony RX1R II will resolve extra detail as a result of its extra 30MP. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop photos a bit more aggressively. The older GXR Mount A12 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor tech.