Ekko
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At the last music festival I went to, with my camera 7 years old at the time. Finally glitched out - 1/2 way. I could take pictures at night, but not the day. So I had a camera 1/2 the time (it was better than no camera) and most of the action happens an night anyway.
Once I returned home it was time for a new camera - the search was on.
I was ready to move up from my point and shoot to a DSLR. I had pretty good experience from my SLR pentax and I'm an avid pinhole photography. So going the next step to a DSLR wasn't that scary. However, I realized that I would not be allowed to take my camera into most music venues, (because they do not allow cameras with detachable lenses, which is a big part of where I would like to take pictures. I also needed something that would do well in low light without a flash.
I decided to look at flickr photos of night concerts and look at the EXIF and compare photos to pick out a good camera. I stumbled across a Ricoh camera and wondered what kind of cameras they were. Olympus and Nikon were also in the running for a bit. Olympus was also known for taking good video, which was not a high priority, but it would be nice once in a while. After seeing this Ricoh show up in my search I decided to look at reviews of Ricoh cameras. They got great reviews, but still no one really knew heads or tails of them in the USA. I didn't let that stop me. My first great digital camera was a Casio and at the time I had the quickest start up, with no shutter lag (well compared to any other camera at the time it was as if my shutter lag was non-existent.) and everyone of my friends LOVED my camera at get togethers. So I'm not afraid to go with the lesser known brand of the bunch.
I discovered Ricoh GXR - Compact, Versatile, Customizable and Expandable.
I also get the bonus of being able to interchange lenses without it looking like a camera that can do that. So far I can take this one nearly everywhere I go!
I have since started putting a holga fish eye attachment onto the front of my camera and have developed a toy camera style that I really dig. This photo has had no photoshopping except for re-sizing.
Once I returned home it was time for a new camera - the search was on.
I was ready to move up from my point and shoot to a DSLR. I had pretty good experience from my SLR pentax and I'm an avid pinhole photography. So going the next step to a DSLR wasn't that scary. However, I realized that I would not be allowed to take my camera into most music venues, (because they do not allow cameras with detachable lenses, which is a big part of where I would like to take pictures. I also needed something that would do well in low light without a flash.
I decided to look at flickr photos of night concerts and look at the EXIF and compare photos to pick out a good camera. I stumbled across a Ricoh camera and wondered what kind of cameras they were. Olympus and Nikon were also in the running for a bit. Olympus was also known for taking good video, which was not a high priority, but it would be nice once in a while. After seeing this Ricoh show up in my search I decided to look at reviews of Ricoh cameras. They got great reviews, but still no one really knew heads or tails of them in the USA. I didn't let that stop me. My first great digital camera was a Casio and at the time I had the quickest start up, with no shutter lag (well compared to any other camera at the time it was as if my shutter lag was non-existent.) and everyone of my friends LOVED my camera at get togethers. So I'm not afraid to go with the lesser known brand of the bunch.
I discovered Ricoh GXR - Compact, Versatile, Customizable and Expandable.
I also get the bonus of being able to interchange lenses without it looking like a camera that can do that. So far I can take this one nearly everywhere I go!
I have since started putting a holga fish eye attachment onto the front of my camera and have developed a toy camera style that I really dig. This photo has had no photoshopping except for re-sizing.
