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ricohnick

ricohnick

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as a gear junky I am always interested in others cameras. i would love to know what gear got you into photography.
My cameras were in order:
Olympus OM10 with 50mm lens.
Olympus Om2n with 28, 50, 135, 75-200mm lens.
Leica IIIf red dial with 50mm lens.
Mamiya c220 medum format with 65, and 80mm lens.
Nikon Coolpix 990 (I think) Digital camera.
Olympus E-1 with 14-28, and 28-200 lens.
Olympus c7070
Ricoh GX200!
Shen Hao 5x4. no lens for this yet!

my fave? if I only could keep one it would be the ricoh. but they all hold wonderful memory's. I started photography because I read a photography book to find out what the numbers on the lens barrel meant!
 
Mine are and were:
GXR A12, S10 + DW6 + TC1.
GRD
GRD3
GX 200
Contax R4U(P&S)
long long time ago.
Contax RST, Nikon F3, Fm, FM2, Rollie 35. :D
 
Praktica super TL
Sanderson half plate
Praktica LLC
Yashicamat
Rolleiflex T
Praktica PLC3
Praktica BC1
Praktica BX20
Ricoh R1
Coolpix 8400
Ricoh GRD
Ricoh GX200
Ricoh CX1
RicohGRD3

Others I don't remember at present.
 
I started with Olympus C700 10x zoom. Boy, that was expensive at that time (May 2002).

Next was Canon Ixus 400 (beautiful metal compact with large 1/1.8" sensor and just 4MP!). This one I owned longest time. (May 2003 - Spring 2007)

For a short period of time I owned also Olympus C5060, but I quickly sold it. (around a month in 2003)

Then I bought Ricoh GX8, my first Ricoh ever. Of course, I wanted GRDI, but I just could not justify its premium price. Not for compact with small sensor and no zoom. I was foolish ;) I loved the GX8 feature set and excellent lens. But I was somewhat concerned about too much noise. As I said, I was completely foolish at that time. (June 2006 - Spring 2007)

Then Olympus came with their "mini" DSLR E400 and I was immediately sold for it. I sold GX8 and Ixus as I thought I will no longer need them and bought E400. It was great camera. I especially loved it with old school Zuiko OM 50mm 1.4 and 135/2.8. Both required manual focus skills and because E400 viewfinder was rather small, I adapted E400 with custom split screen and enlargement eyepiece. But after some time I found how I miss something more compact. I was tired of carrying E400 with lens or two everywhere with me. Not to mention it appeared stupid in some cases. Also the mirror slap was really distracting for me (January 2007 - August 2009 but not used since Spring 2008).

Sometime around Spring-Autumn 2007, I was again catched by the idea of GRDI. I read almost everything about it and despite negative reactions of some reviewers, I loved it. I also thought it would be nice to have a proper Ricoh related discussion forum. Yes, there was highly popular DPReview forum. But I found it hard to use (no attachments, nightmare to follow longer discussions, hard to find something, etc). So I started this forum ;) When Ricoh announced GRDII (September 2007), I asked them if they would be willing to send me GRDII and GRDI for a comparison. To my great surprise, they were willing and now I have nearly every Ricoh camera produced since 2007 in my possession. I of course cannot say I own them, because I still consider them a Ricoh property, kindly loaned for the purpose of this forum. I wish I could spent more time with this forum. Ideal would be a full time job, because there is so much things that could be done! Who knows, maybe one day? ;)
 
Interesting thread idea. I am almost embarrassed :oops: to list the stuff I have owned.

A list of what I can recall, film cameras I've had..
1. Olympus OM20, OM2n, OM1n many various Zuiko lenses including but not all, 16mm FE, 21mm f3.5 (about 3 of these came and went), 21mm f2, 28mm f2, 35mm shift, 50mm's (many), 85mm, 100mm, 135mm, 200mm
2. Nikon 801, F90, a few Nikon zooms and flashguns SB24 Nikon compacts
3. Canon EOS 50, EOS 1 a few lenses
4. Leica MP (2003 model) summicron 50mm - just didn't work for me - sorry HCB
5. Leica CM - the Contax T3 is better IMO
6. Mamiya 645J
7. Contax T2
Various other compacts and something I am sure I've forgotten.

Digitals that I had and have now gone :roll:
Compact Pentax - can't recall the model, it was such a battery muncher it rarely lasted more than 30 frames. :evil:
Olympus C5050 - sold
Nikon D80 with 18-135 - sold - too big and cumbersome

All of them are sold, sold sold, gone! :cry:
 
A few...

At the moment...
Ricoh GXR and A12 50mm (P10 on order and A12 28mm when available) - #1 fav
Ricoh GRD3 - #2 fav
Olympus E-P2 with Panasonic 20/1.7 and Zeiss C Sonnar 50/1.5 (with adapter)
Olympus E30 with 12-60mm and 50/2 macro - rarely used these days
Sigma DP2 - rarely used, but still enjoy - might sell
iPhone : )

I would like to simplify, but each is unique and does something for me.

Currently selling a Mamiya 7ii with 80/4
 
Also a very few (I still keep them!!!)
- An 60´Voitglander film camera (my father´s)
- Polaroid
- Nikkormat SRL (plus 3 blue coated Nikkor lenses, beatiful all of them)
- Lumix DMC-Fx9 (now my 8 years old camera)
- GRD 2
- CX1
- Nokia phone!!!
- Lumix/Olympus Micro 4/3 maybe???
 
I´ll make 2 lists: #1 the currently ones and #2 the former cameras
#1 regarding the date of purchase
Sigma DP1s
Sony DSC-P200 (used, for my 10y. son)
Ricoh GX200
Fuji F100fd

Nikon Coolpix 2000 (still there but not in use)

#2
Sigma DP1 (sold as defect to China)
Fuji F45fd
Ricoh R5 (replace by Ricoh for R4 after 3rd unsuccessfull repair, sold)
Ricoh R4 (defect and replaced with refurbished R5)
Konica Minolta A2 (sold to Italy)

analog:
Nikon F801 with 28-85 +75-300+ SB24 ( sold to Italy)
Canon AT-1 (donated to "Ebay Users for victims of Tsunami" action)
 
thelps said:
Interesting thread idea. I am almost embarrassed :oops: to list the stuff I have owned.

I am embarrassed! and since discovering the Ricoh line I hope I'll be a bit more prudent going into the future.

Well this was eye opening to me! Over sixty some years and those purchases can add up. These cameras were used by me for months or years:


it all started in the late 1950's

Kodak Brownie
Polaroid One Step
Miranda Sensorex
Polaroid SX-70
Canon T50
Minox EC
Olympus C730
Olympus C770
Olympus C2100
Olympus E500
Olympus SP550
Panasonic FZ20
Panasonic FZ30
Panasonic FZ50
Panasonic FX500
Canon 30D
Canon 40D
Canon 50D
Canon G10
Canon G11
K-Minolta 5D
K-Minolta7D
Minolta XT
Minolta XG
Nikon D300
Nikon D300s
Fuji F10
Fuji F31fd
Fuji F100fd
Fuji F70
Fuji S100fs
Ricoh CX-1
Ricoh CX-3



I don’t collect cameras but I still own the The Polaroid SX-70, Minox EC, Canon T50, Oly c770 and a few of the more recent crop.
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Nice topic for gearheads (me included). I'll do digital only.

Former:
- Ricoh DC-3/RDC-300 (actually the Philips rebranded one); 640x480 resolution, 25 pics on internal memory only, no zoom, and 4xAA batteries (were empty way before the 25 shots) 1998-1999
- Kyocera S3: 3Mpix (2002)
- HP 812: 4Mpix, nice saturated colours; 1/1.8" sensor! (2003)
- HP R507: 4Mpix, more compact; weak colors (2004)
- Canon PowerShot S2: 5Mpix, 12x zoom; Ok this is where things went wrong and I was infected by the photo virus (2005)

Current ones:
- Canon EOS 350D (dec 2005 - backup body today)
- Ricoh R5 compact (oct 2006 - now not much use anymore)
- Ricoh GX100 Serious compact (jun 2008 - now)
- Panasonic FT-1: Water & shockproof not much used (2009 - now)
- Canon EOS 500D (dec 2009 - now)
 
gosh a lot of olympus users! on my wish list would be....

GXR with 50mm and the up coming 28mm.
any leica!
GRIII
roll film holder for the 5x4
canon EOS 5DII

one can only dream....
 
Hi all,
This is my (and my wife's) long list! I am not sure, whether it is really complete...
Best regards, Gerd

Analog:

Dacora Digna (6*6, around 1960 or somewhat earlier)
Agfa Isoly III (4*4) (the first one that I bought myself; in school)
Braun Paxette Reflex (SLR, 50mm, Lens not exchangeable; from my father; in school)
Ricoh TLS 401 (SLR, from my father; student)
Fuji ST 901 (SLR, since 1976)
Practica II? (SLR, type not quite clear; since about 1977; used for b&w only)
Canon A1 (SLR, since about 1978)
Rico AutoHalf (since about 1977/78)

My wife:
Fuji ST 301 or similar (after 1975)
Balda CS 35/CA 35/CE 35 (type unclear…)

Digital:

Kodak DC50 (1996, owned by SAP, but often used by me privately)
Kodak DC120 (1998, my first own digicam)
Nikon Coolpix 900 (1999, bought it well knowing that the 950 would come soon...)
Nikon Coolpix 950 (1999)
Nikon Coolpix 990 (2000)
Minolta Dimage 7 (2001)
Minolta Dimage 7i (2002)
Minolta Dimage A1 (2003)
Konica Minolta Dimage A200 (2004)
Konica Minolta Dimage 5D (DSLR, 2005)
Sony Alpha 100 (DSLR, 2006)
Sony Alpha 700 (DSLR, 2007)
Ricoh GX100 with VF-1 and converters (2007, in parallel to Sony A100/700)
Ricoh GX200 with VF-1 and converters (2008)
Ricoh GXR (with A12 and S10 modules, end of 2009)

My wife:
Canon IXUS 400 (2003)
Canon IXUS 500 (2004)
Canon IXUS 50 (2005)
Canon IXUS 55 (2005)
Ricoh Caplio R5 (2006)
Ricoh Caplio R6 (2007)
Ricoh R8 (2008)
Ricoh R10 (2008)
Ricoh CX1 (2009)

Still in our possession: GXR, CX1 and Ricoh AutoHalf. I sold some of the old analog ones last year. Digitals are sold "immediately"...
 
Yikes! You folks make me wish that I had bought shares of stock in battery manufacturers ... :p
I felt indulgent having acquired 6 digital cameras in the last four years time ... no more!

Pavel, I had assumed that since you organized the DMC-FZ50 "user-controllable Noise Reduction defeat capability" petition to Panasonic that you had owned/used a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30, and perhaps a DMC-FZ50 ... I guess not?

My list is short, boring, nearly all Panasonic Lumix (and you may have seen it before recounted in my posts).
I still own and use the models listed in bold text:

DMC-LZ5 [6 Mpixel, 1/2.5" image-sensor, P&S, good auto-focus, good image-details, uses two "AA" batteries]
Olympus 740UZ [a 3.2 Mpixel genuine piece of crap; soon re-sold]
DMC-FZ30 [8 Mpixel, 1/1.7" image sensor; foolishly given away before I realized how bad the DMC-FZ50 Venus III JPG Engine was; good for JPG up to ISO=100]
DMC-FZ50 [10 Mpixel, 1/1.7" image-sensor, great ergonomics, great lens-system, manual zoom and focus ring, tiny 2" LCD, good for RAW up to ISO=200]
DMC-TZ4 [8 Mpixel, 1/2.5" image-sensor, P&S, lousy auto-focus, nice color (too much saturation), over-aggressive NR, over aggressive Sharpening; re-sold]
DMC-LX3 [10 Mpixel, 1/1.63" image-sensor, better for "raw" than JPG. (When processed using DxO Optics Pro 6.x) almost like having a pocket-sized DMC-FZ50!]

Total number of "snaps" equals approximately 48,000 (1000/month over the last four years time).
Total number of resultant post-processed "gems" about 660.
Total number of post-processed "near-gems" about 300.
Success rate = approximately 1 for every 50 tries.
Output rate = approximately 1 per business-day.
Total costs of all photo-gear = approximately $2000 USD.
Hours spent photgraphing and obsessively post-processing = quite a few.
Hours spent "jawing" on photography blogs/forums in 2010 = probably too many ... :p
 
Mmmm, well I'll start at the begining many years ago aged 17

Ricoh KR-5 SLR 50mm new
Zenit XP12 SLR 50mm new still have after all these years plus 70-200 zoom, 2X converter & 28mm lens
Hanamax 35mm P/S something new
Kodak Easyshare something point & hope new
Kodak Easyshare C433 new Still have & everything below
Ricoh G600 new
Ricoh GX200 new
Ricoh GRD II new Run out stock
Evil-bay addiction sets in
Ricoh GX100 sh Ebay with 670 shots on it. Used as my shoot every day camera
Ricoh GRD sh Ebay with 880 shots on it & came with adaptor & a wide angle lens
FED2 Type B-4 50mm 35mm RF sh Well used but sounds great, as used one are the ones that work
Ricoh XR-2000 SLR 35/70mm macro lens sh
Ricoh KR-5 SLR 50mm sh A replacement for great times from the past youth.
FED2 Type B-1 50mm 35mm RF sh funky collapsable lens
FED2 Type B-4 50mm 35mm RF sh
Ricoh R8 sh Ebay with 464 shots on it. My new pocketable shooter :lol:

Not to mention all the nic naks you pick up along the way.

I'm sliding into collector, so I'd better do a time lapse today. And reel off a couple of hundred shots. :lol:
Mmmmmm, Less click click Evilbay & more click click camera..
 
Dagnabbit,

I forgot I also had a Leica R4s with Leica R series 35mm and 90mm f2.8 or 2.5? lenses.
I'm sure there is other stuff I have forgotten
 
Like wymjym, I am too embarrassed to post them all. I buy and sell a lot, and keep only my favorites. I guess in my heart of hearts I hoped that if I found a perfect camera, I would suddenly become a perfect photographer. With age, I now realize that is not going to happen :^) So here's my selective, not all-inclusive list:

Currently, I have a Ricoh CX1 (love the auto white balance,) a Canon PowerShot A540 (still fantastic after all these years, runs on two AAs,) a Fujifilm Z3 (another digital point and shoot classic, great for face shots,) a Canon PowerShot A650 I purchased over the internet on Craigslist (not sure if I like it yet, very heavy and plastic-y) and a Canon T2i DSLR. Wasn't too sure I liked the T2i DSLR much due to dynamic range issues, but since discovering more features like Picture Style, I am still fiddling with it.

My first digital camera many years ago was an Olympus D-500L, less than one megapixel, but it took terrific photos due to its outstanding color. As a matter of fact, I still have it. Have tried various Olympus cameras since then, including the recent E-620 DSLR, but have been disappointed with them. Almost kept the E-620 because it had by far the best ergonomics of any DSLR I've tried, but the pictures just came out too dark, and there are very few lenses available for it. It was nice having all the control buttons light up in the dark, though, and it was very lightweight and easy to operate.

When I was a younger, I had a Polaroid instant film camera and a Yashica T4. The Yashica was fun because it had a waist level viewfinder on a 35mm point-and-shoot body. Great for teenagers taking overhead photos at concerts!
 
Double Dagnabbit,

I also just remembered that the first camera I owned was given to me by my parents, a 1970's Kodak Instamatic 33. Same as this one -- http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Kodak_I ... 133_Camera

I don't have the camera anymore but I do have a box of 20 slides taken in about 1972 from a trip to the Australian snow fields in Bright, Victoria - yes we do have snow in Australia.
 
... I forgot the Brownie box-camera that (in 1965) I brought along to Europe and the Mediterranean. I took 4 rolls of 24 B&W, and every single one of the (near 100) shots came out great!

Nowadays (as I have confided), my yield is 1 out of 100 shots. There is something to be said for simpler hardware, and simpler expectations, as well ... (perhaps) "you can't go home again" ... :p
 
Ahhh DM, box brownie. I was gifted a couple that belonged to my Grandparents. Unfortunatly both were missing lenses and the coverings were begining to peel. I think the images that came from them were more likely to survive than the cameras themselves. I will dig up one and post something here!
 
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