The Versatile GR

[MarkM]

Just back from a few weeks traveling with a Ricoh GR, Olympus E-M5 and Leica M7 (film). Of the three cameras, the Ricoh was by far the most used - covering landscapes, street photography and macro.

Some examples:











The fixed wide-angle view is sometimes limiting for the occasional time when I wanted telephoto compression, but the GR is small enough that you can keep it in the hand continuously and only bring out a larger camera when needed.

As an aside, I have been shooting a lot of 35mm film recently, and it is quite astonishing just how good image quality is from any modern digital camera is compared to the best 35mm films.

I really hope that Ricoh continue to update and manufacture such wonderful small cameras.

 

[an8x]

It's interesting and encouraging that you preferred to use the Ricoh during your trip alongside those other excellent cameras!

What's the story that goes along with the first picture? The woman looks very surprised!

 

[thelps]

My GR gets a lot of use when traveling.
There is something about it that it either goes in pocket or on belt as wandering about, so its with you.

I very much appreciate the last two of your images.
I can almost touch the feel the paving stones, a very tactile feel to the image and a good use of the wide angle.
The second to last is surprisingly the opposite with a telephoto feel to it.