Musings on photography both analog and digital
It has been some time since my last article, and it behooves me to say a word or two about a recent camera release which hits close to home: namely, the most recent iteration of the Ricoh GR series. And, yes, there has been a further announcement, one which a clamorous niche of the photography… Continue reading Ricoh GR IV (Thoughts Too Brief for a Review)
Before I even begin this one, here's the disclaimer: I mostly write about cameras which I like. That's not ultra-difficult, because I like most cameras that I've owned and used. I don't focus on the negative things most of the time, especially when I've spent my hard-earned greenbacks on a piece of gear. However, I… Continue reading Ricoh GRIIIx Review – DARK MODE
In the months since writing my last post, my gear list has remained mostly the same. The Voiglander Bessa-T and Color-Skopar 35mm f2.5 have left, providing some of the funding for the Pentax K-1 Mark II. It has been a busy time outside of my photography hobby, and it culminated in a move to a… Continue reading A New Horizon, A Familiar Skyline
In a previous post, I theorized about the Ricoh GR IIIx before it officially made it to online retail sites. Given I have a longstanding affinity for the 40mm field of view, I was very excited by the announcement, and got my hands on one as soon as I could. Now that I've had it… Continue reading Ricoh GR IIIx Review: The Lens
Ricoh recently announced the GR IIIx, a standard-focal-length version of the GR III. By standard, I mean the truer standard, 40mm, not the long-standard which was so prevalent during the early rangefinder and film SLR age. Whereas 50mm has just a bit of telephoto effect, 40mm is closer to life, with a tad more peripheral… Continue reading Thoughts on the New Ricoh GR IIIx
Ricoh likes to call GR users “GRists.” If you stumbled over that odd-looking word at first, you’re not alone. It’s part of Ricoh’s overarching marketing strategy for the GR series, and, while it may be a bit awkward in English, it does convey a sort of special quality about GR mainliners. The suffix “-ist” denotes… Continue reading Ricoh GR III Two-Year Review, Part Two: Camera Ethos
I got my hands on a GR III as soon as they were available in the US, which was March of 2019. Since then it has become a constant companion through thick and thin, economic boom and pandemic turmoil alike. Though I use other cameras, the GR III is small enough to ride along with… Continue reading Ricoh GR III Two-Year Review, Part One: The Hardware
The snapshot has a longstanding connotation of inferiority. Even if you enjoy making them, you probably acknowledge this apparent consensus, and perhaps even feel guilty about owning up to taking snapshots. This would be a mistake, for to assume that a snapshot must be a bad photograph is to miss what a snapshot is: not… Continue reading Are Snapshots Inferior Photos?
January is a pretty rainy month in the Pacific Northwest, so I have not had many chances to bring the Voigtlander rangefinder from the early 2000's outside to shoot. Currently I have only shot two rolls of film, one a roll of expired Fuji color film which is currently out for development, and the other… Continue reading Voigtlander Bessa T Between Storms
Recently I have been shooting black and white film and developing it myself (see earlier post), and have mainly been using a cheap and cheerful fixed lens rangefinder from the '70s, the Ricoh 500G, which I obtained from a fellow member of a good photography forum for next to nothing. It's a fun camera with… Continue reading Voigtlander Bessa T Heliar 101 Edition Unboxing Photos
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