Richmond – Ricoh GR-Diary

Farringdon and Richmond

October 10, 2014May 26, 2019Posted in NewsTagged blackandwhite, City of London, Epson R-D1, London, People, Richmond, Ricoh GR lens, Ricoh GRD, street photographyLeave a comment

I had to go to an interview in the City so instead of lugging around a heavy camera with me the GRD I was perfect for this task, as would have been the GR.

The GRD I is always best when used for b&w street photography and the small size means you can put it in a suit jacket pocket without anyone noticing it.

It is always nice to shoot around the City and Farringdon and I liked using the GRD I again. Still, when I set out to meet Tom in Richmond in the evening, I took the Epson RD1 with the GR lens along.

The RD1 requires a completely different workflow especially at night when it’s almost impossible to see the rangefinder patch. Its still great fun to shoot with it and the images have their own character.

It was a fun day shooting with two old cameras but two cameras that haven’t really been replicated in the same way and will always remain unique and special cameras.

Sunny Day in Richmond

October 4, 2014May 26, 2019Posted in NewsTagged candid portrait, Jupiter-9, London, People, portrait, Richmond, Ricoh GR, Sony a7s, street photographyLeave a comment

After getting back to London yesterday, I went to Richmond to meet Tom and we’ve been out taking some photos in the afternoon once the sun came out.

I started off by using my GR to take photos but used Tom’s Sony a7s with my Jupiter-9 85mm f2.0 lens when we stopped for a pint
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The Jupiter is a great lens and works very well on the a7s, it is very sharp even wide open and has a nice bokeh.

Focusing on the a7s is certainly more of a pain than using the GXR because you have to magnify the screen in order to get accurate focus with Sony’s peaking but zooming in takes two button presses which is annoying. The fact that you can’t change the minimum shutter speed from 1/60 is another thing that Sony needs to fix. As good as the a7s is, small things like these show that Sony is not giving their cameras to realm photographers for feedback before they release them and don’t listen enough to feedback afterwards.

Still, it is a great camera and it was fun shooting with the Jupiter-9 lens, a great combination if you need a inexpensive portrait lens for the Sony a7 cameras.