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Fuji XF10 the GR killer ?

This is a title that hooks and that will make me multiply by 10 my number of views on this article! Rest assured, loyal readers, it will not rise very high given the confidentiality in which my Blog is … There is no point in the time spent writing all these articles. I use it a lot to keep track of my evolution as a street photographer. For 5 years now, my style has evolved a lot. What hasn’t changed much though, is the camera I use to document the streets here and elsewhere. After getting started with the Fuji XE2 | 18mm f2, I quickly switched to the Ricoh GRD4. Even though in the meantime I have also used the Ricoh GR, I can say that it is mainly the Ricoh GRD4 that I have used for more than 5 years.
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Overcome boredom

I have the impression of reliving what I have already experienced in Aix-en-Provence. Something like déja vu … I started to see boredom coming last month. When you find it hard to motivate yourself to go out and take pictures because your eyes can’t see anything anymore and you feel that the streets are boring to death and you only have one desire, to escape, to go elsewhere because that it is well known: the grass is greener elsewhere. I had already experienced this in Aix-en-Provence when I started Street Photography. I went regularly to Marseille, the big city next door, for a little exoticism and rediscover the pleasure of taking photos.
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Ricoh GR3 : Go back to work Pentax/Ricoh

I was offered a Ricoh GR3 in October of last year. Since then I had hardly used it. It spent more than 2 months in after-sales service because of an overheating problem. Pentax had changed the optical unit without giving more details. What is funny is that I had sent a Ricoh GRD4 some time ago and there too, the optical unit had been changed … Is this the magic repair of Pentax ? The Ricoh GR3 slept peacefully in its box. I was using the Ricoh GR and I didn’t see the point of changing cameras as it did the job very well. I nevertheless wanted to test this Ricoh GR3 to find out how good this camera was. So I shot exclusively with the GR3 for 4 weeks. The problem is that at the end of these 4 weeks, I went on vacation with two cameras: the GR3 and the GRD4. From the first day, I did not hesitate and I took the Ricoh GRD4 to take my photos. It’s not a very good sign when a camera released in 2011 has my preference … It’s true that I love it, but it’s not to say that I’m shooting with a retro camera ! This is simply because this camera is better for what I use it for. I do not do landscape, architecture. I exclusively do Street Photography in addition to documenting the life of my family. Undeniably for these two practices, the Ricoh GRD4 outclasses the Ricoh GR3. Let’s get straight to the heart of the matter and I’ll tell you about the Pros and Cons of the Ricoh GR3. It is not a test like you are used to seeing.

 

 

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Ricoh GRD4 and color

During my first years of blogging, I wrote a lot about the Ricoh GRD4. A little normal, I used this camera for almost three years continuously. Since then I switched to the Ricoh GR which is the camera that I now use on the street. But I have the impression that my blog is still associated with the Ricoh GRD4. Many people end up on my site after having researched on google for infos concerning Ricoh GRD4. These are 2 or 3 year old blogposts. Recently a person called me on YouTube asking me if it was relevant to buy a Ricoh GRD4 today and what about color photography with this camera?
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Ricoh GR : The curse (again …)

This photo is fairly representative of my state of mind at the moment. Between the Ricoh GR and me, it is to take the head between the hands … OK, the reason why my father and my father-in-law have this attitude has nothing to do with Ricoh. They were just protecting their ears because we were shooting firecrackers for the Lunar New Year of the Metal Rat. Imagine that this photo is one of the last ten taken with the Ricoh GR. In the morning, the camera will gently die. For some time I had concerns we will say minor with the GR: several dust spots on the sensor, AF that messes around (I had to reboot the camera for it to work correctly) and also from time to time some files corrupted during taking pictures … I was dealing with these little problems because I had nothing else apart from my Ricoh GRD4. I had explained to you that I no longer used the GRD4 because after spending enough time with the GR, I found the GRD4 too slow in the streets.
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Social Media is killing Street Photography.

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Oui je sais, ce genre d’article a maintes fois été écrit, mais je vais à mon tour donner mon avis là dessus. Récemment j’ai participé à une petite discussion sur un forum concernant la future sortie du Ricoh GR III qui approche à grand pas (fin mars). Une des personnes a dit quelque chose qui m’a fait bondir :

En ce qui concerne ce genre d’appareil, notez tout de même que toutes les images réalisées sont généralement semblables car ce genre d’appareil ne laisse pas beaucoup de marges de manœuvre. J’ai rarement vu un vrai style se dégager entre les photographes qui utilisent ce genre d’outil. C’est souvent la même chose, c’est plutôt anecdotique.

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Read more about the article Ricoh GR : Is it worth it ? (Part 2)

Ricoh GR : Is it worth it ? (Part 2)

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Ça y est, j’ai fait ma première vraie sortie avec le Ricoh GR dans Aix-en-Provence ! Je vous invite à aller lire la Partie 1 de ce Blog que j’ai rédigé il y a quelques semaines. J’ai mes petites habitudes et je n’aime pas vraiment en changer. Je dois vieillir, ça doit être ça … Mon Ricoh GRD IV étant inutilisable, je suis obligé d’utiliser le Ricoh GR que j’avais acheté en novembre dernier. Pour tout vous dire, je l’avais mis en vente mon car je ne comptais pas l’utiliser. Il m’avait quand même coûté 315€ et j’avais dû débourser en plus 120€ pour le nettoyage de capteur ! Je voulais le vendre car je trouvais bête d’avoir un appareil à la maison et de ne pas l’utiliser. Quand je devais sortir, la question ne se posait pas. C’était le Ricoh GRD IV qui finissait dans la poche de ma veste. (more…)

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RIP my Dear Ricoh GRD IV …

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Je ne comptais pas écrire un article aussi vite, mais entrons directement dans le vif du sujet. Mon Ricoh GRD IV est quasi inutilisable. Oui, il s’agit bien de l’appareil que j’ai récemment acheté sur Ebay (novembre 2018) pour remplacer un ancien Ricoh GRD IV lui aussi défaillant … Deux mois d’utilisation c’est court et j’ai un peu les boules car même si je ne l’ai pas payée cher, c’était quand même 350€ ! Que se passe t’il exactement ? Je ne sais pas vraiment. Du jour au lendemain, j’ai commencé à avoir une bande noire en bas de mes photos et je me suis aussi rendu compte que  pas mal de mes photos n’étaient pas nettes pour certaines et carrément floues pour les autres … (more…)

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Read more about the article Fuji XE2 : Still a great camera !

Fuji XE2 : Still a great camera !

 

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J’ai eu le plaisir de retrouver la rue avec l’appareil photo avec lequel tout avait commencé pour moi en 2016. Ça ne fait pas si longtemps que ça, mais ça me semble une éternité. Au final, je n’aurai photographié avec le Fuji XE2 que 6 mois avant de switcher presque complètement pour le Ricoh GRD IV. Néanmoins j’utilisais sporadiquement le Fuji quand je savais que j’allais avoir à faire à des conditions de lumière assez compliquées. Le Fuji XE2 est sorti en 2013. 5 ans dans le monde de la photo c’est énorme ! D’ailleurs nous avons eu entre temps un XE2s ainsi que le nouveau modèle , le XE3. Alors quoi ? Le XE2 obsolète ?

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