For the first 2 years, I had no idea about post-processing and about the benefit of shooting RAW. I used it for panoramas, and experimented with HDR as well.Īll in all the GR Digital served well for many years of heavy use and tackled all the situations I threw it into.įirst of all, this camera shoots DNG. I took it out at night for long exposures or for flash photography. It survived -25 degrees Celsius at the Niagara Falls where mist from the falls got instantly frozen on any surface. I took it hiking, skiing, parties, concerts and all kinds of business and personal trips. The Ricoh GR Digital is also made of magnesium alloy and so it felt premium in my hand.Īs a result of the small size and practical use, I took this camera literally everywhere with me, and used it for every possible photography scenario I could come up with. I became a huge fan of the button layout and customisation options the camera had to offer.
The camera was truly pocketable with a brilliant control layout – I found I could operate it with a single hand… and I don’t just mean that it is possible to take pictures with one hand, but in fact, all important settings are reachable single-handedly. Over time, I grew with this camera and started to like it for many many reasons. I had to learn to compose with the 28mm equivalent lens, accept the limitations of the camera, and use it to my advantage. All I really wanted is shallow depth of field, but I ended up with a wide angle lens paired with a tiny sensor which was anything but a bokeh machine. In retrospect, they were right, but initially, I was quite disappointed. When I got this little camera new, in a so-called “Creative Set” with the wide angle adapter and add on viewfinder, it felt like a compromise from the start – I didn’t really want yet another compact camera with a wide-angle lens, I was much more interested in an entry level DSLR such as the Nikon D50 with a nifty-fifty.īut a friend of the family – and more importantly also my father – managed to convince me that the Ricoh GR Digital was a truly extraordinary miracle and it would be a wiser choice for me to step up to it.
Following on from Hamish’s thoughts shooting his recently discovered Ricoh GR Digital, I asked him if I could share my story of shooting one from new in 2007.
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