LPMG Street Photography Meetup

You might wonder why I post yet another street photography series in such a short time but it just happened to be a LPMG street photography meetup today.
Another reason is that Ricoh cameras are best for street and macro photography, especially the A12 28mm module is very good for street photography although I have also used the 50mm A12 module for a few pictures.

Watching the Sun Go Down

iPhone 4, f2.4, Hipstamatic app

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

GF1, f0.95, 1/80, ISO 640, RAW, 50mm (Voigtländer Nokton f0.95 25mm)

Walking in Zurich

GXR P10, f4.6, 1/310, ISO 100, RAW, 85mm

No, I don't expect anyone to guess that this picture was taken in Zurich. The title refers more to me walking in Zurich and taking a few pictures out of which I like this one best. I only had a few hours there and the weather has been dull an grey with some light rain so not the best opportunities for photography.

Bandstand

GXR A12 28mm, f8.0, 1/1870, ISO 200, RAW

London Street Photography with the GXR

I did not post that many street photography pictures with the 28mm A12 GXR module. So, since I went after work to see the London Street Photography exhibition at the Museum of London,I thought today is a good time to post a small series.
It was also a good day for photography and I got a lot of pictures I like out of it.

While I am still working on my A12 28mm review, this is to show that it is indeed very usable for street photography.

Just Blossoms

GXR A12 28mm, f2.8, 1/48, ISO 400, RAW

MG

GXR A12 28mm, f5.0, 1/97, ISO 200, RAW

X

GXR A12 28mm, f2.5, 1/143, ISO 1600, RAW 1:1

Signs

GXR A12 28mm, f5.0, 1/270, ISO 400, RAW

Showing the Way

GXR A12 28mm, f5.0, 1/1620, ISO 200, RAW

Dark Shadows Around

GXR A12 28mm, f2.8, 1/1230, ISO 200, RAW 4:3

Watching the Sunset Together

GXR A12 28mm, f4.0, 1/270, ISO 200, RAW

Thanks for everyone who voted in the poll, it looks like the A12 28mm module made it with a huge margin, as I kind of expected. I will start working on the review and will post it as soon as it's done.

Focus on Imaging 2011

LC1, f2.4, 1/160, ISO 200, RAW, 90mm

The latest Focus in Birmingham did not present much new and was pretty boring compared with previous years.
Maybe it was manufacturers not releasing any new products during the show or maybe it was lack of interest from my part in anything but the Fuji X100.

Since Photokina in September last year I could not wait to see a working X100 and I am sure I was not alone. This was the main reason to go all the way to Birmingham for me this time around. Unlike a few years ago when I was excited about the Sigma DP1, the Fuji X100 did not disappoint.

Ever since Fuji stole the spotlight at Photokina with the X100 people have been constantly talking about it and have been analyzing and scrutinizing every piece of information released. In recent weeks there have been more and more sample images released so the excitement was very high. The expectations of some people were so high that no camera can realistically fulfill them so some people are bound to be slightly disappointed.

So let me say that while I think the Fuji X100 is one of the best looking cameras and I will end up buying one just for that point alone even though it has a few problems. Some can be fixed in firmware and some will need to be changed in the X200 but overall it's great to see that Fuji has let the right people design a camera and has made one of the best enthusiast cameras you can currently find. Let's hope this inspires more manufacturers (Panasonic I look at you here) to pay more attention to design and controls on cameras, so far it seems only Ricoh, Leica and now Fuji have figured it out, I could also include Epson with the RD1 here but this was a one off like the Panasonic LC1.

Feed the Dog

GF1, f0.95, 1/50, ISO 400, JPG b&w, 50mm (Voigtländer Nokton f0.95 25mm)

Paths

GF1, f0.95, 1/4000, ISO 100, JPG b&w, 50mm (Voigtländer Nokton f0.95 25mm)

Took this while out for a walk in Greenwich park and really like the result. This is a picture that I could only get with the Nokton due to it's character when shooting at f0.95.

Skull

GXR P10, f7.7, 1/45, ISO 200, RAW, 300mm

Opposite

GF1, f1.8, 1/2000, ISO 100, JPG b&w (Canon f1.8 50mm FD)

After the last weeks of miserable weather we did get some nice sunshine today, so I took a few pictures during lunch. This is my favorite and it works best if you view it bigger.

Ricoh GXR Review - GXR System, Body & Controls

How do you review a system camera that is not one camera but many or no camera at all? And more important how do you explain the system to other people if even the manufacturer did not do a very good job at explaining it?

These and other reasons (main other one being time) were what kept me from writing my Ricoh GXR review sooner.

Since this is more than a simple camera review I decided to approach it slightly different but without making it any less extensive than my other reviews.
So to start off I tought the best would be to look at what the GXR system is and try to explain it first before moving on to the body and modules.
There will be no comparisons done for the GXR review, instead each unit will stand on it's own. Don't worry though, I will post comparisons between the GXR modules and and other cameras but these will be done separate.

So without further ado let's go to the first part and look at what the GXR system is and at the build and controls.

Back Tomorrow

Hi to all and thanks for your patience!

Thanks for everyone who has participated in my polls.

These are the results of what you like to see more of:

Photos - 73%
Reviews - 57%
Comparisons - 42%
Articles - 34%
News - 7%

In light of these results and to make up for the long absence I will start it off my daily posts in style with a long, long overdue review tomorrow. For today, I have decided to just post a selection of 5 pictures I like best from the past weeks.
In addition you will get more pictures, more reviews and more comparisons in the coming weeks and months.

I hope you like the new layout changes, any comments or suggestions please let me know.