I have always wanted to have a Ricoh GR Digital,
but Ricoh is not a well known camera in my country (and perhaps 90% of the countries in the world?),
thus it is not easy for me to get any information about it.
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On the recent trip to Singapore, I only brought along with me the Sony RX100,
which I always hated the camera body, felt so unlikely a pro camera in the hand.
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I grabbed a Ricoh GR Digital not long after I arrived in Singapore.
This camera surely has a soul when you hold and take a picture.
The battery could last me a whole day of shooting around Singapore, but still I bought a spare battery just in case.
The colour is really great, much better than the Sony RX100.
The overall image quality is far beneath the Sony RX100, but somehow I still prefer the Ricoh GR Digital.
Sometimes, it is not always about image quality, the feeling when we hold the camera and when we shoot matters too.
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Here are some of my very first shots using the Ricoh GR Digital II.
The 4th picture was shot with the 21mm wide angle adapter.
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Me trying out the Ricoh (trying out the T-Shirt actually)
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Portrait of the mannequin
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Colourful building
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St. Joseph Cathedral Singapore
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Calling
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Asleep
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Donation for orphanage
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Dare devils
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Green tea
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More pictures to come, as I am very eager to shoot again with this tiny camera.
Now I take the Ricoh GR Digital with me in my jeans pocket everywhere I go.
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Thank you.
Prem Promono Photography 