Full Circle

 I ended the year as I began. a purist.

Ye old colour version

 

 

 The black and white version 1

Bits n Bobs

In this little post we have a pics from a vintage shop, a walk home and some atmospheric conditions. all shot on the Ricoh Gr iiix

I was going to convert the raw files on the laptop, but the battery had died, so unusually I moved the files on to the phone and converted the raw files in snapspeed and then moved them to the cloud and finally here.

Only a few in this post, but here we go.

The fire exit sign tells us we are inside. Complete with growing foliage. Not your average fire door.

 

I try to take a cam with me whereever I go. On the way back from hunter gathering (shopping) I was presented with this scene.

Very misty and foggy today, but no less, out n about. De saturated in snapspeed for the black n white look. A minor tweak here and there. For the hell of it, this was also shot with the Nisi Graduated ND filter for Ricoh GR iiix

 

 

Shot at the same time the tree. Very atmospheric low contrast, slightly more processed tan normal. Dropped the saturation in snapspeed. A tweak here and there. Quite like that.

Kitchen Life

 We have moved from the street, which I seem to be spending less and less time on, to the kitchen.

Impromptu, studio set up. 2 Place matts, a pair of Dr Marten cherry red - Ox blood shoes, a cheap ring light mounted on a Bendow tripod and the GR iiix used in both normal and macro.

 No OCD here.

 

Farm shop

 Still very much the new toy, so out with the Ricoh GR iiix today. Still less than a week old to me, but really getting the 40mm.

Just like all the other GR series. So pocketable, no excuse not to have a cam with you, even just going to the shops.

Ricoh GR iiix

 Ever since I heard about the Ricoh GR iiix, I knew I would end up having one. Having had all the other digital versions, it was only a matter of time. 

Well I now have one. This is only the second day of ownership and wow, I like it,  I like it a lot. 

The decision to go with 40mm. Inspired. In this format it really does seem to match what the eye see's.

Despite everything else being the same, the new lens has somehow raised the bar.

I do not say this lightly, but the images coming out of this little camera are very Leica Q2 like. One of those things where the sum is greater than the parts. Maybe it's just me, and new purchase bias. But there is more going on here than just a GR iii and a different lens.

Traveling at Warp speed.

The Wall

Whilst paying for shopping, the light coming through just caught the pepper.

Lit by table lamp

A detail

Up close

Arch

Colour

Or, Black and white

The 2

Again

And again

Nisi ND filter

 Out with the Ricoh GR iii and a dedicated Nisi kit. Just used the ND filter today just to balance out the sky. Quite happy with that.

Positioning

 Out and about as usual. Set cam to f5.6, 1/125, hyper focal distance and let the iso fall where it may.

From same spot took 5 shots. with the 2 in each corner and centre to see how i looked after.

Bottom left

Bottom right

Center

top left

Top right

Whats my favorite?

In reverse order

The ones to the right just do not do it for me.

The center has something going for it

For me the bottom left edges the top left. Even if it goes against the grain of leaving some breathing room.

Garden Safari

 

Stamford and the 2