MrDoug
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I have been thinking about selling my Fuji X100 and buying Ricoh GRD IV.. whats your take? I would probably even pick up maybe a couple hundred bucks + in exchange.. your advice please..
Well I like street shooting and I'm kinda curious about the Quick Snap Focus mode feature I have been hearing about and the images I have seen with B & W and Color with the Ricoh.. I have X1O and that kinda fills the void for the absence of the X100... just fishing around.. shessh..What are you looking for in a different camera, Doug?
Yes, I meant GRD IV... sorry..If you are talking about a GRD IV, great camera but it will not do what a X100
So, if you were going out tomorrow and you were to do strictly street shooting.. lets say downtown Seattle or NY, which camera would you use.. GRD IV or X100?If you are talking about a GRD IV, great camera but it will not do what a X100
Hi Armando.. are you serious? what have you been smoking.. LOL.. your GAS must be building up again..Neither! Nikon V1! Hehehe.
Well I like street shooting and I'm kinda curious about the Quick Snap Focus mode feature I have been hearing about and the images I have seen with B & W and Color with the Ricoh.. I have X1O and that kinda fills the void for the absence of the X100... just fishing around.. shessh..
Yes, I think I will pass on the GRD4 for the time being.. I have the X10 and EPL3 with that awesome tilt screen.. I also will probably keep X100 as well.. I just had a big GAS attack at the time of posting.. LOL.. I also went down to my local Camera store today and handled the Nikon V1, but ... not yet.. lack of good lenses.. it has fast AF and nice built in EVF.. but not for me yet.. thanks for the help and advice.. trying to shed GAS here.. is there a pill that I can take..?Doug, the X10 is roughly as good a street camera as the GRD series. The sensor is a bit larger, but still has DOF coming out of its ears. It doesn't have snap focus, but it's VERY easy to set up for zone focus, and nearly as easy to change the zone with the manual focus wheel. It's just as silent and nearly as stealth. The X10 has more latitude for low light too, and is obviously more versatile. The only thing the GRD really makes notably easier than the X10 (or any other non-Ricoh) is to move instantly between zone focus and auto-focus. That can be a nice thing, but when I'm shooting on the street I rarely leave zone focus anyway.
The GRD is a great street camera, but the X10 doesn't have to apologize to anyone in that regard. Almost all of the street shooting i did in NYC early last month was with the X10. You also have the epl3, no? Another awesome street camera with the 12 or 14 mm lens. Flip the screen up, compose on that, and use the crazy fast AF. The rest of the NYC shots I did with that.
If you dont want to keep your X100, thats another question (I see it's already for sale), but you don't need a new camera for street shooting! You may, OTOH, need a new pair of shoes to go wear out!
-Ray
Copy that.. you are right.. I cringe when I get my credit card bill at the end of the month..Yuk.. more purchases then credits.. LOL.. OBTW.. thanks for the help with deleting FS item. I will remember next time. I should have figured that out myself.. I have and was born with no patience..The Pill is locking your credit cards away and giving someone else the key.
But is NOT selling a $1,000 camera that you have admitted you don't use AVOIDING gas? The GRD III (as an example) can be purchased for $250, vs ~$1,000 you have tied up in the X100. But why even buy the GRD if you aren't using the X100 to begin with. Sell the X100 and try just going with the X10 or S95. Recently, I had to look myself in the mirror, and admit that I had some gear for some "imaginary" shooting types that I simply never did. Street shooting being one of them. I keep thinking "I should get streetshooting gear" but when I'm honest with myself, I have to admit I'm a coward wrt to streetshooting, and the opportunities in my life to do it are so limited to begin with. You should really ask yourself why you need the X100 (or any camera for that matter).
But is NOT selling a $1,000 camera that you have admitted you don't use AVOIDING gas? The GRD III (as an example) can be purchased for $250, vs ~$1,000 you have tied up in the X100. But why even buy the GRD if you aren't using the X100 to begin with. Sell the X100 and try just going with the X10 or S95. Recently, I had to look myself in the mirror, and admit that I had some gear for some "imaginary" shooting types that I simply never did. Street shooting being one of them. I keep thinking "I should get streetshooting gear" but when I'm honest with myself, I have to admit I'm a coward wrt to streetshooting, and the opportunities in my life to do it are so limited to begin with. You should really ask yourself why you need the X100 (or any camera for that matter).