Now that's a ridiculous deal! Basically 25% off, I'm jealous! Except I'm not, I'm happy for the companyWell, now I can quote the thread title "Surprise! Ricoh GRIIIx"
A local camera store currently has a "15% off on used gear" sale (which nicely makes up for the 12% sales tax around here) - and a used GRIIIx popped up today...
Couldn't resist ordering - at roughly 750USD total - since I had my eye on this one anyway
Yup, makes me miss Oregon even moreAlso, that sales tax... Oof.
Good spot and congratulations!Well, now I can quote the thread title "Surprise! Ricoh GRIIIx"
A local camera store currently has a "15% off on used gear" sale (which nicely makes up for the 12% sales tax around here) - and a used GRIIIx popped up today...
Couldn't resist ordering - at roughly 750USD total - since I had my eye on this one anyway
Not really. I simply hope that some early adopter picked one up and didn’t take to the kind of camera. (I saw a used one pop up at B&H about a month ago)Good spot and congratulations!
I can't help but wonder about the circumstances though? That's a very fast turnaround, and someone has taken a bath on the new price, selling on so quickly. Do you know anything of the history?
Geez, Miguel, thanks for those words, all I can say is the GR cameras more than almost any other camera I've ever used make me want to "find" something - not quite sure what it is yet, but I really like that about them. The 40mm has been both challenging and familiar, I am both trained (via the venerable Panasonic 20/1.7) and untrained (being muscle-memory-bonded to the GR form factor as a 28mm) at the same time. It's a bit surreal at times, actually!There are literally too many photos in your posts here for me to start gushing about all of them, Andrew - but I have to say, you are getting some seriously fine results with your GRiiix. It clearly is a camera - and a focal length - which 'bonds' well with your photographer's eye - and though I thought in general that your work with its wider-angled sibling, the GRiii, kept bordering on the superb, your GRiiix images, so far, are even more compelling.
I think it was a wise purchase on your part.
I think that's one of the biggest values of cameras like the Ricoh GR's (or the Sigma DP's) ... you can have them always with you - and they make you "want" to find photos (without any disappointment if you don't... There's never any "I lugged all this equipment around for nothing" thoughts )Geez, Miguel, thanks for those words, all I can say is the GR cameras more than almost any other camera I've ever used make me want to "find" something - not quite sure what it is yet, but I really like that about them. The 40mm has been both challenging and familiar, I am both trained (via the venerable Panasonic 20/1.7) and untrained (being muscle-memory-bonded to the GR form factor as a 28mm) at the same time. It's a bit surreal at times, actually!