Since I love film……since I love a Ricoh GR….I have decided to mesh the two and buy an old GR film. Oh yes, I still have my Leica’s, (M3 and M6) and will continue to use them. But the other day I was out and about for 5-6 hours walking Philadelphia and just couldn’t see myself lugging along a heavy Leica M6.
My options were my Ricoh GR111, which I did. But I love to listen to You Tuber Brian Lloyd Duckett and his channel Streetshooters. There are so many reasons why film is good and so while I scanned Ebay looking for a good light Ricoh Film Camera, I came across one that I think will work for me. As in all things in this world, the minute anyone starts to' ‘like’ something, the demand drives the prices up, thus the RICOH GR Film, thus the GR 1, GR1s, GRV and the latter GR21….. But after doing some research I opted to get a good, fairly used but in good shape GR10. Not as much money and, the same mechanics as the GR 1 but w/o as many features.
In fact the camera reminds me of an Olympus X A2 that I had….. the same settings. So, will give it a try. Should arrive sometime next week and I will load It up and go out ‘a shooting’….
Stay Tuned….