43,200 MINUTES OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN 30 DAYS!!
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- Are EDCs overrated? Thats the question I wanted to answer! And I don't mean a camera that you take with you on occasion... I mean a camera that you truly carry everywhere! 43,200 minutes is a month! and last month I took the Ricoh GrIIIx with me literally everywhere I went!
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The problem is that, unless you wear very, very loose pants, no reasonable camera will fit a pocket really without being distracting, and once you take a small bag with you, it will fit a full frame body with a compact lens as well without any problem. I tried various combinations (including Ricoh, Fuji, even an Panasonic MFT) and, at least for me, no one of them really worked. So I ended up with my trusty Nikon Z6ii + a Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.2 as my compact package. When I want an AF-lens, I take Nikon’s 40 f/2.
This is kind of where I landed as well. I have a Z7II, Z5, and now a Z FC. The Z7II and Z5 are exactly the same size, and the Z FC is only a little smaller. I work in IT and always have a laptop bag of some sort and it’s transitioned from regular laptop bags, to smaller photo bags with the Z FC (I just prefer it for some reason), the 24-200, a 40/2, and then an adapted Canon FD 28/2.8. By the time I had a bag for the laptop, flash drives, and charger, may as well use a photo bag. Ended up with a WANDRD Pvrke 31…. I don’t ever miss anything, but as you said, I can at that point fit the Z7II if I wasn’t worried about getting mugged…
I too am a "boring sod" and don't get a lot of value out of having an EDC camera. But for me that's not the reason to own a GR3-the real benefit is in the "lad's trip" scenario. There are just certain times when it's not socially acceptable to have a big camera, but you want better quality than your phone. The GR series lets you bring a top-tier camera into those situations. For me, that's why it's worth owning one. (Incidentally, I've found the 40mm GR IIIx is more useful in those scenarios, because it's better for portraits-but that's just my personal preference.)
100% this is the main appeal of the Ricoh, family dinners, date nights etc. It's the camera you bring when you either don't want the annoyance of carrying a camera with you or annoy anyone else by whipping out a massive camera setup
I really enjoy your videos and they way you approach camera and equipment reviews. No nonsense - what you liked and didn't.
Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying them!
The ricoh is perfect for the times you either can't being a camera, dont want to bring a camera bag or when you have no plans to shoot anything but want to be able to capture something cool if it happens in front of you
People say : Just use your phone.... But Ricoh image quality is so much better than any phone images. Smartphone images looks great on a tiny screen but when you view them on a huge screen all the magic is gone.
But Ricoh cam aren't sexy as Fujicam ! :)
Really honest, I like how you talk about how you fell out of love considering the focal length and has became boring to you. Great video as always man.
I literally carry my Fuji XT30ii in my bag every day because I attached a 27mm f2.8 pancake lens to it so it's really compact.
Same 👍
So well elucidated, I bought one because Sean Tucker and Samuel Street were creaming about them about eighteen months ago (+/-) Worked it hard for a few weeks and yes it does everything that’s claimed of it. But no, not for me either. It now sits in a draw marked Orphans.
Phone pictures look like garbage compared to the photos made with the Ricoh.
Never thought about the fact that carrying a certain camera all the time would remove the novelty. Variety truly is the spice of life
Everyone tells you it’s not about the gear… but tbh I have so much fun trying different cameras out!
Just diversify your subjects and shooting style. I guess adding a flash is slightly gear swapping. But I have to totally disagree that the novelty goes away.
Taking photos on my phone is about as fun as getting covid. My oldest camera always goes with me on the road for my business the em5 mark 3. On the weekends it’s either my om5 or x100v. Put the Panasonic 20mm equivalent 40mm 1.7 on my om5 and you have a smaller package than the x100v
I think an EDC is a good asset for any photographer. The ricoh is probably the best EDC you can have and is meant for those private moments. 👌
Honestly my EDC camera is my phone. A high end smartphone camera of the last 2 years is absolutely good enough (for me) for those surprise moments I want to capture. Yes the Ricoh would produce superior photos, but when I'm walking around with the intention of shooting, I want a camera that feels special and inspiring.
You got some nice photos with it. I need to carry my Fuji cameras with me more often
I see the Ricoh GR as a modern interpretation of the old film point and shoot cameras. Would you have taken that with you all the time? No. But for certain occasions you would have put it in your pocket. Or you would go out and buy a single use one. Old times... That purpose now seems to be occupied by smartphones but a dedicated camera is still something I go for. People (and I don't mean strangers on the street but rather family and friends) seem to react differently to it. My guess is that it does not have a direct internet access makes it less intrusive...
Great video and interesting sentiments on the camera.
Those are the very same reasons I got the x100v, and sometimes I did get annoyed at it for not having enough "zoom reach" XD
Fantastic video as always mate! Loved the photos, specially the ones from the flower field. Cheers!
That poppy field was a such a random trip too! We didn’t really know where it was, only had a vague idea, and then the sunset was lovely! The stars aligned for that trip!
Hi Goughie, first of all I love your channel - your videos are very relatable to a hobbyist like me. The message in this video in particular is very important especially for people considering splashing out for the Ricoh or X100V. I started my photography journey a few years ago with X100V and to be honest while I loved the experience of using 'a real camera' I rarely loved the results out of it. Even when I got better at understanding the camera I realized the photos out of the X100V in particular rarely inspired me and they somehow always looked like they could have been taken with a quality modern phone camera. Nevertheless the X100V experience made me realize what I love shooting most (portraits, landscapes and occasional travel documentaries) and I decided to exchange it for X-E4 and buy interchangeable lenses. I have never regeretted selling the X100V and it is unlikely for me to buy another EDC camera anytime soon. The Leica Q3 could be tempting, but is way above my budget and it still seems to me more like a luxury device focused more on the enjoyment of photography rather than the actual results. I totally related to what you said about wishing you had a camera for a particular moment and that the camera you wished you had most likely would not be your EDC. I currently have the GFX 50SII with gf 63 and 100 and the results I am getting are mindblowing to me. Surely the experience of shooting is far less enjoyable and the times I have the camera with me are much more rare and deliberate - but in my current perspective I value the results from my photography more than the experience. In any case lovely photos from the Ricoh and keep up the cool videos!
Thank you! You deserve an award for the length of that comment too! 💪🏻
@@Goughie Literally had to have a snack break half way through!
I can really relate to what you say since I have also sold my GR111 and x100v. I may try and get used to using my XT1 as my EDC.
Thought-provoking content, capably conveyed and illustrated, Goughie. Well done. Pop quiz: how many viewers got out their calculators when they saw the vid thumbnail? LOL Yes, 43,200 does equate mathematically to 30 days. Unique “calculator click-bait”.
I carry my EDC (a Sony APS-C) in my car trunk for “shoot w/intent” trips and “lucky finds”. Pocket cam resides on my smartphone, a high end Samsung (too big for pocket, so wear on belt-mounted pouch) - stellar IQ, focal length flexibility and on-board editing.
Have a GRIII that I take for “street shooting” with intent - still too big for pocket, IMO. Old joke take-off: “Is that a GRIII in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?”😂 Too much pocket lint, too, that might get into cam by the by, not to mention misc stuff that might mar a camera.
HooRay - Goughie is a “dog” person🎉. Cheers!
Very much a dog person!
jesus christ
Yeah nice video, I'm carrying a cannon m6ii with the 22mm f2 mostly and I love the images it produces! 2 young children makes carrying the big canon more of a stress than it should be!
I call my Ricoh GRIII 'the camera I carry when I don't want to carry a camera'.
Sure phone cameras have a nice quality too but they are not inspiring. It is not the appropriate tool for me. I love my XE1 with 27mm pancake lens. I sometimes hold the camera in my hand and admire its design. Its little "battle damages" here and there. Using that little guy gives me so much joy. While a smartphone is just a device that I am actively trying to stay away from
I do that with my watches, sit and look at all the battle damages it’s had, I can name a couple of them too 😂
I edc an RX100M6. I know it's just a 1" sensor, but it fills most of the gaps that a phone has. It has telephoto reach, a good flash, an evf, full manual control, a flip out screen etc. I know the photos can be kinda noisy with 20mp and a 1" sensor, but lightroom denoise AI fixes that easily now.
I’ve played around with one! But never owned one! Awesome bits of kit!
Definitely, your mind works vertically, you only showed 1 horizontal image.
Haha! I did notice this when editing, I think it’s because especially the Malta images I never planned for them to be in a video just for socials.
Over time I’ve can definitely see that I’ve transitioned from 90% landscape to maybe 60% portrait now! And it also seems to depend a lot on what camera I’m using 🤷🏼♂️
I bought my XT30II as a EDC about 6 months ago. I never bothered taking my canon DSLR out with me, simply to big to carry with a couple of dogs. Cameras on iphone are amazing these day but I can still see that my cameras are better. The XT30II fitted with a 27mm pancake goes with everyday. I’m a casual photographer so not looking for portfolio shots but I’ve really enjoyed taking it with me and have taken some great shots maybe I would have not got with my phone.
Panasonic GM1 14mm f2.5 (28mm equiv). EDC. toronto canada.
You're totally right about the edc idea not fitting for your life. For me, I work from home, take classes on zoom, and get a lot of food from online/takeaway. My EDC is my apartment! With an EDC camera, I would be taking pictures of my desktop monitor 90% of the time.
I’m not alone! We’re in this together 😂
And even if not working from home... I work from an office and commute by car, so no need for an EDC camera from Monday to Friday neither. And on the weekend I enjoy much more bringing my X100V or my good old X-T10 with a lense of my choice. “EDC” and “pockatable” are more marketing rather than real life problems IMO.
@@jorghahn2903 “the camera for only the weekends”
“The camera for the 10mins on a Tuesday you get to yourself” 😂😂
@@Goughie I wish I had 10 minutes on a Tuesday... but I like the idea of having a TCFOTW!!! 😂 Much better than EDCC.
I have two EDCs. Two X-T5 cameras each with a lens on it. I almost never leave home without at least one, but most of the time I have both. Having two is so much nicer than to switching lenses on a single camera. Most of the time I come home without anything amazing, but not always. Sometimes I get something good. It just doesn't feel right to not having at least one camera with me, and even when I don't find anything amazing to shoot, I still shoot something. Taking photos is just so fun that that is all I need. I do it for the fun!
I love that your two EDC’s are XT5. That is commitment.
@@karinjohnstone6690 They’re just really good! And I hate when one of my two cameras are better at certain stuff, like focusing and tracking, than the other because it makes me move lenses around so that the best one has the lens best suited for birds or whatever else I think I might encounter. That is just a hassle, so I got two.
Wow, what lenses do you have on them?
@@Invincibleagent I have a lot of lenses (for me). Across my X-mount and GFX-mount I have 11 lenses I think.
Instead of listing all of them I’ll give you some favorites.
The Viltrox 75mm is AMAZING! It is my favorite prime lens on X-Mount. It’s very sharp even at 1.2 and has little chromatic aberration even at 1.2.
The 70-300mm is my favorite zoom on x-mount. It’s so flexible! I can use it for both bird photography and macro photography. It’s the lens I would keep if I could keep only one.
Lastly the Mitakon 65mm on GFX is so much fun. It’s big and heavy, but it is worth it. It’s sharper than I expected. It’s also fully manual, which is fun for me.
5:04 As a recent GR owner it's a shame the iii x seems to have the same problem as my iii - noticeable moire in the grille pattern. Even with the AA filter simulation enabled I just can't get rid of it. Thanks for the upload, an interesting observation about having the camera always with you if you have a boring daily routine. That's my routine too 😄
yeaaaah I'd noticed that in the photo too, its pretty distracting too isn't it! Definitely a shame!
Being a Sony shooter I have felt the need for a small camera for a ever day carry. Recently I splashed out and bought a Q3 and now do carry it with me most of the time and love it. As you said sometime you just need that longer Len’s. The cropping in with the Q3 is ok but lacks the compression
Cropping is the same as zooming as long as you crop to the centre of the image, ignoring resolution and clarity loss of course. The background compression will be identical.
@@clonkexOne can zoom into an image by cropping but that is not the same as using a zoom lens. An image taken with a 35mm lens will always have the characteristics of a 35mm lens. Cropping in to 75mm equivalent will not have the same characteristics as that taken with a 75mm lens.
@@mdw1927 Of course, the image will be affected by the characteristics of the lens you choose, but that's not specifically down to the focal length. If two lenses were identical other than focal length, ignoring resolution issues, cropping would give an identical result to using the longer lens. I'm not saying that, in practice, the two are exactly equivalent, but I am saying the amount of compression will be the same assuming you crop to the exact centre.
@@clonkexGranted when you crop an image with a 35mm lens to the 75mm equivalent the field of view will be the same as that of the same image taken with a 75mm lens, assuming both are at the same aperture. However compression, ie the illusion that background images appear closer in a photo is a function of focal length.
@@mdw1927 Try it for yourself. Stand the same distance from a subject and take a photo with each focal length, then crop the wider image to the same FOV. They should look nearly the same, including background compression. The reason for compression is that the longer the lens, the closer it gets to a theoretical orthographic lens, where everything appears the same size regardless of distance. It's directly correlated to FOV, so by cropping the image you achieve the exact same effect.
I take my Fujifilm XF10 wherever I go. Very similar in size to the Ricoh. I’ve gotten some of the best shots of my life with that little camera!
I’ve been trying to get my hands one!
I have one of my GRiii’s with me all the time.
6:46 and 6:46 are two nice images! Of course the dog photos too😀
Cheers! 💪🏻💪🏻
Great video with some good compelling points. The photos you shared looked awesome. Seriously!
Thank you!
I have definitely taken more photos now I have the GRx because I have it and have got photos I wouldn’t have had a camera for before. It’s not about portfolio worthy photos for me tho. It’s about catching the moment/ thing of interest. And I don’t really use if for orthodox ‘people’ street btw. To me its more of a memory/ everyday memory camera that does VERY good images.
I'm not trashing cameras by tossing them into lint full pockets. But I do have EDC since 2009 or so. One from many I use is Ricoh GRD III.
Seems like the point of this video is that the camera being with you didn’t result in a portfolio worthy photo you wouldn’t already capture cause you would have a camera anyway - even if it wasn’t EDC? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of the experiment?
Isn’t that the point of an experiment? You’ve got to try it to find out!
if it doesn’t work out that doesn’t defeat the point, it just shows for me that having a true edc doesn’t provide me too much value on the portfolio front, but did on the sentimental front
@@Goughie I guess we need a control in this experiment. A photographer that can only have one camera. Appreciate the video and the response. I think you could have added to the portfolio if you had to.
I don't have one camera I carry everyday, but from my hoard, I carry one everyday. CED? Camera everyday?
An XE4 with 27mm pancake would be a better option then a Ricoh for an EDC
Curious as to which ways you’d prefer it! JPEGs come, to mind beyond that whats your thoughts?
Also curious what makes you prefer the XE4+27mm vs. GR
I use two film cameras. Both Olympus. XA and XA 4
Love the content mate wish you all the best with all your future endeavours
I love all your comments too! 💪🏻
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Thought I might bump into you at the [unnamed city] Marina today.
Oh… I don’t live near any marina that I can think of! 🤔
@@Goughie Islington?
432 ? Interesting number.
It is? I can’t think of a meaning off the top of my head!