I am not denying the need for different lenses etc. And when I travel or drive,
I have a bag with my Fuji X or Leica M outfit with a range of lenses. But I
thought the discussion here was about small, compact cameras that one can
always carry, even in situations where carrying a “proper” camera is not
practical. It is in this context that I prefer my Ricoh GR to anything else I
have tried for that purpose (including the Panasonic LX 100 which, while it has
a good zoom range, just does not have the same image quality as the Ricoh).
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 10 Nov 2016, at 05:34, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 11/8/2016 2:14 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> You zoom with your legs.
>
> No, You, Nathan, and others who share your photographic proclivities, may
> zoom with your legs. I, Moose, am able do so only in a very limited way.
>
> As Mike says, there are many, many circumstances where I find this not to be
> physically possible. There are also perspectives, extraction of a small part
> of the visual field, either distant or macro, and so on, that I very much
> value, but which simply cannot be done by moving in/out with a modest WA lens.
>
> Your photographic style is part of a long and distinguished tradition, you do
> it well, and I enjoy following your photographic travels. But it's not mine,
> and a simple technique that works for you doesn't for me.
>
> You make lovely casual portraits in traditional ways. I like to do different
> things. I find this portrait of Marnie beautiful, visually compelling and
> conveying something of her nature that my other, more conventional portraits
> of her miss. <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21064>
>
> Could I have called to her to wait, run over to her and taken a shot with her
> hair blowing in the wind? Sure, but then the Monetesque background would
> become conventional ocean. And the shot would not be used.
>
> This is a far more mundane example, but as it happens I shot at both a FL
> close to the GR II, as well as with the long lens. Here's the view from a
> hiking trail up above Gloucester, MA harbor with the angle of view of the GR
> II. <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21067>
>
> Here's a shot from the same spot @ 600 mm eq.
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21070>
>
> No, not a world beater, but one I processed for myself, and enjoy, as it
> gives a great overview of an area I've visited and photographed up close. I
> also took a shot I very much like from that breakwater with FF 5D and - yup -
> a 600/8 lens - of a schooner with the Boston skyline in the background.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Travel/NorthEast_2009/Massachusetts&image=_MG_7329_n.jpg>
>
> With the ~43 mm eq. FOV of the GR II, the sailboat would be a speck, and the
> skyline rumor.
>
> Also on the breakwater in 2009 (FL 237 mm), another 'portrait' of Marnie.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Travel/NorthEast_2009/Massachusetts&image=_MG_7354ia.jpg>
>
>
> Zoooooom Moose
>
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