Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis_Thong [mailto:denthong@singnet.com.sg] > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 1:46 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Feedback on Ricoh GR-1s > > > Hi everybody, > > Recently, heard and read some feedback about the Ricoh GR-1s. > Most of them > have very good comments about this camera and the performance > of this 28mm > f2.8 lens. However, minority sad the pictures were not that > impressive for a compact camera at that price tag ! I'm in that minority. I originally bought one to give me wide angle capability when I had an M3. I thought the lens was pretty good under normal circumstances. Not up to a Leica 28 or my Nikkor 28 AIS, but good. Unfortunately it flared like an oil-well in backlit situations. I did like: - - the body - small, confidence-inspiring, metal - - sticky infinity lock (i.e. it stays locked between shots) - - sticky focus modes - manual and ?snapshot? don't remember the other mode - - manual aperture setting via a rotating switch, not a multi-press button - - manual flash setting so you can be sure the darn thing is off I ended up be especially uncrazy about: - - the lens would extend if I carried the camera in a pants pocket - - the viewfinder frame line and focus indicators vanish in bright light - - when the frame lines were visible they were very inaccurate - - the point of highest meter sensitivity may or may not have been where they said it was in the frame - - the button arrangement on top was fiddly - - can we all say shutter lag, boys and girls? On balance, it irritated and disappointed me. I got rid of it. Paul