Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was very disappointed with the GR1. I used it as a trouser, shirt and jacket pocket camera, and ever so often it was activated in the pocket, and the lens moved out into the position where it is ready to take a picture. The button for that is on the back of the camera, and I had a cover glued on to the camera to cover the button, but it did not always help. In the extended position the front lens is unprotected, and still worse the whole telescopic work that holds the lens is subject to pressures from different directions. The result was that the lens jammed and did not want to go back into the resting position. This cost about $ 100 to get fixed, and the second time it happened to me I gave the camera away to somebody on this list who said he was going to try to fix it himself. The lens is very good, there is the usual lag for focusing which is otherwise accurate, and it is possible to prefocus (not manually) and keep the distance set until the camera is turned off (if I remember correctly). I used this facility for all street shooting as otherwise the picture was lost. I think automatic flash has to be turned off, again every time the camera is switched on, not every time a picture is taken, if you do not like flash. I do not like flash. But it looks nice..... Chris >BTW - I'm looking at the Ricoh GR1 as a pocket camera. Is it really as good >as everyone says? How good is the focus? It looks very nice. > >-- Rob > >http://www.robertappleby.com >Mobile: (+39) 348 336 7990 >Tel: (+39) 059 303436 > >See City of Crows online at The Digital Journalist: >http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0204/city_intro.htm > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Christer Almqvist D 20255 Hamburg and / or F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html