Collaboration with film point and shoot – RIP pocket monster Ricoh.

 

(Zero AI – 100% human created content).

 

My last post was dated July 23, 2024, and despite my busy photography days, I haven’t written or published any photos since the middle of summer, which has long since ended. Collaboration on social media sites has become a much less favored activity for me, as has checking and marking my likes on posts (photography) from my social life and real-life friends. I peek in from time to time, mostly with the goal of finding interesting events for real physical, not virtual, activities. Facebook and Instagram are excellent for this type of searching and saving dates, especially Facebook, which reminds you about marked events, so you can’t miss out during these busy days.

But let’s put this boring theme aside. This summer, my pocket monster, the Ricoh GR II, completely stopped taking pictures. A strange problem that struck my first GR after four years of heavy use has now occurred with the newer one, which I used for about a year and a half, maybe a little longer. I always tried to keep it in a safe place, almost never in my pockets. But, hey, it’s the harsh reality: things come and go. I’m researching the photography market with the goal of finding another companion to capture my vision, to trust it, and to believe that I will get exactly what I planned, not something combined and altered by smart AI managing the camera. I don’t mind buying the recent version, the GR III. However, the lack of a built-in flash and the removal of hard buttons in this version of the Ricoh P&S disappointed me, and I prefer to avoid it. I read about the Fuji XF10, and it seems like it could satisfy my needs, but I found that it’s impossible to find this camera for sale here in my country. It was discontinued in 2018, much like the Ricoh GR II.

Due to the RIP of my main camera, I have moved my photography activity almost exclusively to film cameras. I continue my Portraits project with the Fujifilm GA645 and mainly concentrate on the Yashica T2, which I bought on eBay around 10 years ago but never used until this summer. It’s very nice, despite the complete lack of control over its functions. The automatic ISO detection (the only exposure component I can adjust), the half-press shutter button to fix the focus distance, and the button that disables the automatic flash—which is enabled by default and fires when the camera’s exposure meter determines that the light conditions are insufficient for taking an image—are all features of this camera. One exceptional detail is that the average number of frames this camera can capture on a standard 36-exposure 135 film roll is always 38-39. Thanks to the engineers who designed the efficient and economical way this camera loads film.

I can’t say if I love this camera or if I just don’t have another film point-and-shoot for daily photography right now. As for digital photography, I prefer to have more manual control over this small brick. I would like manual ISO control, better distance control, and the “light back” exposure compensation function, which is available on Ricoh and other brands.

The images in this post are the results of using this camera since last August. I used it for almost everything I encountered along the way—band photography, street photography, portraits, and still life. Today, my post is dedicated to people—my friends and the strangers I met.

For these who are visiting my blog with the WordPress application and unable to see the static pages of my personal site can check these links with the goal to find some more about me and my photo works :

 

Moments of life around me captured with the Ricoh GRii.

 

About me.

 

Street portraits of complete strangers.

 

Docuwedding.

 

Kadavar band from Berlin, Germany perform live in Levontin7 music venue, Tel-Aviv.

 

 

The Night Stranger.

 

 

 

 

Rei Honda and friends. Levontin7.

 

 

 

 

Ehud Danan , Chapo and the Burny.

 

 

 

 

Yahav Zukin and Ariel Beker.

 

 

 

 

The Fun Riders of the Carmel market.

 

 

 

 

Tom Bezrukov leaving Haifa.

 

 

 

 

Don’t do this.

 

 

 

 

Anat Peiser in the studio.

 

 

 

 

Pelegesh band. Zimmer.

 

 

 

 

Lior Kesem Hamama with her ART around.

 

 

 

 

Jeremy Spierer – the street ART hunter.

 

 

 

 

Nadav ZelMaveth Yakobi and the pogo, Schnitt.

 

 

 

 

Rei Honda & The Late BLoomers, Zimmer

 

 

 

 

Nadav Zanani

 

 

 

 

Maxim Turbo. Zimmer.

 

 

 

 

And the photographer of this shit.