ricoh

argigento, italy.

last november i split a cab with three photojournalist from our hostel in oaxaca to monte albon. they all worked in and around the florida area. on the way there, an old vw beetle pulled up next to us, driven by a guy in full clown gear. so we all pulled out our cameras almost at the same time. the 645 wasn't loaded so i pulled out my trusty point and shoot. my carmates saw the camera and simultaneously said "rico..... sauve...."

the ricoh gr1 is a photographer's backup film camera. it sports a great wide fixed lens. has aperture priority and it's viewfinder give feedback to how far the focus is set to and the shutter speed. (other p&s photographer favorites include the olympus stylus epic and the yashica t4)

with the exception of the little red autofocus assist led that glows when shooting at night i love this little camera. it was one of the cameras i took with me on the past europe trip. i ended up going through about 25 rolls of film through it.

it was the first batch of pictures that i finished. i really didn't want to deal yet with the pages upon pages of other shots and it seems a quick digest of my trip. so here's the link http://www.ewah.com/i/gallery/_travel+08euxx_ricoh.

275 more rolls to go...