Afternoon at Montara Beach with the Ricoh GR II and Sony A7 II

Camera decisions…

It’s been several weeks since I returned the Fuji X100F and settled with my Ricoh, and while I miss the Fuji dearly this past weekend at the beach was a good example of why having a pocketable camera is such a huge advantage.

When I deliberately go to places like a beach, or any place that’s out of the ordinary that feels like a photo op, I’d take my main camera – Sony A7 II. The Ricoh added so little weight to my pocket/bag that I thought “Meh, why not bring that along as well”. As you can see from the images below, the ease of use resulted in me using the Ricoh a big portion of the time. Whipping it out of my pocket is SO much faster and easier than opening my bag, lugging out a camera and trying to (in this case) manually focus.

Note: All my images from this post are processed using the new VSCO MP01 Lightroom filters.

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Fuji X100F vs Ricoh GR II as a Secondary Camera

Background

When I traveled to Orlando for my friends’ Jack and Jill in January, I was delighted with the chance to capture the memories with my Sony A7II which I have been using for as long as it’s been out. I brought only my 28mm F2 and while I was able to capture some photos I was happy with, my back and feet were not particularly happy with the weight. I began to long for a compact camera that would be easier for me to carry around on a daily basis. When I go walk my dog or if I just go out for dinner, wearing a camera on a strap or lugging around the system in a bag can be quite cumbersome, and just the act of having to take the camera out is too slow and deterring to capture the moments that arise in the blink of an eye. I’d carry my Sony everywhere with me but found that I was rarely using it in my day to day.

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