Mitch Alland , Jul 15, 2006; 08:18 a.m.
In Singapore, on the way to Africa, I bought a Ricoh GR Digital that I haven't yet mastered. Here are a
couple of questions:
1. In January or last December, Nippon Camera published pictures in Shinjuku taken with the Ricoh GR-D
by Moriyama Daido, and had an interview in which he apparently spoke about the siginficance of this
camera. Could anyone who read this summarize what he said?
2. I bought the GR-D because of it's lens quality and also because it's "noise" is supposed to be very much
like film grain. As I like grain, I've been experimenting shooting with the GR-D at ISO800 and ISO1600. For
people who use this camera the question is: do you prefer shooting RAW or JPG? I understand that the
RAW format pictures may give you a stop more in dynamic range, particularly in the highlights; but it
seems to me that the Ricoh engine for JPGs is very goood and I'm hard pressed to get my RAW shots taken
at ISO800 and ISO1600 to look as good as the JPG versions that the GR-D produces. What do other GR-D
users think?
--Mitch/Lubumbashi
Stuart K. 
, Jul 15, 2006; 08:23 a.m.
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Mitch, why did you go to afrika via singapore? i thought you were based in bangkok
-stu/san quentin
Toke Hage , Jul 15, 2006; 08:31 a.m.
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Hi Mitch
I use the GR-D
The RAW is tooooooooo slow unfortunately, so I use jpg. The "high iso noise" is fantastic (as
in artistic) I use it a lot on 1600 iso. I often use the camera in snapshot focus mode. That way
I don't get the annoying shutterlag, or the autofocus noise. Have fun. Toke
Mitch Alland , Jul 15, 2006; 08:36 a.m.
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Stu:
>>>why did you go to afrika via singapore? i thought you were based in bangkok<<<
There are currently no fdirect lights from Bangkok to Johannesburg, but Thai will start flying
this route in October. Actually, I was in Sydney and could not get a seat on the Qantas/South
African airways flight to Jo'burg, and had to take Singapore Airlines instead.
--Mitch/Lubumbashi
Stuart K. , Jul 15, 2006; 09:36 a.m.
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Fair enough, although dont spend too much time in goatsville. Get down to Durban- top
notch town
Look forward to your pics with the grd.
Kei Nakamatsu , Jul 15, 2006; 10:00 a.m.
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I shoot jpgs with it. RAW's a pain in the ass to wait for...
Kei Nakamatsu , Jul 15, 2006; 10:00 a.m.
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Mitch Alland , Jul 15, 2006; 10:03 a.m.
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Stu:
Here are a few pictures as examples, not for their artistic qualities;
ISO1600 B&W
Kei Nakamatsu , Jul 15, 2006; 10:03 a.m.
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Kei Nakamatsu , Jul 15, 2006; 10:04 a.m.
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