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Today I shot the x100 along with my fairly recently purchased Ricoh Gr3x. I need time to get used to the 3x,the x100 I'm very used to. I won't say one is better than the other, first impression is they both do things the other can't do as well. I found myself using the x100 a lot more today,probably 5 out of every 6 shots were with it over the Ricoh. I'm sure it's partly because I'm very comfortable with it,but I also was feeling that often I simply was liking it's look better. Sometimes the photos look very similar. Sometimes the better resolution of the Ricoh makes me favour it's rendering more,at other times it's cleaner look makes it lose in my mind to the Fuji. But neither camera is necessarily always predictable as to what it will produce,whether it will beat the other. The Fuji has a softer look at times,less perfection,which for me is on the path to perfection more so than than the more perfected outcome of the Ricoh. But not in all cases,for the Ricoh has it's own flashes of brilliance I've seen a bit in my short time using it. Different abilities in different situations than the Fuji, I'm just not well enough versed in these abilities right now. Comparing it as I am,or comparing these two cameras as I have the last couple of days is interesting,but not necessarily in every point the best thing to do. I am pretty clear that for me the better thing is to shoot the Ricoh all by itself and leave the Fuji or any other camera at home. They are two different cameras and they should be kept separate. In my estimation. The comparison thing may seem interesting,but I think it's actually the wrong road to go down. We have the ability I believe to like a great range of artistic stuff. It greatly depends on our mood,at least for me. When I like a scene,an image,I don't sit and compare it to another. I like it for what I see and feel in it in the moment. If I come back to it another day I will find my mood and feeling may have changed. I may favour one camera over the other, but honestly the fairest way to do that is to know both cameras really well and also know how to shoot them really well. Few people do that or are that good,including me. In the end I may like one over the other,and the fairest thing to be said would be that I prefer one look over the other,rather than saying one camera is better than the other. Kind of an interesting thing for me with another camera around as I shot the x100 alone for pretty well 8 years. Yes, I picked up a DP2 Merrill in June of 2022,and I think it is an amazing camera in what it can do well. But as anyone who knows anything about it knows,it has a certain limited range in which it is brilliant,and my schedule of life and shooting just don't always make it handy to use. I've thought often of selling it,but am not really willing quite yet to part with it. Now there's a Canon 5d in the mix as well. But have run into a technical problem with it,which hopefully is resolved by end of next week. I have the highest of hopes with this particular camera,but it will take time like anything to get acquainted well with it. Time is not easy to come by for me. So my shooting style of necessity is on the fly,not always my first choice but at the same time that style can be fun with good surprises. Today I remember the experience of shooting as much as any image shot. It was being alone on a beautiful day just outside of town. There were still too many people for me,occasionally driving by. Don't get me wrong,I don't dislike people. But when I take a camera out I don't want to bother them...and I don't want them to bother me. I want zero interaction,that's why I take a camera out. If I wanted to be with a person I would call them up and get together. Anyway, it was a special day,and there's always another special day waiting to be had with a camera.
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Today I shot the x100 along with my fairly recently purchased Ricoh Gr3x. I need time to get used to the 3x,the x100 I'm very used to. I won't say one is better than the other, first impression is they both do things the other can't do as well. I found myself using the x100 a lot more today,probably 5 out of every 6 shots were with it over the Ricoh. I'm sure it's partly because I'm very comfortable with it,but I also was feeling that often I simply was liking it's look better. Sometimes the photos look very similar. Sometimes the better resolution of the Ricoh makes me favour it's rendering more,at other times it's cleaner look makes it lose in my mind to the Fuji. But neither camera is necessarily always predictable as to what it will produce,whether it will beat the other. The Fuji has a softer look at times,less perfection,which for me is on the path to perfection more so than than the more perfected outcome of the Ricoh. But not in all cases,for the Ricoh has it's own flashes of brilliance I've seen a bit in my short time using it. Different abilities in different situations than the Fuji, I'm just not well enough versed in these abilities right now. Comparing it as I am,or comparing these two cameras as I have the last couple of days is interesting,but not necessarily in every point the best thing to do. I am pretty clear that for me the better thing is to shoot the Ricoh all by itself and leave the Fuji or any other camera at home. They are two different cameras and they should be kept separate. In my estimation. The comparison thing may seem interesting,but I think it's actually the wrong road to go down. We have the ability I believe to like a great range of artistic stuff. It greatly depends on our mood,at least for me. When I like a scene,an image,I don't sit and compare it to another. I like it for what I see and feel in it in the moment. If I come back to it another day I will find my mood and feeling may have changed. I may favour one camera over the other, but honestly the fairest way to do that is to know both cameras really well and also know how to shoot them really well. Few people do that or are that good,including me. In the end I may like one over the other,and the fairest thing to be said would be that I prefer one look over the other,rather than saying one camera is better than the other. Kind of an interesting thing for me with another camera around as I shot the x100 alone for pretty well 8 years. Yes, I picked up a DP2 Merrill in June of 2022,and I think it is an amazing camera in what it can do well. But as anyone who knows anything about it knows,it has a certain limited range in which it is brilliant,and my schedule of life and shooting just don't always make it handy to use. I've thought often of selling it,but am not really willing quite yet to part with it. Now there's a Canon 5d in the mix as well. But have run into a technical problem with it,which hopefully is resolved by end of next week. I have the highest of hopes with this particular camera,but it will take time like anything to get acquainted well with it. Time is not easy to come by for me. So my shooting style of necessity is on the fly,not always my first choice but at the same time that style can be fun with good surprises. Today I remember the experience of shooting as much as any image shot. It was being alone on a beautiful day just outside of town. There were still too many people for me,occasionally driving by. Don't get me wrong,I don't dislike people. But when I take a camera out I don't want to bother them...and I don't want them to bother me. I want zero interaction,that's why I take a camera out. If I wanted to be with a person I would call them up and get together. Anyway, it was a special day,and there's always another special day waiting to be had with a camera.