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Ricoh GR-1s

Ricoh GR-1s

2002-09-15 by rsc236

i have a GR-1S.  i LOVE it.
problem is if it breaks you are SOL.  Ricoh exited the film camera business
in the US around 3 years ago, and parts and repair technicians are very
difficult to find.  mine broke and i worked very hard to find a guy who said
he specialized in fixing Ricoh film cameras, after paying him $125 it's
still broken.
point and shoot cameras have a lot of tiny moving parts packed into a small
space, if you spend a few hundred bucks you will want to be able to get it
fixed.

i also have an olympus stylus and a stylus epic.  they're great, but not as
good as the GR-1S.

i know a bunch of people with yashica T-4s.  they are also great.
i understand that there's a high-profile photogapher for Guess jeans that
uses the yashica T-4 exclusively.  the whole rest of the industry is using
huge medium format gear, and this guy's got ten T-4s that he lines up on a
table and runs around shooting.  it's a great camera, and if i had to do it
again, it's probably the one i'd go with.  you can get 3 of them for the
price of a GR1.

good luck.

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