Any GXR system users here?

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Chiang Mai | GXR A12-50mm-e | ISO 800 | f/3.5 | 1/60 sec

Bangkok | GXR A12-50mm-e | ISO 1600 | f/4.0 | 1/125 sec

Pak Nam Pran | GXR A12-50mm-e | ISO 3200 | f/4.0 | 1/160 sec

Pak Nam Pran | GXR A12-50mm-e | ISO 400 | f/6.4 | 1/400 sec

Bangkok | GXR/A12-50mm-e | ISO 1600 | f/2.5 | 1/320 sec

Chiang Mai | GXR/A12-28mm-e | ISO 200 | f/8.0 | 1/320 sec

Pranburi | GXR/A12-50mm-e | ISO 200 | f/8.0 | 1/125 sec

Chiang Mai | GXR/A12-28mm-e | ISO 200 | f/8.0 | 1/500 sec

Bangkok | GXR/A12-50mm-e | ISO 800 | f/8.0 | 1/1000 sec

Actually, this last one is my favorite of these...


Chiang Mai | GXR/A12-28mm-e | ISO 800 | f/5.6 | 1/100 sec

—Mitch/Bangkok
Around Cgiang Mai

 

[dreilly]

I just did a restaurant shoot with the GXR and 28/50 modules. I haven't processed them out but my cursory look at them on lightroom is really positive. In terms of usage, going from a ever-ready DSLR machine thing to the GXR took some getting used to. But I enjoyed the experience. I was shooting in RAW and initially waiting for the raw file to write (or waiting for the three-shot sequence to clear the buffer when using continuous mode) was initially off-putting. But then I relaxed (everything in a restaurant pretty much happens more than once, at least in a kitchen!) and used that time to study my subject, or get into position for another shot. I felt like it made me a more intentional photographer. Not unlike working with a rangefinder.

The autofocus was all right in most cases. It helps a bit that the DOF is fairly wide for what is really a wide lens at f2.5. For action I had to pre-focus or use the snap focus mode, which is quite handy. Most of the time it was set for one-meter. I shoot up close and personal most of the time.

I have the viewfinder but I didn't really use it. As long as I'm not fighting the sunlight, I actually prefer the LCD screen. Again, my sense is that it gets the tech out from between myself and the subject and allows me to interact with people more. This aspect of the GXR reminds me of shooting with a Twin Lens Reflex, which I always enjoyed.

Very little of the above are specific to the GXR, I suppose, though the controls on the GXR made much of my work pretty fluid. It's easy to access file type (when I wanted to switch to JPEG to shoot a longer sequence) or to access WB or ISO. Aperture is very easy to change. I actually used the "Mini" art filter, which simulates a tilt-shift lens effect, for quite a few shots where I wanted to isolate the subject even more.

In general the camera is comfortable and pretty snappy, with better IQ than the E-P1 I had. I had a good time with it. The lensors, though they are a slightly awkward shape, are really fun to snap in and out. It's kinda weird but it sounds like a clip of ammunition going into a machine gun. I'm not a very violent person or anything, but it has that lock and load sound that's kind of fun.

The best part for me was ending the evening without a screaming pain in my shoulder from holding a 2 pound DSLR. And the feeling that my memory card was filled with some nice images for the magazine.

I'll post a few images when I can.

doug

 

[TKH]

I'll post a few images when I can.

doug

We are please waiting...

 

[leicashot]

Nice to see a glimpse of color for a change Mitch....but your b+w work is better

Chiang Mai | GXR A12-50mm-e | ISO 800 | f/3.5 | 1/60 sec

Bangkok | GXR A12-50mm-e | ISO 1600 | f/4.0 | 1/125 sec

Pak Nam Pran | GXR A12-50mm-e | ISO 3200 | f/4.0 | 1/160 sec

Pak Nam Pran | GXR A12-50mm-e | ISO 400 | f/6.4 | 1/400 sec

Bangkok | GXR/A12-50mm-e | ISO 1600 | f/2.5 | 1/320 sec

Chiang Mai | GXR/A12-28mm-e | ISO 200 | f/8.0 | 1/320 sec

Pranburi | GXR/A12-50mm-e | ISO 200 | f/8.0 | 1/125 sec

Chiang Mai | GXR/A12-28mm-e | ISO 200 | f/8.0 | 1/500 sec

Bangkok | GXR/A12-50mm-e | ISO 800 | f/8.0 | 1/1000 sec

Actually, this last one is my favorite of these...


Chiang Mai | GXR/A12-28mm-e | ISO 800 | f/5.6 | 1/100 sec

—Mitch/Bangkok
Around Cgiang Mai

 

[kjoebek]

A12 28mm

 

[TKH]

f2.5 and 100% crop:








f 2.8 and 100% crop





f 3.2 and 100% crop





Iso 1600, no noise reduction on board or in Lightroom


Iso 3200, no noise reduction on board or in Lightroom




Rainer

 

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Nice to see a glimpse of color for a change Mitch....but your b+w work is better

Kristian, I would like to know why you think that. While I generally prefer B&W, sometimes it's hard to ignore color in a place like Bangkok. Also, I find giving color a personal or expressive look is more difficult. Just think how Michaell Ackerman's B&W book on Varanasi, "End Time City", could be done in color.

Although I've been a frequent proselytizer for framing with the LCD, last week I started using for the first time the GXR's EVF — it's pretty good and allows a more careful or deliberate approach to composition, although I still like to use the LCD when shooting with the GRD3, particularly when shooting
this series, some of whose pictures are made by simply panning the camera to my side without stopping (like the street portrait of the the man) or just pivoting around and shooting a four people whom I have just passed.

Here are two colour GXR pictures shot using the EVF. The first one is a favorite because the "gesture" of the two figures says a lot to me about urban life in a huge, chaotic city that often makes people appear to move mechanically like automatons.





Bangkok | GXR/A12-50mm | ISO 800 | f/4.0 | 1/1000 sec

Bangkok | GXR/A12-50mm | ISO 200 | f/5.6 | 1/500 sec

—Mitch/Bangkok
Around Chiang Mai

 

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A few more color pictures:



Bangkok | Ricoh GXR/A12-50mm | ISO 800 | f/5.0 | 1/60 sec

Bangkok | Ricoh GXR/A12-50mm | ISO 400 | f/6.3 | 1/320 sec

Bangkok | Ricoh GXR/A12-50mm | ISO 800 | f/5.0 | 1/250 sec

—Mitch/Bangkok
Rainy Season