Daido Moriyama...back to Ricoh :D

[Rodchenko]

A photographer? Not sure I get the reference.

He advertised Olympus cameras - particularly the Trip, of which I have one. My post is a line from one of the ads (some are on YouTube)

 

[jsrockit]

My post wasn't purely meant as serious...BUT...Moriyama returning to a digital version of a camera he preferred says something about the digital implementation of the GR. His return to the tool he's most famous for says a lot about how well the new GR mimics Moriyama's old film Ricoh GRs.

Also...Daido Moriyama (DM) and David Manning (DM)...coincidence? 😀

Fair enough. Makes sense in that way. To me, it is the first digital GR that is worthy of the GR name.

 

[MickH]

Who's David Bailey? 😉

Love it!

😀

Twice the photographer Bryan Pringle ever would be!

 

[helen.HH]

My post wasn't purely meant as serious...BUT...
Also...Daido Moriyama (DM) and David Manning (DM)...coincidence? 😀

Me got this from the beginning...
Hehehe DM !!
😀

 

[jtm6]

If I were to go digital, I think the GR would make more sense than any of the small sensor non-M cameras currently offered by Leica...

When I tired of DSLRs and wanted to try something different and smaller, I was originally going to get a GRD. I ended up with an M6 and an F3. 😀 (I still want a GRD though. 🙂 )

 

[johannielscom]

If anything, the link in the OP proves that Japanese still beats Google Translate by several nose lengths easily...


😀

 

[shadowfox]

Inspired by a photographer's photography and vision, sure. Inspired by their camera? Not my thing. Just an opinion. Sorry, it differs from yours.

Inspired by how some photographers use their cameras, and thus their camera choice influenced us. I believe that this true for a lot of people. You may be an exception, of course.

We both know we see some things differently, all good.

 

[Lflex]

Whoever pays the most. Apparently he is using Nikon compacts now.
http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/53278073929/daido-moriyama-wedding-photographer-mr

 

[ramosa]

"Returning" to Ricoh? What was he recently using that wasn't Ricoh? (I'm not disagreeing--just asking.)

 

[kdemas]

"Returning" to Ricoh? What was he recently using that wasn't Ricoh? (I'm not disagreeing--just asking.)

He used a Nikon Coolpix 9200.

 

[Lflex]

John Sypal took the wedding picture linked above during this month (June), that is after he "returned" to Ricoh. Apparently Moriyama prefers Nikon privately and only publicly "returned" to Ricoh.
Moriyama is a commercial machine. When I saw a show of his 3 years ago in Sapporo, the exhibition was accompanied with more merchandise than you find in Disneyland. Chocolate wrapped in reproductions of his photos, mugs, Moriyama toy cameras, clothing, plastic junk etc.
Applying any importance to his camera of choice is meaningless.

 

[David_Manning]

There is a recent video of Moriyama in Hong Kong shooting a Fuji X10. It was dated 2012, I believe.

 

[redisburning]

Applying any importance to his camera of choice is meaningless.

I agree, especially since he doesn't seem to care that much.

He seems to choose cameras on a "I hate this the least" kind of level.

 

[N.delaRua]

I think its normal to covet the objects that are associated with our favorite artists careers. Whether, we appreciate their style, aesthetic, or sound one is naturally drawn to a favorite artist's process. Do they use oil, pastels, water color, a Leica, a Nikon, a stratocaster, a les paul? How to do the mix paint? How do they solo? Why a manual rangefinder? Et cetera...

No big deal. In this day and age of endless product releases there definitely seems to be a new marketing wave of grabbing a noisy "pro" photographer and asking him what he thinks about it. However, being interested in a artist method including his tools is an entirely different thing.

I got a Leica after growing up with film SLRs. I still use both, and I got a Leica to see what all the fuss was about. Turns out it fits me quite well.

These new compacts: Ricoh GR, Coolpix A, X100s; are made with a specific target audience and market. I like that these companies seek out artist and commission them to produce something. Many of these artist have been quite forthcoming about the faults and limits of the cameras, and some have gushed over them. I don't find that surprising at all. Eric Clapton feels strongly about Strats, and I am sure their are things he doesn't like too...

I guess my point is simply: endorsements and marketing are not always bad. Its so easy to be cynical and say, "Hey, the camera doesn't matter or HCB this and that...." I've enjoyed reading about people putting device to use in a manner in which it was intended to be used and either rant or rave about its abilities. Especially when they are much more capable than me...

Its a good time for the photographer; there are more amazing tools coming out everyday, and if it was not for endless progress driven I am willing to bet someone could carve out quite a career with something a functional and small as a GR.

 

[ramosa]

He used a Nikon Coolpix 9200.

Thanks. I guess I had missed that phase. Good to hear he's back to camera he used for so many years (albeit now a digital).

 

[David_Manning]

All true, and all valid points. It IS nice to see Daido back with his beloved (and most famous) Ricohs.

It still inflames my GAS for this little pocket rocket. I can always channel Daido in my mind 😀

 

[shadowfox]

Applying any importance to his camera of choice is meaningless.

Not if I end up with a camera that I truly like, that I wouldn't had paid attention to otherwise.

The reverse is true also, if I don't bond with a camera that is used by a famous photographer, then I'd trade it out. One example comes into mind: Leica M3. I don't care if it's being used by [insert your most admired photographer], one roll was all it took before I sold it.

There seems to be a "high-horse" undertone around here that says "my camera choices is never influenced by famous artists."

I don't quite get that.

 

[Chuck Albertson]

If anything, the link in the OP proves that Japanese still beats Google Translate by several nose lengths easily...


😀

It's like reading a Google translation of Ichiro talking about hitting. I saw that Moriyama/Klein show at the Tate Modern last year, and was really blown away by his pictures. I forgot to ask what camera he shot them all with.

 

[__--]

...There seems to be a "high-horse" undertone around here that says "my camera choices is never influenced by famous artists."...

Looks like it. Or you could say that some people think that someone who tries a camera that a famous photographer uses is a poseur. And some other people think that someone who says that he won't be influenced to chose a camera that a famous photographer uses is a poseur. Such is life. Or, everyone is a poseur...

—Mitch/Bangkok
Bangkok Obvious [WIP]
Eggleston said that he was "at war with the obvious"...

 

[Lflex]

Looks like it. Or you could say that some people think that someone who tries a camera that a famous photographer uses is a poseur. And some other people think that someone who says that he won't be influenced to chose a camera that a famous photographer uses is a poseur. Such is life. Or, everyone is a poseur...

—Mitch/Bangkok
Bangkok Obvious [WIP]
Eggleston said that he was "at war with the obvious"...

IMO, it is understandable that people are curious about what your idol's camera can do for your own photography, but when the idol's choice is based on the highest bidding sponsor, he/she is basically saying that any camera will do.
You can of course support the sponsor, because the sponsor supports your idol.