jsrockit
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Some people are influenced by photography, some people are influenced by cameras. That's not a diss to either side. However, you can understand that after awhile cameras can become boring for some of us...
Daido Moriyama...back to Ricoh :D
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Some people are influenced by photography, some people are influenced by cameras. That's not a diss to either side. However, you can understand that after awhile cameras can become boring for some of us...
_mark__
Well-known
And some people are influenced by both. As long as your out taking pics. what does it matter?
giellaleafapmu
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Plus 1 not understanding the whole point. I am seriously considering the GR, I started a thread asking informations, I happen to like quite a bit Moriyama San's pictures but don't see the point of buying the camera because he likes it. I also like quite a bit McNally's pictures but I am not going to buy three D4 plus 20 flashes for this reason. It would be all to easy, or too boring, if taking pictures was only about having the latest toy endorsed buy a photographer we like...
GLF
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jsrockit
Moderator
Not sure why you quoted me, but I never said it matters.
ramosa
B&W
Would you rather be influenced by what an expert uses or by what other RFF members use?
jsrockit
Moderator
I'd rather be influenced by a person's photography than by what camera they use. Cameras are necessary in photography, I give you that. However, what works for one person may not work for the next.
The RFF member may give me better advice about a camera than the expert...since I probably know the RFF member better than the expert and can have a full blown conversation about the camera.
Ultimately, it comes down to what works for you and what doesn't get in your way. There is no one camera that works perfectly for everyone.
ramosa
B&W
I agree completely, but was trying to raise the point that our purchase decisions are often--whether we like it or not--based on what we see others using. I think (or hope) my camera preferences are primarily based in getting the best tool for my work. I know my camera preferences have nothing to do with what's deemed cool or luxurious, as I don't know anyone offline who would be able to distinguish a rangefinder from a DSLR, etc.
400tx
Member
Update?!
http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/53278073929/daido-moriyama-wedding-photographer-mr
"I had heard recently that Moriyama quit shooting Ricoh cameras, and sure enough he had a small, basic little Nikon digital compact on him throughout the evening." - TCS
Basically there is no way to tell. He probably has them both, plus a bunch of old ones and funny ones going way back in case he needs them. I don't think what camera to use is a big decision for him.
http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/53278073929/daido-moriyama-wedding-photographer-mr
"I had heard recently that Moriyama quit shooting Ricoh cameras, and sure enough he had a small, basic little Nikon digital compact on him throughout the evening." - TCS
Basically there is no way to tell. He probably has them both, plus a bunch of old ones and funny ones going way back in case he needs them. I don't think what camera to use is a big decision for him.
David_Manning
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Moriyama DID stop using Ricoh (film cameras) until the new GR came out. In the meantime, he shot Nikon and Fuji at a minimum.
Here's my more serious point as the OP of this thread...I like his style of photography and I've shot like it myself. Why reinvent the wheel? He found a tool that allows him to produce his vision. I'll try it out myself too (with a fan's enthusiasm!). It's telling that after using other cameras, he's back to the one he's most comfortable with. So, Nikons and Fujis aside (and whatever else he's dabbled in), he's back to a comfortable, dependable, consistent tool.
I guess it's kind of like thinking that if most photojournalists shoot Nikon or Canon dSLRs, there must be a reason.
Here's my more serious point as the OP of this thread...I like his style of photography and I've shot like it myself. Why reinvent the wheel? He found a tool that allows him to produce his vision. I'll try it out myself too (with a fan's enthusiasm!). It's telling that after using other cameras, he's back to the one he's most comfortable with. So, Nikons and Fujis aside (and whatever else he's dabbled in), he's back to a comfortable, dependable, consistent tool.
I guess it's kind of like thinking that if most photojournalists shoot Nikon or Canon dSLRs, there must be a reason.
jsrockit
Moderator
How do you know this?
Renzsu
Well-known
I wonder how many people here wouldn't have shot Leica if it wasn't the camera of choice for HCB and the likes.
Funny how Moriyama started shooting with the GR1, he basically got it from someone and thought it was ok. He never actively went out there to look for the best possible camera. He worked with what he got.
Funny how Moriyama started shooting with the GR1, he basically got it from someone and thought it was ok. He never actively went out there to look for the best possible camera. He worked with what he got.
btgc
Veteran
Probably, if he did, he would be one of I-like-photography guys and not what he is. But maybe I'm wrong.
jsrockit
Moderator
However, he used the Olympus Pen W for many years and you could say that the Ricoh GR is similar... well, at least that they are both fixed lens 28mm cameras.
btgc
Veteran
Pen W has 25mm lens which gives images looking like from...35mm lens on 24x36 ?
jsrockit
Moderator
Yep, I was wrong. Thanks.
Frida
Established
The thing I like about him is that he uses pretty cheap (under 1k) and simple (fixed lens) cameras to get stuff done.
btgc
Veteran
35mm back then probably were like 28mm are nowadays. Like on phone woman used....oh, that were on another thread.
nightfly
Well-known
This.
It's difficult to find the right tool for the job. There are literally hundreds of options.
Professionals have a very serious interest in using the right tool. They have likely tried and dismissed more cameras than many of us have access to.
Someone like Moriyama who has a very distinct way of shooting- fast, intuitive without a lot of time futzing would obviously want a camera that does these things well.
So why not let them do the work for you? The same way some people read review sites because they are concerned with technical features others look at the end result and work backwards.
It's difficult to find the right tool for the job. There are literally hundreds of options.
Professionals have a very serious interest in using the right tool. They have likely tried and dismissed more cameras than many of us have access to.
Someone like Moriyama who has a very distinct way of shooting- fast, intuitive without a lot of time futzing would obviously want a camera that does these things well.
So why not let them do the work for you? The same way some people read review sites because they are concerned with technical features others look at the end result and work backwards.
jsrockit
Moderator
I feel a bit embarrassed that I actually kind of want to know what he is using.
kbg32
neo-romanticist
For his color work, he was using a Nikon. I saw him lecture at the Japan Society in NYC last year. He went back to using the Ricoh when the GR was released. I have no idea why he switched to Nikon in the first place.
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