My new favourite camera that I carry with me everyday.
Don’t get me wrong. I still think the Lomo LCA is really cool, but it’s getting expensive to buy slide film and difficult to find decent places which do a good cross-processing job without charging a small fortune.
My friend Bono introduced me to this brilliant piece of kit at my birthday party. Like Oscar Wilde, I can resist everything except temptation.
The next day, I went to different shops to check out the camera, and the day after I ordered it for less than £250. I was well chuffed about getting it.
I know a lot of people complain about the noise when it’s above 200 ISO, which is actually a fair point. But I don’t like my Lomo LCA because it takes accurate photos, I like my camera because it takes interesting photos. The 28mm wide angle is so handy as it’s the same my LCA and I love the macro capability, which works really well in black and white. Of course, the Ricoh GR Digital looks great in black and the magnesium alloy body feels just right.