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Cool. I am a real fan of the Q and the Ricohs!

Everything starts right here that day. . . .

Great shot of the King! Where was it taken?

Hey Guy. Hope you are fine. I am still shooting with the Pen 5, on your recommendation, here in Pamplona. And the GRD4. GRIN

The Q always punches well above its weight.

The Q is a gem!

Very nice pictures! I miss my Q and Q7, which are in our summer place in BC. Didn't have room to bring them when moving to Pamplona. I will bring them back here next fall for sure.

I use the Sigma 30 as my 'standard' lens, and think it is great. Rather than use the Sig 19, I have the E20 for that focal length. I prefer it because if its size and its great 'hood,' which I ...

The Ricoh R4 was a GREAT small, mid range zoom camera! I am still worry mine was killed in Habana by a rouge wave.

Interesting. Usually, with other brands like Pentax and Fuji, the internal, non user replaceable  battery holds the Date and Time information. Maybe not in case of Ricoh. . .

That is most probably true with the GR series, with their APS-C sensors. But not with the earlier, smaller sensor GRDs.

Size is THE most important thing for me regarding walk around camera gear, so I normally shoot with some variety of Ricoh (my GRII will be coming next month). But I also like m4/3s gear. That is ...

Snap works perfectly in P mode. Same as in A or S (or M for that matter). This holds true for all the GR varieties that I have owned (4). BTW, with the small sensor in the GRDIII and IV, there is ...

Jack, I am really surprised that the GR did so well. The photographer had something to do with too, I suppose. GRIN

Thanks. I mostly 'bring the camera up' when shooting, and I always have the camera, with a wrist strap, in my hand whenever I leave the house. And of course I use Snap focus. GRIN.

Dale, Thank you very much!

For 'street' just set it to 1.5 (or 2.5), see it and shoot it. It is faster than anything but maybe the latest, greatest AF systems. Make sure the shutter speed it high enough to avoid motion ...

Hey Tom, I thought you might drop in! GRIN. Yes, the smallest Panas are great. The only thing I don't like about mine is the Japanese menus (bought it in Japan of course). But it is 'set it and ...

Nice. Both the place and the pix.

That would be pretty hard, since the GRD3 died in a beer shower just after the national college football championship game at Koshien. To be replaced by a used GRD4.