44 hours with my favourite pocket camera

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This week I'm in Copenhagen, Denmark shooting with the tiny Ricoh GR IIIx. I'm fortunate to have my friend Mads Peter Iversen to show me around too.
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@MadsPeterIversen Жыл бұрын

Nibodir? 🤣 Fantastic trip, so much fun! Let's do it again 😃

@MrKoleThomsen Жыл бұрын

Neebootha? 🙂

@snapsbyfox Жыл бұрын

Guess im coming here for a month or two... looks mega!

@KyleTunis Жыл бұрын

Greetings from one of those .8% watching from Denmark! Hope you had a great time in Copenhagen. I've always found it hard shooting here since it's the city I live in and the beauty becomes a bit mundane after seeing it every single day, so it was nice seeing a bit of it through another photographer's eyes

@ruschhau Жыл бұрын

As a follower for a while now, I have two things: first, you have a really incredible eye for a scene that’s pretty inspiring; second, it’s only just hit me that this is a phenomenal videography channel masquerading (deservedly so) as one for still photography

@JarenHunsaker Жыл бұрын

Love the vides you make, James! Always gets me pumped to take pictures!

@Lousinana Жыл бұрын

He mann i really dont know what are you doing but your colour editing is next level. Br from Austria

@ElliottKinsey Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was thinking!

@RatRugRug Жыл бұрын

When I first found James, I was also entirely blown away with his use of editing. But as I explore more features in Lightroom, the color grading tab has been able to give me a similar result to him! Happy surprise anyway!

@stephenchurch1784 Жыл бұрын

He's got a video called "how I edit photos" that you'd probably like. It's not a full blown tutorial video but he does go into how he works with color curves in lightroom

@chimklee Жыл бұрын

i really really really need to learn how to edit like him

@gjwhite Жыл бұрын

Glad you're enjoying the Ricoh! It really is a pleasant camera to use and I just find myself reaching for it more and more given just how easy it is to throw in a small bag. It just feels right in the hand and allows me to be responsive to the environment. It's a very fluid camera!

@BenjyBraude Жыл бұрын

Those first few architectural shots really caught me off guard. To me, at least, they're a huge departure from your normal style, but I think they're wonderful! Expertly composed and exposed. Thanks for another great video!

@rutlegs Жыл бұрын

Your compositions are just so amazing.

@jamiejonesphotography Жыл бұрын

Some superb colours in that town! Great photos as usual James. Great stuff!

@denisesavage2382 Жыл бұрын

Love your style and tech/sound challenges . . . . .you work so well with them.

@kev16 Жыл бұрын

I've watched over 50 gr videos because I am deciding to pick up a 3 or 3x. And yours is the first one that gave me what I needed. I was thinking of getting an X and then use my phone for other needs. And I worried about getting a 3 that basically is my phone in a majority of ways. THANK YOU. griiix here I come.

@alexanderpopov6374 7 ай бұрын

Right now I am in the exact same dilemma. What are your thoughts on the GRiiix if you have got it ?

@Jake-vt4ow Жыл бұрын

Love your photography. Thank you so much!

@andreasphotiou1886 Жыл бұрын

I love Copenhagen, such a great place to walk/cycle around taking photos

@doctorsnarf8764 3 ай бұрын

After seen about a million videos of the Fujifilm X100VI and X100V, the lens on the RicohGR3 is literally way sharper and not in a clinical way it just looks so dam good, the contrast on all images i see is just amazing.

@danielsowards5730 Жыл бұрын

This is great! Heading to Copenhagen in April, so very excited for the inspiration.

@testengineer Жыл бұрын

I've been planning on picking one of these up for a summer trip to Copenhagen and Stockholm. Cool to see this!

@christianpatton1852 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful to see you in Copenhagen and to see your take on the city lovely images really looking forward to the coming videos from your trip around my Denmark :) Nyboder is pronounced with a very soft D :))

@stevewturnbull Жыл бұрын

I have an iPhone 14 Pro too (I'm a travel writer and photographer). The biggest issue I have is not the quality it's the form factor/ergonomics. But I'm getting used to it and there's no doubt it's a very convenient and capable camera. I've taken it on several shoots recently and been very pleased with the results. Most people wouldn't know the difference.

@philduch Жыл бұрын

Mr Popsys It's been a while now since I follow your photography channel . I had to thank you for all the recommandations and talks about the Ricoh GR. Just bought it and it's ...Phenomenal ! Very fast and responsive for such a tiny little thing.. Thanks a lot for your british humour ...sometimes 😅 Have a nice day Philippe from Belgium

@bernardjohnwright Жыл бұрын

Excellent video James went there a three years ago and amazing place and we will be heading back sometime.

@andreseli Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the Icelandic guy that lives in Denmark and, a few years ago, on that lovely island Ærø, you visited. 🙋

@motionvizual922 Жыл бұрын

just happened to find your channel but was fun seeing you in my hometown and on taking pictures on the street where I grew up. great video

@travelwithlenses Жыл бұрын

I also loved my visit to Nyboder when I visited Copenhagen last year!

@larshultberg6972 Жыл бұрын

Copenhagen is a wonderful city for street photography. I’m looking forward to more videos from Denmark.

@CoryDAnimates Жыл бұрын

Am glad more people are talking about the GR line!

@Brightsparks1960 Жыл бұрын

Another great video thank you. A useful feature you did not mention is the Crop Mode which does provide a useable sensor based crop to change the focal length. On the GRiiix this adds 50mm and 71mm to the default 40mm focal length and on the GRiii adds 35mm and 50mm in addition to the 28mm. Given the 24Mp sensor size, the first crop is quite usable as this reduces the image size from 24MP to about 16MPi

@daosilver Жыл бұрын

Love my GRIII. Have a Nikon Z6II but 90% of the time I'm using GRIII. The images are so sharp and artistic looking! After updating to 1.70 even the video is nice

@weisserth Жыл бұрын

Nice images. I would love to visit Copenhagen again, an absolutely brilliant destination in Europe.

@joshuamontgomery0 Жыл бұрын

I'm from the U.S. and visiting my sister in London in March - I told her that we're leaving the city and going to Snowdonia because my favorite KZfaqr shoots there all the time!

@NigelDanson Жыл бұрын

That looked so good. I should have come.... ha

@taniolorunyomi Жыл бұрын

The first set of images you shared at the start of the video take my breath away. Just had to say.

@Trollingstone34 Жыл бұрын

Geez getting homesick from this one... Great video!

@UrbanoModa Жыл бұрын

You'll enjoy the 28mm version more, and especially positive film filter. great video, loved the biker with the red jacket @ 4:26

@paulcollingridge8387 Жыл бұрын

So clean in the city... No litter, very few parked cars. Great video

@bastian.michel Жыл бұрын

Your editing is so entertaining. Asking him about the percentage he found interessting. Tbh, thats the reason im subscribed. I do not shoot landscape, just family stuff. But kept watching due to the fun stuff.

@andreagracis Жыл бұрын

Great pic and framing!

@nicolasguillenc Жыл бұрын

Your colors are so beautiful man, If I had the money for lightroom I’d buy your presets haha and still i’m sure there’s more editing involved

@TheArtofKAS Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this walkthrough James. As someone whos lookin forward to ventureing out to Denmark. Loved watching this. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 BRAVO. AND beautiful pictures as usual. The first few were were the stand outs and now I need to go look for those locations🤣🤣

@alb1rdy547 Жыл бұрын

As a native Copenhagen photographer here are a few amazing spots, which they didn't go to: Sydhavnstippen - llamas, sheep and very unique thriftbuild houses Amagerbakken - good vantage point to see the entirety of the small copenhagen skyline Christiania (just dont have your camera visible on pusherstreet)

@TheArtofKAS Жыл бұрын

@@alb1rdy547 THANK YOU!!! SAVING THESE

@alb1rdy547 Жыл бұрын

@@TheArtofKAS no worries buddy :)

@RealRaynedance Жыл бұрын

I can't help but love your abrupt cuts to much worse weather.

@11Butler Жыл бұрын

Great little camera

@DylanRotich Жыл бұрын

I just bought this camera. Sometime in the future I'd like to get my hands on the older GR II version so I could get the 28mm equivalent, the flash, and the old color image controls. It seems that the Positive Film looks quite different (better imo) on the GR II.

@v8rumble123 Жыл бұрын

3:09 Great lighting!

@sampierceB Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. Been curious to understand the difference between the gr and iPhone 14

@StefanBeyer Жыл бұрын

Nice shots! You seem to be a a true "fusion photographer". I like how take a street photography approach to landscapes and vice versa. Produces some really nice results. Regarding that getting a GR in addition to the GRX thing: I went down that road and it didn't go well. Kept confusing the two (despite my clever "left pocket 28, right pocket 40" methodology) and it just didn't feel right. SO sold the 28mm again.

@Tubilakken Жыл бұрын

Greetings from a dane. Its nice to see you in places ive been and the even nicer to see we take almost identical photos there :)

@ka8eno Жыл бұрын

I would love you to do a video with the iPhone 14 pro and hear your thoughts and tips as this is my camera! Even as an iPhone photographer, I really enjoy your videos as they are fun and I can normally find something to take away, even if it is only a smile.😊

@ka8eno Жыл бұрын

@James.Popsys Hello James, thank you for your reply to my message. I am sending this as requested, Karen.

@BlueskyYt Жыл бұрын

Love these photos 🤩I have to visit copenhagen soon 😅

@NeonShores Жыл бұрын

03:08 is just lovely.

@j.b.6448 Жыл бұрын

Once again, enjoyed your video. Planning on a Copenhagen trip in the near future, and this post has energized me for the trip. As for the percentage of views from Copenhagen, if someone has a VPN, it may say they are in Copenhagen though in reality, they may be in another country. :)

@davidzhorvath Жыл бұрын

Huge fan of both Ricoh GRiii models and keep both with me, I recommend the original 28. (equivalent)

@Qwillo749 4 ай бұрын

Damn I love your humour! Come for the photo content stay for the amusement

@ChadWilson Жыл бұрын

It was a very nice forklift, very well rendered. LOL!

@jonstout7635 Жыл бұрын

I’m inspired to take my tiny Z50 with the pancake lens out and do some street scenes like we use to. Thanks for a video of great shots and good humor mixed with photo lessons on top of it all.

@chanceproductionsfilms Жыл бұрын

Get to it!! I’m not a Nikon user but the Z50 with a small lens sounds like a great street package

@jonstout7635 Жыл бұрын

@@chanceproductionsfilms I did a couple of nights ago. It was great to have less weight to handle and the picture quality is amazing.

@chanceproductionsfilms Жыл бұрын

@@jonstout7635 That's awesome mate. I recently just switched from a Canon DSLR to a Lumix G9 and WOW the smaller size and weight is absolutely amazing to work with on the street

@scotttucker9613 Жыл бұрын

My biggest perceived knock on the GRIII is the flat color output I've seen from most people that post about them. These are a nice departure from those drab examples, James. I ultimately went with the X100 instead, but these are good to see that the GRIII is capable of more than it looks like based on most samples.

@log791 Жыл бұрын

Most of the samples out there look bad, I agree. However, I just downloaded a lot of GR IIIx sample pictures from Dpreview, and played with them in Lightroom 5 and Silkypix 6. I was really surprised. They react very well for manipulations, even for extreme manipulations like a few VSCO film simulations. Colors look great. Dynamic range is first class. I suggest you to do the same, and decide for yourself what a GR is capable of.

@tomgruitt6563 Жыл бұрын

Super James.

@jsimes1 Жыл бұрын

I quite like the Danish forklift! 🚜🚧

@bokusimondesu Жыл бұрын

nyBOder What you said there was quite true: Sometimes you can't and other times it's just impossible. Looking forward to seeing more of the country that I live in. 😊👍

@ch3m1c Жыл бұрын

I went straight to check for plain tickets from Tallinn to Copenhagen after watching your video :) Just to go do streets there with my A7C + 50mm F2.5 G 🥰

@celestewalz8342 Жыл бұрын

Nyboder was my favorite spot in Copenhagen.

@viktorbjorkman5632 Жыл бұрын

6:55 ".. It's all rhymes that" Wow James, you rhymed Version with Version and Version! I always find Copenhagen to be a great city to find new interesting shots in when I visit! Greetings from just across the Öresund bridge!

@3COI Жыл бұрын

I have a GRIII and I used to carry it with me everywhere I went. Then the scroll wheel got all wonky and frustrating and I barely use it now. It's a shame because I very much enjoying the camera when everything worked as it should and i wasn't fighting the camera or finding work arounds for adjusting manual settings ( I always shoot in manual mode bc I guess I'm a control freak)

@andreevbg Жыл бұрын

OMG! Love seeing you taking photos in the city I live in! Quite inspirational!!

@sh8736 Жыл бұрын

When you go to the airport wear your camera as jewellery and have a lens in your pocket ! I used to work for a Danish company and went often to Copenhagen. In those days everyone smoked , do they still? Never went for a beer as you could nt see the bar for the fog.. Went to take a picture of the little mermaid and was shocked to find industrial buildings in the background!

@simoncennals Жыл бұрын

Just picked up my own original GR, partly inspired by your previous videos on it. The 28mm suits me a bit more as I'm based in the Canadian Rockies and use it as a landscape camera out running and split boarding in the mountains

@charleshodge1223 Жыл бұрын

Some nice example of anticipation with the pedestrians and cyclists. Really liked the photos you ended up with. It does seam you've inadvertently created a whole new sub-genre of street photography.....Street Forklift photography!! That surely HAS to be the topic for a 'James Popsys youtube channel giveaway competion' in the future??, with Mads bless him roped in to co-judge ;-)

@Nasphotography13 Жыл бұрын

Another super relaxed video which in my eyes is just perfect, i too have just got the iPhone 14 pro max so would be very interested in your views and review

@lenneavy Жыл бұрын

I was in Copenhagen last weekend testing newly acquired GRIIIx. It's interesting to see the places I've visited through your lens!

@radcoimbatore Жыл бұрын

Amazing photographs , wishes from India 🇮🇳

@e.d.s.1644 7 ай бұрын

would be nice to share the setting of the GR also

@Batch2103 Жыл бұрын

Mads face is priceless ... you should come to Skegness to challenge you. Yes ...really!

@jonathanayres9370 Жыл бұрын

Another great video James. If you are considering offering some of your Copenhagen photos as prints to buy, please let us know. From Australia having recently returned from a trip to that wonderful city.

@Voeunven123 Жыл бұрын

Nice bro!!!

@Ozy_x Жыл бұрын

this is Sean Tucker's favorite daily little street camera and judging by its very capable output you could clearly see why

@tannerjagim4241 Жыл бұрын

James I know you may not exactly be looking for this but with the new lens Nikon released a z30 + the 26mm 2.8 would be an excellent camera and would be similar in every aspect to the ricoh but with weather sealing which I know you have complained about in the past. You could also go for the z50 which has a viewfinder but is still extremely small with that lens. The lens is also able to take filters as well and could be Usable as a video camera for vlogging and such.

@Exiledk Жыл бұрын

I'm one of the 0.86%.. It's "Noo-bo-ther". The houses were originally built as military accomodation. (Army, navy.)

@manwithaplan47 Жыл бұрын

1:56 "yes yes yes yes yes" I'm glad I'm not the only one who tries to verbally shepherd people into the right spot for a shot during street photography sessions.

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I do love the image at 4:26, I find it very captivating. BTW, did you learned some (other) Danish words during your stay?

@niekfraterman6006 Жыл бұрын

Nice video with lots of colour. In stead of buying a seconde Ricoh GRX you could buy a Sony 28-60 / 4-5.6 collaseble kitlens for 300 pound. it is wheather sealed and you have the battery life, viewfinder, video and stabalisition of the Sony 7Rc. You can also this kitlens infull / crop mode on your Sony 7Riv for lightweight cycling and hillwalking in Wales.

@rvboondocker2559 10 ай бұрын

Mads is a terrific guy.

@pwood5733 7 ай бұрын

Depends if you buy the phone lenses as one does for cameras to do the comparisons properly

@seansperte1300 Жыл бұрын

Love this, thanks for sharing. Did you shoot RAW with your iPhone?

@tjsinva Жыл бұрын

Hope Mads does a video as well. 👍🥂

@JoshBenBernales Жыл бұрын

Love my 28mm version, for me, it's the perfect daily carry.

@zhekhailee8220 Жыл бұрын

James I seriously hope that you could do an iPhone 14 pro video, letting us know how to use that 24mm effectively, great video as always!

@chrispyl0ve66 Жыл бұрын

Yes please for a phone video 😁👍I've watched your last one to death now. Also another Welsh village/town shoot, maybe the same video😁

@althejazzman Жыл бұрын

When I bought my Sony Xperia 5 ii I was worried for the future of my Olympus EM-5, but now I use both but always ensure the Oly has a lens that the phone can't even dream of.

@mel_booklover Жыл бұрын

Copenhagen 😍 I didn't have my camera with me when I was there.

@alb1rdy547 Жыл бұрын

Three great photography places in Copenhagen for the next time you come to Copenhagen: Sydhavnstippen Amagerbakken Christiania (away from pusherstreet)

@artemkanaki9274 Жыл бұрын

if I need to choose one focal length it would be a 28mm. In fact I’ve decided to strict myself and use only 28mm for at least a year or two. I had multiple cameras, mostly fuji, I sold all of them just yesterday, and kept only ricoh gr3. I mean, how many gear do we really need? as a hobbyist I definitely do not need more then one camera. gr3 is amazing camera, I really like how the raw files look. The Copenhagen is amazing city, I visited it in October, and going to go there for at least a few weeks this year

@Jamssttv Жыл бұрын

That is very cool I am from Dominican republic but I live in Copenhagen

@oldad73 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking, just before you asked, 'I bet Mads didn't take any street photos in Copenhagen.' Next you need to do a Hamburg trip with Greg Snell.

@Colaman112 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, phone cameras are really impressive nowadays. I often go out with just a long lens on my camera and if I need to take wider shots I just use the phone.

@alexSpunkt. Жыл бұрын

Great video 👏 video about iPhone photography would be great!

@inelfcalape58 Жыл бұрын

Nice captured 😍💗 Which editing app u use?

@amalfrancis9590 Жыл бұрын

those iPhone shots were really great!

@samkirwan3902 Жыл бұрын

Out of interest, did you use the standard iOS Camera app when shooting on the 14 Pro, or a third party one (e.g. Halide or something)? Thanks James! Oh and random note, but I'm also a huge PhotoPills fan now as a result of your videos!

@ToastandJam52 Жыл бұрын

A big thank you for this video. I am planning a trip to Denmark in the near future. I am wondering how expensive you found it. Also, I have heard that streets lights go out soon after dark due to the energy crisis presumably caused by the Ukraine conflict. Did this have any impact on your trip? Thanks!