Ricoh GR1 // The F Word

Ricoh GR1 // The F Word - Ep. 02

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6 жыл бұрын

The most iconic premium film compact camera. Ever. Well, one of them.
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Filmed with:
Sony a7 III Body Only: www.adorama.com/isoa7m3.html?...
www.adorama.com/iso2470.html?...
Mentioned:
Ricoh GR II: www.adorama.com/ircgr2n.html?...
Music:
Blue Wednesday - California Love
Blue Wednesday - Breakfast in Barcelona
Blue Wednesday - Cold Cuts
/ bluewednesday
Birocratic - Corn Honey
Birocratic - Leaving her flowers
Birocratic - Garoto
/ birocratic

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@alecbailey7235 6 жыл бұрын

I feel like Kai embodies a form of Jeremy Clarkson and Anthony Bourdain, but in the photo/video world. I love it!!

@gsxr6001984 2 жыл бұрын

He definitely has watched a lot of top gear.

@outsidestuff5283 21 күн бұрын

I was thinking a mix of jeremy clarkson and maurice moss

@shikharpriyadarshi3537 6 жыл бұрын

"why Venice? why not, might as well visit it before it sinks right?" -Kai, absolute mad lad

@NCMB__ 6 жыл бұрын

It’s not a joke: Venice really is sinking very slowly. They have been working against it for the last 10-20 years. (By the way, it's 'Dorsoduro' (hard back) and not 'Dorsudoro' (something like 'golden bakc'). Great video!

@kos2919 6 жыл бұрын

Niccolò Bianchi so when it will going to sink? To make sure I can visit it before its demise

@NCMB__ 6 жыл бұрын

Kos 291 it's not like there's an expiration date 😅 (I get the irony)

@bilibiliism 6 жыл бұрын

depends on the progress of global warming

@leotam3372 5 жыл бұрын

Same with the GR1 - use it before it dies inevitably

@TallTravelEats 6 жыл бұрын

Breathtaking pictures!

@syoung3868 6 жыл бұрын

More we need more !!!!! I love your unique way of showing cameras with a down to earth flare

@mattallpress7402 6 жыл бұрын

Glad to see an addition to this series! Cannot wait for more to come.

@Monkey_D_Cluffy 6 жыл бұрын

I freaking love this camera probably one of my favorite cameras I've owned!!! Also more of these kinds of videos please!!!!!!

@matteovrizzi 4 жыл бұрын

This was a really great episode - and the photos were fantastic. One of your best. please do more!

@acidsnow5915 6 жыл бұрын

at last again some film :D thanks for sharing this KAI love your channel :D

@TKJC2011 6 жыл бұрын

Travel and photography. Love this kind of videos. Nice work Kai.

@Febeleh 6 жыл бұрын

You, Lok, and Alamby were the key to Digital Rev's success. Losing you was the end of them. Love the personality, quality of footage, and efficient presentation of information.

@Fonggren 4 жыл бұрын

I took my GR1 to Venice (and Rome and Florence) 20 years ago and had a blast shooting with it. Of course, there weren't really any digital cameras readily available then, so I didn't really know any better. I now have two GR1s(one silver and one black) and love them both!

@mlohninger 6 жыл бұрын

Really awesome episode, Kai. I’d love to see more 35mm compact reviews!

@my4trackmachine 5 жыл бұрын

Love these older camera breakdowns. I used to love the analog rev episodes on digital rev and this kind throws back to that a little.

@henrikcarstensen2598 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, for your allways fantastic videos😊, they are a great inspiration EVERY time. Greetings from Denmark.

@mjones410 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you thank you Kai, the film reviews are refreshing, please do more :)

@fadelongboy 6 жыл бұрын

Love this, Kai! More of this series!

@Bluebelee 4 жыл бұрын

WE NEED MORE FILM CAMERAS ON THIS CHANNEL! PLSSSS

@joshuatatro4503 6 жыл бұрын

Digging the combo camera review/travel advice - 10/10 would watch another.

@TheWayWill 6 жыл бұрын

I'm a big fan of your work! I also really enjoy film photography, so I'd love it if you did more of these sorts of videos.

@PingLingUpInHere 5 жыл бұрын

Kai's photography has gotten loads better ever since those DigitalRev days! Bravo!

@pillow3209 5 жыл бұрын

It feels like i'm watching a BBC doc, I LOVE YOU LOL

@dowsemousei 6 жыл бұрын

Once again a stellar performance Kai!

@zguy95135 6 жыл бұрын

It was nerve wracking watching Kai casually carrying it around no strap next to a canal

@KaiManWong 6 жыл бұрын

It was only a little over 100 quid. I was carrying a Sony a7 III in the other hand without a strap though.

@Hulalulatallulahoop2 6 жыл бұрын

Same, i was just going to post that before i saw your comment!

@danielmalinovsky6578 6 жыл бұрын

Even more! none of the cameras fell on the ground or in water!

@andibdg2291 6 жыл бұрын

In the description you said: "Filmed with: Sony a7 III Body Only." So you tried to minimising the potential loss by filming it with body only without any lens? hahaha just a joke

@kos2919 6 жыл бұрын

Kai W where do you get it for 100 quid? All I can find asked for 1000 or more.

@kilometer750 6 жыл бұрын

I love when you review film cameras!

@ramn 6 жыл бұрын

MORE FILM PLEASE

@IarlaithMcNamara90 6 жыл бұрын

You are such a good effing photographer! Beautiful video! Thanks Kai

@matdemaz 6 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. Impressed with the sharpness.

@rinaldianwar15 6 жыл бұрын

I like travel + camera review like this, keep doing it kai! 😊

@SuperSomphon 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, I sub at around 10k and thought where's all of Kai fan? Been away a while and its 718k!! Well deserved Kai, keep it up!

@juggaajerry 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent tour of Venice Kai! One of your best videos imo!

@AnthonyBoettcher24 6 жыл бұрын

Great shots! Always love me a nice point and shoot!

@metallurgico 6 жыл бұрын

I loved your tour of Venice. Greetings from Turin! I'm watching you since the times you painted the Nikon DSLR pink! :)

@maxdullo3183 6 жыл бұрын

Kai, what a wonderful entertaining video!

@AdamAllen 5 жыл бұрын

Love Venice, great vid as always.

@maxwellwellmax878 6 жыл бұрын

Venezia+Kai+Film on a Saturday Morning awsome!.

@MichaelRasco 6 жыл бұрын

Film really has a certain quality that's so hard to emulate when it comes to digital photography. I've been holding back trying it out but it seems like the result makes all the work so much worth it. Great review!

@ChannelWhiteSea 6 жыл бұрын

bloody cool! Great, Kai!

@Styraxtwinblade 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing this review and travel vlog I was thinking about going to Italy for my honeymoon. Great places to take pictures and thanks for the info.

@ioioioiooioioi 6 жыл бұрын

I like this style of blogging! Keep it up kai!

@mlegrand 6 жыл бұрын

I don't even care about this review, I'm only here because you're so damn funny!

@KaiManWong 6 жыл бұрын

I do look young but I'm definitely older than 8 years old

@rbn1528 6 жыл бұрын

Ditto! Kai could be doing a review of a new mouse trap and I’d still watch it.

@metrix9125 6 жыл бұрын

He's art himself...pleasure to watch

@thomashughes_teh 6 жыл бұрын

Yea, If this photography thing doesn't work out Kia has a career in stand-up comedy waiting to be claimed.

@RaynesX 6 жыл бұрын

Kai's stuff was much better at digitalrev. There was no Kai circlejerk back then and he had a team, this all meant he was less full of himself and actually looked like he was having fun.

@lukemoore4735 5 жыл бұрын

$200???? They are like $500 now

@UrbexWonderland 4 жыл бұрын

$1000 now, haha

@Kylemsguy 4 жыл бұрын

@@UrbexWonderland for that price, might as well get a GR III. Or if you want to shoot film, there's a ton of options for

@jonmnelson 3 жыл бұрын

The images that puts out are amazing.

@mikaelsvartdahl 4 жыл бұрын

This camera brings back so many memories. I used to sell a ton of them when I worked in a camera store in the 90s :)

@Veiledrider 6 жыл бұрын

I'll literally watch any video you put out.

@CiroAbreu 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, Kai W and DPreview are my favorite channels on YT.

@ruiner101 6 жыл бұрын

Well done, Kai! I was waiting for a new F word episode. This was a good one. Love the sharpness of the lens.

@KaiManWong 6 жыл бұрын

Hope you weren't waiting too long...wait, you probably were

@ruiner101 6 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@Smaug1 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Please make more like this.

@driverv86 6 жыл бұрын

Those were some nice shots actually Kai!

@JeremyGalloway 6 жыл бұрын

Those selfies turned out great!

@tybo6376 6 жыл бұрын

Great video Kai!

@andregonzales7711 4 жыл бұрын

We need more of these!!!

@therealchickentender 5 жыл бұрын

Loved my GR1s. Had it for quite a long time but finally let it go about 3 years ago as I just wasn't shooting it often. But it deserves it's place.

@wichersham 6 жыл бұрын

GR1 is legendary. Such a fantastic camera.

@CamsCampbell 6 жыл бұрын

wonderful video Kai. You've reminded me a little of my Canon Sureshot Ace that was my everything camera back in my 20s. I wish I still had it. I'm not even sure what happened to it to be honest. It had a sort of prism screen on the top that you could use for shooting from the hip and I loved that feature.

@ShawneeUnion 6 жыл бұрын

Really love the street photography in this episode

@sam1989tex 6 жыл бұрын

you are only a 30 miles from my town!!!! Great!!!!Welcome in Italy my friend!!!

@senatorfrisbee 6 жыл бұрын

Love the transition with the guys pulling the cart! The Ricoh GR is my go-to camera as well, and I wish they were able to shove a full frame sensor in there.

@Richardsumilang 6 жыл бұрын

Loving that cine film!

@Framework3006 6 жыл бұрын

A film camera + Kai = great AF

@jnrmy_ 6 жыл бұрын

More film photography. More please. That's how I discovered you on DigitalRev while searching stuff about the Canon AE1 Program. So MORE.

@vangelaobli 6 жыл бұрын

Damn! Those shots are amazing! Fan since drtv days :)

@AndrewPowerTower 6 жыл бұрын

Added Cinestill to my film wish list, it looks gorgeous!

@kos2919 6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Power is cinestill use film for cinema? I heard it got unique result under halogen light

@md-lc8gq 6 жыл бұрын

Kos 291 Yeah its Kodak cine film repacked into photo canisters

@Afroskelett 6 жыл бұрын

omg Venice is my fav place on earth.... can't wait to go there for the 3rd time in September

@Bryan-lu4du 6 жыл бұрын

Loved the GR digital. Hopefully the 3 comes out at Photokina. In the meantime I want to get the film camera after watching this. Gorgeous

@ChiangMingYang 6 жыл бұрын

i'm actually using the Ricoh GR1 now! Great camera

@alottafagina66 6 жыл бұрын

about time for another video Kai.. about time...

@mariopantoja 6 жыл бұрын

The GR** was my favourite compact camera. The shutter died on me, RIP Ricoh GR1s. I switched to a Contax T2 but the Ricoh is better because of its weight and size (it fits on a pocket!). Nice photos and video KAI! we need more film-related reviews, those ebay prices aren't going to rise by themselves LOL ... I think I smell a F100 review... time to invest in one RIGHT NOW ;)

@zguy95135 6 жыл бұрын

Or an Xpan review, I think I got the last reasonably priced one on Earth a last year lol

@iup247 6 жыл бұрын

Mario Andrei Pantoja Maguiña I did love my Contact T2 ... Traded it in for the Lieca Minilux ... I think the Contax was better though 🤓.

@coldworld5 6 жыл бұрын

My shutter died too

@kos2919 6 жыл бұрын

Mario Andrei Pantoja Maguiña I never heard people talking about Contax 2. What's your opinion about Contax camera?

@federicotixi198 5 жыл бұрын

do you know that there's a guy in Portugal that can repair your Ricoh GR1?

@elliottwalker8447 6 жыл бұрын

I’m pleasantly surprised there’s another video in this series since the first episode is my favorite video of his

@davidm1334 6 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this vid!

@warmafia5353 5 жыл бұрын

Stunning camera.

@Mazagrandeman 6 жыл бұрын

Good stuff, please do more episodes for The F Word. There are loads of great film cameras to review!

@wongjefx980 6 жыл бұрын

Nice tour of Venice. My go to when I was there is my Olympus Stylus Epic..think it was Olympus Mju in Asia. Super small, great, fast glass and metering. Contax T2/3 was pricy so went with Olympus. Wish there was digital version.

@evildead2002 6 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm Squarespace, I love me some Squarespace!

@swapnilkapadia 6 жыл бұрын

Kai, Glad you are amongst those who is keeping the film alive!

@eyefar 6 жыл бұрын

Posticino perfetto per una recensione 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

@baseplate8428 6 жыл бұрын

appreciate the work that you put into making this content for us ... thank you... btw i started shooting photography on nikon FM10, wasnt the best camera but it was all i had access to and thats what got me into photography really if you can feature that in this series somewhere down the line maybe?

@krishnansrinivasan830 Жыл бұрын

I'd love a Full Frame Ricoh GR :) Nice video & Thanks :)

@manusk40 6 жыл бұрын

Kai how do you develop your pictures ?

@ryanrock02 6 жыл бұрын

I was hoping you went to Burano. Nice video as always!

@35mmview18 6 жыл бұрын

I used to love my GR1. Must dig it out someday :)

@bebox7 6 жыл бұрын

I have the GR1v because I wanted the upgraded lens and the ability to set the ISO manually but any of these GR1 series cameras really are great, I think they are as close to perfection as you can get for a compact camera that does everything you could want and small enough to slip in your pocket. The Contax T3 comes close but is more boxy so is harder to slip in your pocket. It's a shame these are so flakey - the top LCD on mine is dead but the viewfinder is still going strong so I can keep shooting for now. This is my third one that has failed - I really wish Ricoh would bring it back for one last time :)

@eddysegard5404 6 жыл бұрын

great vid! sadly we'll have to wait another year for a f word episode😧😂

@briandipierro8865 6 жыл бұрын

I saw you had a Ricoh GRii and I would LOVE to see some photos from it. Anyway, I love your F Word videos too.

@KaiManWong 6 жыл бұрын

I think you'll some soon in an upcoming vid

@Kevin-ot9iu 6 жыл бұрын

Finally Kai!! Finally uploaded a new video.....

@Kevin-ot9iu 6 жыл бұрын

Have been waiting for quite sometime ...

@jvh1897 6 жыл бұрын

Big ups for featuring a film cam.

@typepositivelyset4808 6 жыл бұрын

this was pretty fun, keep it up

@itsAlexanderHILLS 6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I've seen you in London !

@GabrieleLopez 6 жыл бұрын

Oh, Venice...I always love to go there... Always wonder why they don't sell a film compact again, there's so much request it would fly off the shops in some weeks!

@ZXTech 6 жыл бұрын

YESSSS SUSO ITS AMAZING

@jeromeclavilier7307 5 жыл бұрын

Hello Kai. I've been following you for a while and I really like your analysis of new products. When will you analyze GRIII? Good to you

@cabbycabby1770 6 жыл бұрын

I still try to take pics with an Olympus Trip 35. Love that damn thing. Sad how few and far between legit developers are.

@bassemb 6 жыл бұрын

Recent subscriber here. Loving your vids.

@CCWLONGSHOT 6 жыл бұрын

I hope you review the new Fuji XF10 when it comes out

@taylorbangg22 5 жыл бұрын

weird question for anyone in chat... does the gr1 have an autofocus indicator light in the viewfinder? for example, upon half-press of the shutter button, is there supposed to be something like a green light that shows that focus/exposure is locked? just bought one on ebay and there's nothing in mine. thanks!