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Ern Jacoby

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Posted: 19 Aug 2025

Taken: 19 Aug 2025

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1/20 • f/8.0 • 26.0 mm • ISO 400 •

RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. RICOH GR IIIx

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back to the roots

back to the roots
Since last World Photography Day I’m too tired to carry big camera equipment along and fell in love with a pocketable 260gr Ricoh GR IIIx - 40mm. This minimalism offers me everything I need! In my age I compare this little gem to a Minox 35/2.8 in my backpack over some decades before a Leica analogue period. Even with digital gear I mostly discovered my world through prime lenses around 40mm. My World Photography Day with GRIIIx: Challenge is over - joy is back.

Peter Castell, Bergfex, Fred Fouarge, Annemarie and 14 other people have particularly liked this photo

14 comments - The latest ones
 Colin Ashcroft
Colin Ashcroft club
What a positive story. Congratulations on finding Joy
7 weeks ago.
 Old Owl
Old Owl club
Small can be beautiful, can't it. I understand the tiredness of carrying large DSLRs and lenses around; being a packhorse limits the joy of photographing as one gets older. Fortunately there are some powerful small tools so that World Photography Day doesn't become a chore! Have a wonderful day, and thank you for sharing your picture and your thoughts.
7 weeks ago. Edited 7 weeks ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Oh yes... with age we have to reduce weight and back to minimalism and basics !!!! I am alike.
7 weeks ago.
 Christa1004
Christa1004 club
I remember my Minox 35 mm compact camera, a long time ago...
7 weeks ago.
Ern Jacoby club has replied to Christa1004 club
:))
7 weeks ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Excellent shot!
7 weeks ago.
 Jean-Paul
Jean-Paul club
Ganz gutt esou.
7 weeks ago.
 Günter Klaus
Günter Klaus club
Ja,so ein Fotorucksack kann ganz schön schwer werden lieber Ern,ich finde aber toll,dass du deine Lösung gefunden hast,eine wunderbare Kamera zeigst du :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Tagesausklang,liebe Grüße Güni :))
7 weeks ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
Love that the joy is back!! Isn't it amazing how successful small & lightweight cameras can be?

One can have a great camera, but the best camera in the world is the one you carry with you all the time.

I really do prefer a prime lens (one reason I'm annoyed by my phone camera, even though I do use it quite a bit). A 40mm is close to what our eye sees, right?

Thanks for participating, it's fun to see cameras people use and have used.
7 weeks ago.
 Ern Jacoby
Ern Jacoby club
right right right “ but the best camera in the world is the one you carry with you all the time”
I also prefer prime lines. Thank you for your comment!
7 weeks ago.
raingirl club has replied to Ern Jacoby club
*smile*
5 weeks ago.
 Boarischa Krautmo
Boarischa Krautmo club
yes, back to the roots.
Picture fits the message.
6 weeks ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
very nice image

Happy new week:)
6 weeks ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
a nice add for WPD
6 weeks ago.

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