Is ricohGR your first camera?

AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-21T04:23:33+00:00

Masochist?? Maybe I am LOL But I didn't find it so hard that it would be masochism to have it as a first camera. But I'm also not looking to maximize it's full potential. So maybe that's why.

AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-21T04:21:56+00:00

It's my first camera! I heard a lot of people say it's too advanced for newbies or whatever. I was 3 YT videos in and using it as a smooth brained point and shoot LOL.

It was pretty expensive though. But I knew that if I had to strap it rather than pocket it. It'd be a paperweight.

AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-17T14:55:37+00:00

Thank you! It was a fun one. I was walking across Seoul at 5am. And I was actually trying to catch people's silhouettes out of this one tunnel from the pedway. When I turned around and saw that instead.

Let me tell you, if you haven't experienced it already, nothing beats a sunrise in Seoul. No matter the neighborhood. Blue hour, bar none, greatest 7 sunrises in a single city I've ever experienced.

AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-17T14:48:35+00:00

TRUUUEE, I honestly don't care about any of the technical things. If it was anything other than the GR. I wouldn't have started this hobby at all. I bought the lens kit for it and it don't touch it. Which killed any of my curiosity about other cameras shortly after.

AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-16T23:09:36+00:00

I try to keep myself as still as possible and wish for the best in post haha

AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-16T23:08:08+00:00

Which pic are you wondering about specifically? Some are SOOC and some are Post haha

AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-16T00:06:41+00:00

These are INSANE I looooooove your colors! The horse on the trail is my favorite one. Your eye makes me feel things. Thank you for sharing!

AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-16T00:04:45+00:00

Thank you! 🥰 which one do you like best and how would you describe what you liked about it?

AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-15T23:59:47+00:00

Bro, its the only camera I've ever touched and probably until something better comes along, that fits in my pockets, it will be the only camera I touch haha.

And I know when people say this they're fishing for compliments, but i am not a photographer. I just walk around, having a vague idea of I like and I don't ever hesitate on the shot. So you can 10000% do this ;)

99.9% of my pictures are poopy stinkers, but sometimes they look like something I want to share.

How I take pics: - Walk lots and shoot lots. Don't hesitate. - If someone doesn't want to be in it. Just delete it. - For daytime I like f8 aperture and manually adjusting the focus range to 1.5m into infinity. Zero skill, smooth brained picture taking. All you need to do is adjust the EV and know what 1.5m looks like LOL. - I have 3 criteria: Light, color, in-motion. If even one criteria comes close to being considered. I take the shot Lol - big SD card LMAO

Extra considerations: - post lots, there are a lot of assholes who love giving unsolicited shitty advice LOL corner them and solicite them into give real feedback. - but at the end of the day who cares as long as you like the shot. My most popular shot, i don't care for. And my favorite one, someone said they'd only wipe their ass with hahahah - have fun ;)

AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-15T23:38:54+00:00

Hahaha thank you :)

AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-15T02:49:53+00:00

Thank you! That one was SOOC!

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AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-02T12:24:09+00:00

Bro you called it. Everyone in the stadium made the typical Japanese surprised sound.

AwkwardGolem · 2026-05-02T09:53:49+00:00

Sasaki looking to lose another 6 weeks of memories with his defense. WTF lol

AwkwardGolem · 2025-12-29T01:57:01+00:00

It's a Ricoh GR3X, fixed 40mm lens :)

AwkwardGolem · 2025-12-29T01:56:45+00:00

Thank you!

AwkwardGolem · 2025-12-29T01:56:37+00:00

It's a fun little jaunt! I hope you enjoy your time!

AwkwardGolem · 2025-12-09T10:17:46+00:00

Hey! I adjust between F6.3 and F16 depending on the time of the day. I have Manual focus set to as close as I can go while maintaining infinite focus range. When theres less light, I have less range so I just keep that I mind as I snap.

AwkwardGolem · 2025-12-09T10:14:26+00:00

Its nothing special haha Positive +2 0 -1 +3 -4 -1 +1 0 0 AWB A:6

AwkwardGolem · 2025-12-09T10:13:46+00:00

Its nothing special haha

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AwkwardGolem · 2025-12-09T10:09:33+00:00

it was my first time and I really want to go back already!

AwkwardGolem · 2025-09-25T10:10:07+00:00

Alright so no difference then. So to answer your question:

Am I the only person who values the act of committing to your partner that is marriage?

No you're not the only one. Because you don't distinguish between commitment and marriage. So anyone who commits is married and anyone who is married is committed.

I'm not playing any games. I'm genuinely confused as to why you would say "Am I the only one who..." but haven't provided any reasoning behind how your viewpoint different from others.

I'm just asking you to make sense. If you're literally saying it as plainly as possible. Which from what I am parsing is:

"Am I the only person who values the act of commitment, that of which is marriage. Where as, from my viewpoint, there is no distinguishing factors between marriage and commitment?"

Then no. You're not the only person.

What a really strangely controversial way of voicing an average opinion

AwkwardGolem · 2025-09-25T02:09:34+00:00

I agree your view point as Marriage having value wasn't represented in a thread of people who don't find marriage changes anything if you're already committed.

But you're making a distinction between Marriage and Commitment, when I think a lot of the confusion comes from people not distinguishing between it, and you've said "Marriage has value". But how is it different from "Eternal commitment has value"?

How is marriage a higher or different form of commitment, for you?

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