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DOWNLOAD PDF: Eric-Kim-5-Tips-For-Shooting-With-A-Ricoh-GR-II-by-Eric-Kim-Annette-Kim-Haptic-Industries<\/a><\/p>\n I always keep my RICOH GR II in my front pocket. This means, whenever I see a good photo opportunity, I can shoot it.<\/p>\n Tip:<\/p>\n \n When you see something that you think even has a 1% chance of being an interesting photo, JUST SHOOT IT!<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Keep it super simple<\/a>. The simpler your camera settings, the more you can focus on composition<\/a>, approaching strangers<\/a>, and shooting riskier photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n Use program mode (P mode)<\/a>— and ‘just set it and forget it<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n ISO 1600 is a good default ISO: not too high, not too low.<\/p>\n Don’t worry about noise or grain. Recognize the truth:<\/p>\n Grain is beautiful<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Furthermore, with a higher ISO, your shutter speed will be faster. Which means, your photos will be sharper– giving you the ability to capture those ‘decisive moments<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n I’ve found shooting center-point autofocus the easiest setting on RICOH GR II. You can do other things like zone-focusing<\/a> (using the ‘snap focus’ mode) and such– but still at the end of the day, center-point autofocus seems to be the fastest, simplest, and the most accurate setting to use 90% of the time.<\/p>\n To compensate for the slow autofocus on RICOH GR II:<\/p>\n When I shoot monochrome<\/a>, I generally shoot in RAW then apply ERIC KIM MONOCHROME 1600 preset<\/a> afterwards. But if you want faster performance, just shoot in JPEG<\/a> (I like the color, positive film preset).<\/p>\n Check out HAPTIC SHOP<\/a> for perfect RICOH GR II companions:<\/p>\n If you prefer a minimalist and elegant strap, pick up ERIC KIM WRIST STRAP<\/a> to always be ready for the decisive moment in street photography<\/a>:<\/p>\n If you want to always stay strapped, keep ERIC KIM NECK STRAP<\/a> on you.<\/p>\n Join the #RICOHMAFIA<\/a> by picking up a RICOH MAFIA ARTWEAR ><\/a><\/p>\n How to make better photos on RICOH GR II:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-haptic-tips-shooting-street-photography-with-ricoh-gr-ii-2.png?fit=1016%2C808&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119530,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119516\/revisions\/119530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n1. Always have it with you<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n2. In praise of P mode (KISS)<\/h2>\n
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\n3. ISO 1600<\/h2>\n
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\n4. Use center-point autofocus<\/h2>\n
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5. Rep the #RICOHMAFIA<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\na. ERIC KIM Wrist Strap<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nb. ERIC KIM Neck Strap<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nc. RICOH MAFIA ARTWEAR<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nLearn more about RICOH GR II:<\/h2>\n
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