Goodbye India

R0005328RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. GR (18.3mm, f/4.5, 1/400 sec, ISO200)

It’s over. The last car ride during the day in India. Back to the hotel and than a night flight to Malaysia.

I changed to my GR because I prefer its slightly longer lens out of the car and to let my XP1 cool down. I can’t remember that I ever had this before. My Fuji X Pro-1 got rather warm during the shootings in India.

The outside temperature was extremely high with 40 degrees Celsius in Chennai that felt even hotter because of the high humidity. I have shot the XP1 in very similar climates before: KL, Bangkok, HCMC, Manila or in hot and dry weather like in Palm Springs but I can’t remember that it ever ran so warm. I did not fail but it was not comfortable to hold. But when I saw the poor guys in the picture below making copper vats beside the fire I forgot about the warm camera.

R0005330RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. GR (18.3mm, f/4.5, 1/400 sec, ISO200)
R0005338RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. GR (18.3mm, f/4.5, 1/400 sec, ISO100)
R0005343RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. GR (18.3mm, f/4.5, 1/400 sec, ISO100)
R0005354RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. GR (18.3mm, f/4.5, 1/400 sec, ISO200)

Both cameras feel unbreakable. The XP1 and the GR. I had a shutter failure on my X100 but after the repair the camera was tough as nails too. It survived a snow storm at the red square. I shoot my cameras in all condition except in strong rain and never had any issues. Those cameras are more durable than most of us. We most likely break down first.

What I didn’t manage to shoot was Indian trucks. I didn’t see as many as expected and when they were too far away. Literarily last minute I saw some beside the road. We passed by rather fast but thanks to my special fast shooting settings I got the shot. The image below is cropped to about 50mm field of view. Not a big deal with the super sharp files from the GR. More on shooting fast with slow cameras soon.

Last shot. Goodbye India. I miss you already!

R0005357RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. GR (18.3mm, f/4.5, 1/400 sec, ISO500)