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been using this ricoh camera for a month. not because i wanted better image quality but because my iphone makes photography too convenient to be creative

the camera has objectively terrible autofocus. forces me to use zone focusing instead. this surprised me: the limitation made me understand depth of field better than any tutorial

spent hours mapping custom controls. shutter speed to one dial, aperture to another, snap focus to a side button. not because it's efficient but because setup creates attachment

we assume good tools should work perfectly out of the box. but the ricoh's difficulty forced me to learn every setting, every button, every workaround

now i can switch between freezing motion and creating blur without thinking. the controls live where my hands expect them. muscle memory built through frustration