Pavel P.

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So I bought Ricoh GR II. GR II arrived on Monday. On Tuesday I made couple of photos with this baby. Lovely camera, that doesn't pretend anything. Black diamond. Beautifully simple. Ninja. Just thoughts I have after brief use. I was making decision between Fuji X70 and Ricoh GR II. Fuji had a couple minus points that are important to me. But most of all, when I saw this X70 in the store, I wasn't impressed. I was kind of disappointed and it is hard to say why exactly. My OMD is still for sale. Still no buyer. I am putting the price lower and lower but no replies on my ad. There are too many cheap used  PENs and OMDs on sale on the Internet. --- The higher I value my own photos, the less it is valued by majority. Just a short thought. Obvious, but truth. --- I continue the online life without social media on my smart phone. Of course I miss it. No drugs, no fun. This is a sign that it was a good thing to do. Instagram is silent for a week, but nobody is crying for ...

I am expecting a delivery of a new camera today. Yes, it is still secret. Not telling you yet. Meanwhile I want to clean out my archives and put the photos public. I have to post more in one post as they would wait forever if I posted just one photo a day. This past weekend, some spring activities like cleaning my car and riding bike with my kids. And we were in ZOO, which was crowded, but it was ok. --- Side street leading to the town square. Kojetin, December 2016 Cool gypsy boys. Ostrava, December 2016 In front of the store. Kojetin, December 2016 Mini store where lots of people go. Ostrava, December 2016 On the outskirts of the city. Kojetin, December 2016 Bag on wheels. Frydek-Mistek, December 2016 The sign on the wall is unfinished. First word says "Gypsies". The letter R is obviously unfinished word. I think someone wanted to write "raus". So all together it is a racist call. Author was probably interrupted du...

It was weird. I started selling my Olympus equipment. But selling my Panasonic Lumix 14mm/2,5 mm lens turned to be emotional experience. I liked that lens a lot. You know, it turned my OMD to sporting car. I used it every day in last year and something. Yesterday I had a meeting with buyer in a shopping mall. In the basement near escalator. At 4 PM. Anxiety raises. I entered the  mall with tension in my heart. I didn't want to give my lens away. But we made a deal online and I had to deliver the product. So I entered the mall and there was piano playing in the public space. It was a beautiful melody. It was a goodbye song to  14mm/2,5. Heartbreaking. I was there at 4 PM but the guy wasn't. I hoped he won't show up. But he did. I told him it is difficult to say good bye to this lens. He looked at me as I was alien.  Transaction was quick. We shook our hands and he took off. Still shaken up I took my Olympus with kit lens on it (14-42 mm II) and made some photos on the st...