(Upper: Front Cover of the Guide Lower: The complimentary silver ring for GRD/II)
Nevin said that Cristi from London mentioned a Ricoh user in Macau, which is an hour's catamaran ride from Hong Kong, owned a whole lot of books about GRD. He (Hi to you if you're reading this) must be interested in this one. How about you GRD / II users?
A blogger got a copy of this "GR Digital Complete Guide" which is a compiled copy of the GRD Perfect Guide Vols. 1, 2 and GRD II Perfect Guide. The former two guides were published in 2005 and 2006, respectively. This limited edition for 8,000 copies is surely the bible of GRD users. What's more, it is enclosed with a giveaway: a silver lens ring.
The guide offers, among other things, tricks and photos taken with GRD I and II by renowned Japanese photographers. It is, of course, written in Japanese. But the Japanese magazines are known for their clear pictorial illustrations.
The guide is for sale here, in case you're interested.
(Grip On Reality: This photo was taken on my way to work. I was walking past trucks parking on a cul-de-sac when the ropes caught my attention. The light was right, the colour was right and the criss-crossing pattern was perfect and I held up my GX200. People passing by checked me out and wondered what could be made out of such a boring scene. To me, the fun in photography is that the photographer makes something interesting out of what is not obvious to most at the scene. The ropes tied in knots somehow reminded people I know who are in the grip of the recession) You must have also known a friend or two, or even yourself, being baffled by the spiral downturn of the economy. Bank went bankrupt and the rich was faced with a shrinking wealth. A friend of mine has just had his salary cut by over 10% and some of his colleagues started to be shed. But, wait. Was this done really for the sake of continuing the business? Or is there a factor or greed in it? I wonder whether the
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