The first time I picked up Ricoh GR camera was in 2015 with the Ricoh GRII. I started using this camera after two years of photographing using a Leica M3. As soon as I picked up this camera, my photography skills increased 1000 times faster than ever before. I believe that Ricoh is the new Leica, that we must go out with the old, and in with the new.
I’m tired of hearing people complain about not having enough time to photograph. Maybe if you had a camera that fits in your pocket, you would see yourself photographing more. 
Don’t be a photographer
Just yesterday, I was walking down the street with some photographers, photographing using film cameras and Leica. Many old people, love to stop and talk about the cameras, the gear, the film, and the feeling of using it. There’s this over-sensational, romanticized notion of photography, being the photographer, that we must go beyond. This guy even told me that I’m not a real photographer, because I’m not using a real camera, and then I just spray and pray. I think it’s hilarious to me, these notions around photography, and what makes somebody a true photographer or not. The harsh truth is, I haven’t seen an interesting photograph, produced by somebody who uses a Leica, in a very long time. Maybe this is a sign that it’s time to move on? 
You don’t need a viewfinder
I believe we have this misconception that having a viewfinder allows you to make compositions more intentionally, and it’s needed within the realm of street photography. This is far from the truth, and I believe the viewfinder is a limiting tool. The fact that the Ricoh removes the viewfinder, is liberating, and will allow you to embrace your intuition more.
My thought is that intuition is composition, and the use of an LCD screen will allow you to achieve this connection between you and the camera, without thinking about it too much. The viewfinder requires you to lift the camera to your eye, and then press the shutter. However, with an LCD screen, I can hold my camera in a unique way, throwing it around from high vantage points, to low angles, and anything in between, to achieve, the position of my camera that I deem necessary.
Not to mention, you look like a tourist when you use an LCD screen, and allows you to photograph candidly without ever having a confrontation. Once you start shooting with an LCD screen, you’re not going to want to go back to the old school way of using a viewfinder. It’s just way faster, more liberating, and allows for more spontaneous possibility with the photographs that you make.
The best cameras in your pocket
No more excuses. I’m tired of hearing people say that they don’t have time to photograph. If this is the case, throw a Ricoh in your pocket, for a month, and see how much more fun, and how many more photographs you will make. There really is no excuse with this camera, as it is always there, always with you.
We oftentimes get bogged down by camera gear, lens choices, deciding between whether or not we want to photograph today, at another time, with this or that lens, and I believe that this is because of the nature of putting a camera around your neck, and becoming a “photographer.” A “real” camera just bogs you down, it’s heavy, and it makes you appear as a photographer. I don’t want to appear as a photographer, I want to have a camera that is the closest thing not having a camera. I want to appear to be a tourist, not a photographer.
There’s too much gear obsession that prevents people from producing strong work. The “masters” all used a Leica in the 20th century, but it’s currently 2024. It’s time to move on, start producing, and stop pretending.
Leica is dead. Leica remains dead. And camera nerds have killed it.