Fujifilm X100 vs Leica Q vs Ricoh GR

This post contains dozens of images, and is best in your browser.If you’re not in the market to buy a camera or read about cameras you can skip this post. If you want some more general photography thoughts, there’s On the Usefulness of PhotographyFixed-lens cameras are simple objects for producing art. As the name suggests you cannot change the lens and, for the three title camera lines, you cannot zoom. There’s less fretting about what lenses to buy or to take with you, and constraints can introduce their own creativity. I often recommend fixed-lens cameras for photography beginners but I also recommend them for photographers who feel burnt out, or feel they aren’t shooting enough.I have, however, acquired three fixed-lens cameras — currently the Fujifilm X100VI, Ricoh GR IV, and Leica Q3 43. I’ve also owned some of their predecessors. This is a somewhat extravagant way of collecting lenses after all! But each camera body and make has its own personality, so the move between bodies…