EP236: Making Trouble for Myself — Ricoh R1 30mm f3.5 / 24mm f8 with Kodak Vision3 200T/5213 (Remjet Removed)

Roll #236 — the only sharp frame in the whole roll

Film: Kodak Vision3 200T/5213, remjet removed (CyberPunk 320T repackaged version)
Developed & scanned: Li-lai Photo, 2024/10/11
Camera: Ricoh R1 30mm f3.5 / 24mm f8

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By the time you're reading this, the Ricoh R1 has already been sent to Shangpin Camera Repair in Banqiao. The focus was off, and the back was leaking light — combined repair estimate: 3,600 NTD. If I'd known the focus was a problem before I bought it, I never would have. Classic case of making trouble for myself.

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#1
I've shot a lot of frames at this intersection — the red light runs long enough to be useful.

 

#2
Close focus test. Sorry — I looked at the lens.

 

#3
That red glow, commanding the whole frame.

 

#4
If this weren't out of focus, the colors would have been really nice.

 

#5
I'm convinced only McDonald's can pull off a drive-through. KFC and MOS can't.

 

#6
When exactly were all these utility pole stickers put up?

 

#7
Waiting for someone to get off work.

 

#8
Second roll on this Ricoh R1 and every single frame is still out of focus. Frustrating — because the camera design itself is genuinely nice.

 

#9
Before smartphones, there were no real-time bus arrival displays. Catching a bus was pure faith and patience — you had to believe it was coming.

 

#10
I loaded CyberPunk 320T for this roll specifically because I don't love it — just wanted to burn through something cheap to test the camera. Get the roll shot, get it developed, get an answer.

 

#11
Just noticed that the small 7-Eleven sign facing pedestrians on the sidewalk has gone slim. LED, probably.

 

#12
Red all over.

 

#13
Close focus test. I looked at the lens again. Sorry.

 

#14
Crossing the road to get something good to eat.

 

#15
Mid-crossing, I quickly shot a frame of the scooter crowd. Candid shot — I prefer that word to "street photography," which tends to dress up what's essentially taking pictures of people without asking.

 

#16
From dusk through to full dark — still soft, every single frame.

 

#17
Slightly less blurry here. I've always wondered whether Lightroom could replicate Kodak cinema film's red halation in post.

 

#18
One frame, inexplicably sharp. I was moved. Just the one though.

 

#19
Making math manipulatives for my son's class — A4 paper reinforced with cardboard backing. Somehow these ended up looking like Tien Gow tiles.

 

#20
The Ricoh R1 locked focus on the background, which is sharp. Small victories.

 

That's the full roll — Ricoh R1 30mm f3.5 / 24mm f8 with Kodak Vision3 200T/5213, remjet removed. Thanks for reading.