sharonz

Haha, a fully working Ricoh GR1's on-going rate is about at least $500 now on eBay... I just like the colors and moods of images from a film camera, and don't mind waiting for processing and scanning.

Thank you both for your reply! It is really helpful for a newbie like me to understand what's going one better. Agree with you both that it probably something with the rear elements of the lens. I cleaned the back of the lens and just tested with another roll with different aperture settings, hoping to find out exactly where the dark spot would appear with the f-number. And also hope that it's just some dust that went away after I cleaned it up. I really couldn't see any scratch on the rear lens, only saw two little dust within the lens, and they are not on the same spot where the dark spot is on the film. I am still debating if I should keep the camera since I got it for only $300 (I think it was a bargain when the seller claimed everything seems to work properly). The seller is not a professional camera seller, just selling vintage stuff online, and I guess someone sold him this camera. So I am thinking if this spot would go away with cleanup or if it only shows with f22, I am wok with not use that setting going forward. Curious what would be your thoughts on this if you were me? I really want to have a pocket camera that I can take everywhere with me, but only have a limited budget (no more than $500). Appreciate if you guys think there are better options within this budget!

Thank you so much for your reply! Unfortunately this camera does not have time exposure function. I looked through the lens from back of the camera by changing aperture settings in a darker environment, but did not see anything there. It happened to two consecutive frames, but the third one is after a few frames. I am sure at least for one of them I used f22, so if something is blocking the light path, would think it would also block the light path and show that dark spot when I used larger aperture setting? could it be something happened when developing the film?

Hello Everyone, I am new to film photography and new to this forum. Hope everyone is doing well! I just purchased a Ricoh GR1 on eBay and tested to see if it is working properly. I tested with a color film and just got it developed and scanned. I noticed there is a dark spot on three of the photos in the same location. I noticed the spots are on the film frames of those pictures too (light spots) However, not every frame has that spot, only 3 frames/photos out of 36. Please see the photos attached below (I circled the dark spot on one of the photos). I am wondering if that is something that comes from the developing/scanning process or something wrong with the lens? I don't see any issues with the lens from the naked eye. Would really appreciate it if anyone here could give me some help! Thanks in advance!