2024 09 19

Power lines. Sensor update. Nashville, Tennessee. April, 2024. © Clayton Hauck

Have I mentioned that my Ricoh sensor is fucked? This image was made back in April and it’s only gotten much worse since then. I guess leaving the camera, which is unable to be opened and therefore cleaned, in your pocket every single day will wear it down quite fast. I’ve used and abused this thing since buying it two ish years ago and I have nothing but nice things to say about it, aside from this. The inability to clear the sensor without doing a risky disassembly is the only flaw this camera has.

Casey Neistat recently bought one of these cameras and, last I checked, was having a hard time figuring out how to use it. If you put a video camera in my hand, I’ll have the same reaction. It’s quite interesting how we become familiar with specific camera tools and, despite everything being quite similar, it can still feel very foreign until you put some time into it.

-Clayton