Took time out today to be a Good Husband, fixing a toilet that was filling its tank way too slowly. Time for a new fill valve. Time to snap a photo of the old one to show the guy at the hardware store, so I'd come home with the correct new one. Time for the Ricoh GR!
Problem was, a counter over the toilet tank blocked most of the light from the room. Dark in there! So I put the GR on Macro, flipped up the flash, and lowered it into the water tank (after first draining the water). Then, on P Program, pressed the shutter button. And nothing happened. What? Suddenly, the flash fired and it took a very usable picture. Perfect! Realized later that it took a few seconds to figure out the focus -- because I had previously turned off the bright focus-assist light. But the GR, in near-darkness, was still able -- somehow -- to compute a correct exposure... f/2.8, 1/40, ISO 1600. Worked like a charm.
Now, I know that a toilet tank snapshot pales in significance compared to the truly beautiful GR photographs we see on this forum. But it needs saying that the GR is a very practical camera for helping solve workaday problems, as well. When you need to communicate clearly, it's a winner!