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Dec 10, 2023 · Time tested Ricoh GR III: A long-term review revealing its compact brilliance, swift performance, and stunning 24.2MP imagery. Explore how this camera transforms amateurs into visual storytellers. Elevate your photography journey with the GR III's portable charm and nostalgic film simulations. 📷 #RicohGR3 #PhotographyReview #CompactCamera"
- Overview
- Body Size and Handling
- Sing A Song of Snap Mode
- Highlight-Weighted Ae FTW!
- Image Quality
- The LCD Is Pretty Darn Good
- On Shooting with An Lcd-Only Camera
- Battery Life Sucks and I’m Okay with That
- Ain’T No Charger in The Box!
- Ultrasonic Sensor Cleaning For Dust Removal
The Ricoh GR III is the latest in a long line of well respected cameras that started with the film GR1 in 1996. The combination of small size, exquisite build quality and amazing optics made the GR1 an instant hit with photographers. When the first digital GR with a .5″ sensor was released in 2005, a whole new generation of digital shooters were ho...
The Ricoh GR3 is noticably smaller than the GR2 it replaces. But this more “pocketable” size means there’s a few buttons missing from the back of the camera. New users will never notice the difference but seasoned GR2 shooters will likely miss the dedicated AF function switch and +/- toggle. A lot of street shooters used the button on the AF functi...
Hands down, my favorite feature of any GR camera is the Snap Focus mode. In a nutshell, Snap Focus mode lets you set a fixed focus distance and use aperture to create the amount of depth of field you need to get your subject in focus. A lot of street photographers (myself included) want the entire frame to be in focus and use composition to draw at...
Ricoh has included Highlight-weighted metering the GR3 and it’s kind of a big deal. Basically, it’s an AE mode that exposes for the highlights and prevents them from blowing out in high contrast scenes like we often see on the street. Now I’m a manual exposure kind of shooter. But there are times when AE would come in handy. Partly cloudy days when...
The Ricoh GR3 produces images that have a signature look. I don’t want call these images “filmic” because I hate that word. But they definitely have a filmic quality. Colors are accurate and subdued without that sort of video camera sheen you see from so many digital cameras. Anyone who follows my personal instagram feedcan immediately spot the poi...
The Ricoh GR3 comes equipped with a 3″ Air-Gapless touch LCD for framing and reviewing your shots. Air-Gapless what now? Basically, a special resin is placed between the LCD and the glass cover to reduce reflection and dispersion of light for better image quality. It sounds a bit like what Apple is using with their latest generation of iPads. Basic...
I’m typically an eye-level viewfinder kind of guy who enjoys the precision of framing my shots with an enlarged viewfinder image. Especially one where I can dial in my prescription with a diopter! But when I look at an EVF, I’m often nagged by the sense that I’m looking “into” the camera. The image appears in real time but it almost seems to be sep...
Let’s face it. The battery life on the Ricoh GR III pretty much sucks. If I turn the GR III on and off when I find situations I want to shoot I get around 175 exposures on a fully charged battery. And before you go off on how terrible this is… Those 175 shots might be over 4 or 5 hours of shooting. So it’s not like the battery is unusable. It’s fin...
While we’re talking about batteries we should talk about the charger. Or should I say, the lack of a charger. Yup, the GR3 (like a lot of recent cameras) only ships with an adapter to plug your camera into the wall to charge the batteries. In all fairness the GR3 uses a USB-C for charging so it feels a bit more secure than the tiny micro usb on oth...
Dust has been a problem for just about all of the Ricoh GR digital cameras. As the lens extends and retracts it sucks dust into the camera which is promptly deposited on the sensor. Then you have to send the camera back to Ricoh who takes the thing entirely apart to clean the sensor. Every Ricoh GR user knows this happens and it’s something we’ve h...
Aug 5, 2020 · The improvement of the lens optics group gives the GR III the ability to focus as close as 6cm. In general use, the lens is plenty sharp with exquisite micro-contrast. Being a 28mm on an APSC sensor, there is a larger depth of field, with more of the image being in focus.
May 14, 2019 · Are you searching for the best image quality in the smallest package? Well, the GR III has a modern 24MP APS-C sensor paired with an incredibly sharp lens and fits into a shirt pocket. But it's not without its caveats, so read our full review to get the low-down on Ricoh's powerful new compact.
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May 7, 2019 · MSRP $899.95. Score Details. “The Ricoh GR III will make you rethink whether a smartphone camera is ‘good enough.’” Pros. Compact and stealthy design. Great image quality. Built-in ND filter....
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Jun 13, 2022 · Reviews. By Matt Golowczynski. last updated 13 June 2022. Image credit: TechRadar. TechRadar Verdict. If you're a fan of the GR line you'll love what Ricoh has done here. With fast operation,...
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Announced Sep 25, 2018 •. 24 megapixels | 3 ″ screen. Home. Specs. Review. Samples. Videos. User reviews (5) Q&As (224) Buy. dpreview conclusion. The Ricoh GR III updates the GR series in some really important ways, bringing a modern high-resolution sensor and hybrid autofocus system to the lineup for the first time.
