The editor of Digital Camera World, James has 21 years experience as a magazine and web journalist and started working in the photographic industry in 2014 (as an assistant to Damian McGillicuddy, who succeeded David Bailey as Principal Photographer for Olympus).
The 10 best digital compact cameras in 2019 (opens in new tab) Hands on: Ricoh GR III review (opens in new tab) A range of accessories, including a 21mm wide-angle conversion lens and an external viewfinder, will also be available. The Ricoh GR III will be shipping in mid-March at a price of £799.99 / $899. It’s a good thing, then, that the camera has a USB-C connector to enable easy charging on the go. Something we weren’t too impressed by, however, was the battery life we were only able to shoot for about an hour and twenty minutes, capturing 180 images before the battery gave up the ghost. You can also select a 35mm or 50mm (equivalent) crop mode, to change your composition when shooting, though the megapixel count will be reduced accordingly.Ī feature we really appreciate is the 2Gb of built-in memory, always helpful for when your memory card gets full, which is good for 31 RAWs and 140 jpgs that can be transferred to your card when it’s available.
#WHAT IS RICOH GR SOFTWARE#
As opposed to to a software simulation as seen in the Olympus OM-D E-M1X (opens in new tab), the ND here is actually a physical filter within the camera.Īccessories including an external viewfinder and a wide-angle 21mm lens will be available for the Ricoh GR III More successful is the built-in ND filter to enable more control over exposure when shooting in strong light. This boasts a minimum focus distance of 6cm and a maximum of 12cm, though unfortunately we found macro shooting a bit hit and miss in our hands-on review (opens in new tab). The GR III also features a new built-in macro mode, something that required a separate macro lens attachment on the GR II. You can also capture multiple exposures, with Ricoh claiming that 2,000 images can be overlaid – although we imagine the effect isn’t really noticeable at that stage. You can also capture light trails, thanks to the new interval shooting feature, and the built-in intervalometer can be set in intervals of 10 minutes to 24 hours. The Ricoh GR III features ten built-in image filters, for which individual values (such as hue, contrast and sharpness) can be altered, as well as an HDR mode, and those lovely new 14-bit RAW images can be edited and developed in-camera. However, in environments where moire and false colour occur, you can activate the the Shake Reduction Mechanism (in two different strengths) to apply micro-vibrations when taking the shot, to provide an anti-aliasing filter simulation. In another clever bit of engineering, the sensor features a filterless design to capture greater image quality. It’s also at the heart of a new dust removal system, applying ultrasonic vibrations to the sensor upon startup to remove unwanted articles – a technology that has been transplanted from the company’s line of Pentax cameras. However, the Shake Reduction Mechanism facilitates more than just improved stability. Since the GR III has dropped the pop-up flash of its predecessor, the stabilization – which Ricoh says is good for 4 shutter steps of compensation – bolsters the lens’ maximum aperture of f/2.8 to keep you shooting even when the light starts to disappear. This is quite a big deal, and for more reasons than you might expect.
The camera also packs a 3-axis image stabilization ‘Shake Reduction Mechanism’, which compensates for pitch, roll and yaw movement.
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