10 Days With The Ricoh GRIIIx

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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
02:58 - Hawaii Footy
03:54 - First Impressions
07:41 - Trip Recap
08:20 - TrackClub
10:49 - Ricoh GRIIIx Recap
11:26 - What I Like
13:35 - What I Don't Like
16:20 - Overall Experience With The Ricoh GRIIIX
17:50 - Melissa's Thoughts
20:53 - Outro
21:34 - Photos

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[billgreen]

Hi Thomas,

I just finished watching your video first impression of the Ricoh GRIIIx - well done!
I was impressed, and now I've subscribed as well.

I've been shooting street for over ten years now, and much of my work
has been with Ricoh and Fujifilm. Over time, I've started leaning toward
Ricoh for most of my work - mainly because I have no excuse - it's always with me.

I work in a camera store, and often people are wanting to compare the
X100V with the Ricoh GRIIIx or the Ricoh GRIII. In some respects,
comparing makes sense; and in others not.

You pointed out the muted colors coming out of the Ricoh, comparing to
the Fujifilm colors. I tend to agree with you here. The colors are great on
the Fujifilm when you look at the film simulations for jpeg. If you're doing
jpegs straight out of camera, the Fujifilm should be your choice. Street
photographers shooting with Ricoh GR often like the punchier color of
'positive film' if they're going to jpeg. And I think the black & white choices
rival those of Fujifilm. If you're taking your raw file to post-processing
I think it's a moot point; you can accomplish any look you want there.

Well, why buy the Fujifilm camera? You've already pointed out the strengths -
weather-sealing, tilt-screen, and color science. And it looks cool.
This is what people are buying.

So what advantages would Ricoh offer, and are they worth it?

I shoot with the Ricoh GRIII [the 28mm equivalent]. I've been shooting
with it for over three years, and I love it. Again, you've already pointed
out the strengths, and I'm going to reiterate one that is important to me.
I love shooting very high contrast shots in harsh light, sometimes shooting
into the Sun, stretching the limits of the camera. I shoot zone focus, using
snap focus, usually at about 2 meters. My dial is set to manual, and depending
on what the light is outside, I set my aperture and shutter before walking out the door.
My ISO is on automatic - the only thing I'm careful of is bottoming out
my ISO on a very bright day - so I keep an eye on it. Using this feature,
I know it will protect the highlights - I just frame and shoot. With
the X100V you'd have to constantly look at the LCD to adjust exposure comp.

Many small pocketable cameras have in-body stabilization.
But they don't have a sensor the size of the Ricoh GRIII [or GRIIIx].
Fuji doesn't put it in the X100V or the XE4. And there's a reason for that.
It's very difficult to do. To this day, I'm amazed that Ricoh
have accomplished this - it's quite an engineering feat!

Shooting at night, I can hand hold a 1/4 second shot.
And the highlight weighted metering prevents blowout from street lights etc.
The stabilization gives me much better night shooting ability

Compare them if you want. They're both great cameras.
You might need both. [and I also shoot Fuji].

Cheers
Bill

[martingreenberg]

It is acknowledged that the autofocus on the GR isn’t very good. The work around is the snap focus. Pick a focal distance between one and five meters. Press the shutter and the camera automatically goes to your predetermined focus point. This is really zone focusing. This is a feature GR users use and love.

Dust. This is a known problem. The camera isn’t weather sealed. Some YT reviewers have stated the lens going in and out attracts dust. None of the reviewers, except you, have actually experienced this problem.

Tiny body = tiny battery. Solution is carry an extra battery. Good news. These batteries are very small and light. It may be an inconvenience but is certainly an easy work around. I also use small body Panasonic cameras. These bodies have the same problem and solution. It shouldn’t be a deal breaker.

A major problem, for me, with the GR is the lack of EVF. I use the EVF to frame my shots. Of course on a bright the EVF is a major benefit. GR has never had an EVF. The small rangefinder Panasonic body cameras have been able to pack a screen into their bodies.

Never heard any complaints, except from you, about the lens. The consensus seems to be that the Ricoh lenses are very sharp. Maybe sharper than the X100V.

The video on the GR has a reputation of being meh. Of course the GR is a photography centric camera. Good video would be a plus but the GR fans are alright about this.

No camera is perfect. One of the features GR users love is it’s small size. That causes the body to have a tiny battery and no EVF. Auto focus not great. You have snap focus. 28mm to wide? Now we have the X. The flash from the GRii was removed and IBIS was added. I shoot during the day so for me this was a good swop. The GR is cheaper than the 100V. Both the iii and iiiX are available which is more than can be said about the 100V.

Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)

[pepperclouddreamlabs]

GRiii in 35mm crop mode still produces a high enough resolution for most uses, I prefer that extra versatility to the GRiiix, worth considering.

[martin]

You can ease the issue with dust by fitting a NiSi ring cap and lens adaptor with a 49mm filter on the front. It isn't perfect but its a good work around and gives you quite a good barrier to dust.

[berndschimpf]

Hi Thomas, both cameras are amazing. Autofokus is a problem in bad light, but try snapfocus - this works great. There are a lot of options for the ricoh, like Nisi filter set, lenshoods and dust protection filters, but that you loose the small form factor. The X100 on the other hand brings a flash, flip screen, weather sealing and the ovf/evf. I think the lonly island camera is the Fuji, and the every day cam is the Ricoh .

[mawavoy]

The Ricoh jpeg look can be adjusted by creating different picture profiles. Not as fast to select as the Fuji presets, but once the set up just as convenient. Rather than buy two or three batteries get a power block then you can charge both your phone and camera. With long term use you will develop mussel memory for changing the aperture. You will be able to do it one handed. Try that with a Fuji with an aperture.

[jonmnelson]

I’m still shooting my GRii and love it to death. I carry it every in a small pouch/case and have never had an issue with dust or anything else. Good as new. If and when it dies, I will buy the iii or iiix. It’s my desert island camera.

[unboxed]

best video on the ricoh GRIIIx l thanks for helping make my decision easier, i also have an fx3 and olympus mju ii. question, did you do anything color in post to the ricoh examples? or is this straight out of the camera? Thanks Thomas!

[Randuski]

we’re all hoping the GRiv has weather sealing. it would be the perfect camera for trips and backpacking, but yea. dust is always a concern haha

[ptoze]

Great video mate. It's funny you've mentioned the strange colors on the dng files because that's what I felt when I've tried the 100v. I've the GR II the GR III and the GR IIIx 😂. About the GR II it's true that's difficult to snap consistent colours if you've different camera systems (that I've), I work as well with nikon D750. But due the GR III I almost don't use the nikon anymore. I'm curious to know how did you edit the pictures you've post on the video, great colours by the way. My next purchase will he the 75mm adapter for the GR IIIx.
About the colours from the jpg I still prefer the colours redender from the ricoh, you must try and do a few tweaks wuth the positive and negative film. You've a lot of content and group about that. You've an app with ricoh recipe's that are a good starting point as well. All the best from Portugal

[troubadour_valley]

I love my GRIII. I was concerned about the 28mm equivalent but it does have crop modes that take it down to 35mm and 50mm if I want it a little tighter.

[kanbaroonie]

This has IBIS too, crazy the amount of tech they crammed into this thing. The one thing I would love like you said is a flip screen for the waist level compositions

[abchappell]

That was a really nice video. The photos were absolutely wonderful. 😊

[wearetrackclub]

Nice breakdown, Thomas! Also loving your music choices, the playlist is 🔥

[EdProsser]

Beautiful images - am still thinking of picking one of these up

[zach.sorensen]

Great video as always Thomas! Loved the 3rd party interview on the cameras differences and your outlook from that. Considered the Ricoh but the Fuji is just so fun and the files are perfect.

[treharris]

Black and whites are great! But that muddy, brown tint is a no-go! Maybe a factory reset or white balance check is in order for rentals?

[mattlau]

Went into the store today to see them side by side, the GRiii and the GRiii X and I got to say I am liking the 40mm quite a bit. Definitely need to reframe your composition a bit more since it's tighter, but it's still a great EDC

[jay_petrol]

Thanks Thomas for your excellent review. I have spent the last days pondering around keeping the X100V or the GR IIIX having just recently purchased both. Love the images from the Ricoh, but the so so autofocus and lack of weather sealing has me finally decide for keeping the Fujifilm X100V. If I had the money I´d love to keep both but that´s not an option.

Anyways - once again, my compliments to your impressive content.

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