Ricoh GRIII: The UNDEFEATED Street Photography Camera?? (1 year later)
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The Ricoh GRIII was a hailed camera by the street photography. Coming from the Leica M6 + film photography equipment, I was a bit skeptical of going back to a digital point-and-shoot. The snap focus feature was the only thing that made me consider even making this video because it's so similar to zone focusing on manual lenses. This camera, albeit a perfectly fine tool, is not for me. I don't like having an LCD that'll distract me from trusting my instincts. I tended to the screen's exposure way more than being present with the moving environment around me. The RAW files are just okay too; they're nothing to cheer about.
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You really have to spend some time with a GR to fully appreciate how good it is, and I mean months. The snap is great. I'm finding that the more I use this camera, the better my images get.
A couple of things, none of which are a critique of the video:
First, grabbing a GR series camera (or most cameras?) and learning on-the-fly, it can be a bit hard to fully appreciate the subtleties, but I think you picked up on the important points of the camera (body size, APS-C sensor, snap focus, nicely placed controls).
Second, snap focus is great as mentioned, but how you set the snap distance can make a huge difference in how beneficial it may seem.
My preferred method is to assign Manual Focus to the Function button on the back of the camera and set the touch screen to "touch to focus".
So now as I walk around with the camera in manual focus if I see something interesting I touch the screen to set the new focus point (yes, even in MF it resets the focus to the new distance) and now I can fire away and it won't refocus until I touch the screen again or toggle it off MF to AF.
This is a very quick way to reset the focus distance and makes the camera incredibly quick to use.
Of course if I want to switch to AF, I just toggle it by pressing the FN button.
And finally, just to give some perspective to my comments, I have an M6 (20yrs), GRiii (10yrs, including the GRii) and the Fuji X100V (just over a year).
They are all great cameras, but the x100V will be for sale soon, as the GRiii just works for me...
I loved the look of the Fuji X100V which I owned for a short time, but for me there were too many things to adjust and think about. I've had my GR1 (just ordered a GR3) for a while now and with snap focusing it's so simple to use and allows me to concentrate on getting the photos.
I find this shooting style very uncomfortable, where you just walk up to a guy as he's looking at you, take a picture and walk away. Even using two hands on a ricoh feels like a bit much. In my city if you tried this then people would confront you and you could even lose your camera. I use the gr-ii and I shoot from the hip mostly, very much like how you shot the guy smoking. Hey, also don't be so hard on yourself, the smoking shot is great, I don't feel like the background is a problem because he's clearly the subject and you can see the environment and also the slightly out of focus is not an issue either.
I agree. same thing would happen where I´m from... people would feel very annoyed and would come at you!
Just saw your comment now after writing the same kind of feedback. Unfortunately, I'm not quite as good as you in passing such a good positive vibe.
I love this camera... image quality, sensor, and body size, built in lens cap, built in ND, wifi, usb-C, super compact, etc. My only complaint is the cheap feel of the wheel on the back, it feels like its going to be the first thing that breaks. I would love to see some improved control surfaces that use a hall-effect sensors so they will last "forever" and keep up with the constant pressing and turning, etc.
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I think you'd have a better time if you set it to snap focus instead of relying on the "smashing the button" for snap focus. When in snap focus you can quickly change your zone by holding the macro button and using the scroll wheel on the top.
But still not as nice as using an M-camera for sure. Mine doesn't replace my Leica, but it replaces my iPhone.
Also, I would recommend people buy the GRII, at less than half the price, (or GR I which is the same as the II minus wifi) instead of the III. The GR I and II have flash, better sharpness, better battery life and the positive film looks better.
Ya man, I love my GR. I used the GR1 forever until it started to fail on me so now I'm using the 3. I quickly figured out to keep it in snap focus mode because when I was using full press I'd miss shots since the af was hunting from the previous focus point. I didn't know that about using the macro and scroll to change zones. So useful and thanks. I'm been using a GR forever and didn't know. Now I can replace U2 from 1m to something else. Much appreciated!
Thanks for the tip about holding the macro button to change snap focus. I had no idea and that’s going to help a ton!
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Making me itch for another street session!
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You have one of these! I need to try it out 🙌🏽
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Your video is awesome. Love seeing you capturing your process. Would you take this Ricoh over your M6?
Seems like everyone’s shooting Ricoh GR
Cool to see, I’d like to try shooting with it sometime ✌️
the color is like filkm
I thought a diopter was a filter-like attachment you put on a viewfinder to adjust its magnification, not simply a shoe-mounted viewfinder.
Bruh! some of these shots!
have you tried the new AI tools to take subjects out of the background of your photos? pretty slick - would work great for the guy smoking on the bench
Great vid. I'm trying to decide whether or not I should get a simple street photography camera, and which one it would be.
I think the X100V still just edges out the Ricoh for me, because it has that gorgeous "Take me with you, everywhere" aesthetic, and the Fuji film sims I love so much
And since owning the x100v from it's release date. It still says that to me. I even take it to the toilet. Haha
While I do appreciate you making a video with a camera I'm thinking of buying, I have to say it was quite a pain seeing your style of taking photos. There's quite a difference in taking a photo and making one. Spray and Pray couldn't be more far from the process of making art/streetphotography for me. Curiously the only photo I consider quite good, with a subject and story is the one you considered cluttered and out-of-focus - the man smoking, alone, wrinkes in the face and hands sharing the same look with the other two sitting alone. Human loneliness for me. Anyhow, instead of the other "fast food youtuber" you suggested, I suggest you seeing what Adrien Sanguinetti has done with the same camera. I wish you all the best.
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You should the images it produces are so sharp.
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You love to get a comment on how you feel about the Fuji x100v as a intro into street photography from your perspective. Love your work, have a good day 💯
I have an X100V Chris - another collab video idea 🤔
@@Reggiebphoto I was just watching your video on night photography the other day! That'd be awesome
Dude what is your setting when you shoot in street ? positive film ?
Great vids! I just got mine too , would you please share what kind of presets that you are using?
Please list your settings for this camera...
Why are photos always so dark now a days.
Photography is about light 💡
Where is the light, where is the color?
I'm curious about your gopro setup, I see that you don't wear that seat belt like looking thing to mount the gopro at 8:12 :o
I remember seeing it on Amazon it's like a magnet back plate that goes behind your shirt, so it hold on basically with the magnets.
Zone focusing and turning off the LCD screen, I hardly use the screen!🍻
Does it have a built in flash?
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did you shoot raw or jpeg in this video?
RAW
The only thing stopping me from upgrade from the old 16mp Fujifilm X70, is:
1. No flip up screen for waist level shooting
2. I hear the buttons and dials break very easily.
If they could fix those two issues I'd drop the cash tomorrow, because I'm tired of the low res image quality of the Fujifilm.
What a flood of meaningless photos in the name of street photography.
A video after a few hours ? Smh
Have you ever had an aggressive interaction while doing street photography?
I'll answer for whatever it's worth. I've been doing street for two years and have become quite obsessed. Yes, I've been confronted a lot...it's part of it. I've developed techniques to keep the confrontations down that help tremendously but there's no way around it. Some people don't care about your photos and will tell you about it.
@@chrisathanasiadisphoto Thank you so much for this! I've been wanting to do some street photography but this fear of confrontation is holding me back. but I'll definitely work on my confidence and maybe steal some techniques from the pros haha
@@09_johnpatrick Def not a pro but if you do try these methods then you'll avoid unnecessary conflict. 1. Never make eye contact. 2. Never drop your camera after you've take a shot. If you've been spotted, keep it up and point your camera at something else like you're shooting it. 3. Start shooting at more touristy places where cameras are more common to build up your confidence. 4. Shoot like a tourist. Hope it helps :)
@@chrisathanasiadisphoto Yes! thank you so much for this!
@@09_johnpatrick You got it!
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I think you're either too hard on yourself, or you may have had a negative bias going in
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I think the griii x would have been better for your style of photos? (more bokeh, and no need to get as closte to your subjects) but of course, the griii x has the same shortcomings as the
griii.
He just called GR buyers/users broke ass dudes who can’t afford Leica jewelry lol!!!! Jk!
You wasted our time by reviewing a product you don’t know how to use!!
The GR is not a crop sensor camera. The sensor of the GR covers 100% of the image circle of the lens on the GR - there is no crop of the sensor into the image circle of the lens.
For comparison: something like a Canon EOS 850D is a crop camera, because its sensor is APSC but the camera takes lenses with an image circle covering Kleinbild - incorrectly known as "full frame", so the sensor of the EOS 850D crops into the image circle of a lens with an image circle larger than the sensor area.
Part of the problem discussing photography formats is that most people don't understand photography formats. The GR lens has been designed to match the sensor. As a "system" or "format", the GR takes advantages from that design that an actual crop camera does not because its lenses where not designed and optimized for the sensor size.
Please be precise when discussing formats.
BTW, at 3:00: why the heck did you not shoot the blue sky with the heart shaped cloud/jet stream pattern and the red awning in one frame?! That scene was BEGGING to be framed. When you said "this looks sick" with your camera pointing up, I thought that's what you saw.
I'm quite interested your explanation but I'm finding it a little hard to fully understand.
If the sensor fully covers the image circle of the lens, wouldn't that result in an 18mm FOV instead of 28? Ricoh even says in their site that it's a 28mm equiv fov. By your explanation, is the Fuji X100V not a crop sensor too since the lens is optimised for the sensor? Which would mean that none of the fuji cameras are crop because they only take lenses that cover an APSC format.
And from what I understand, the term "crop sensor" is in relation to 35mm equivalent which means that even if a system is optimised, as long as it is smaller that the 35mm format, it is by definition a crop sensor camera. I'm a little confused by what you said.
Also, I'd love to know more about your phrase "incorrectly known as full frame". isn't 135 film 24x36mm which is the same size as full frame digital sensor?
The digital camera GR is an APS-C crop sensor camera. The film GR is a 35mm film (full frame) camera. APS-C (similar to Kodak Advantix APS) is a crop format because it’s smaller than the traditional 35mm (120) full frame format. You can put what ever lens in front of the APS-C GR sensor, and it’ll still be a crop sensor camera.