Introducing the RICOH GR III HDF and RICOH GR IIIx HDF
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- RICOH GR III HDF and RICOH GR IIIx HDF:
High-end digital compact cameras featuring a new, built-in HDF (Highlight Diffusion Filter) to create mellow, diffused expressions in highlighted areas
TOKYO, March 28, 2024 - RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. is pleased to announce the launch of the RICOH GR III HDF and RICOH GR IIIx HDF digital compact cameras. Designed using the acclaimed RICOH GR III and RICOH GR IIIx as base models, these high-end models feature a newly developed HDF (Highlight Diffusion Filter).
While inheriting the fundamental merits of the base models - exceptional image quality, flawless point-and-shoot operation and outstanding portability - the new models allow the user instantly and with a single action to engage the newly developed, built-in HDF (Highlight Diffusion Filter), which is designed to deliver mellow, softened images with diffused highlight areas, in addition to the clear, sharply focused images made famous by the base models. This filter allows the user to add a totally different kind of visual expression to captured images, depending on the subject or creative intention.
Main features of the new RICOH GR III HDF and RICOH GR IIIx HDF
・ Single-action switching to the new, built-in HDF to create mellow, softened images
The new models incorporate the newly developed HDF (Highlight Diffusion Filter) to emphasize highlights and produce mellow, softened images. Developed by taking advantage of RICOH’s advanced inkjet technology cultivated over the years, this special-effect filter is designed to diffuse highlight areas and create a blurred effect along the image’s edges, making it possible to capture somewhat nostalgic images resembling those captured in film photography or movies. Since the HDF can be instantly switched on and off with a single action, it lets the user effortlessly alternate between two completely different visual expressions - clear, sharply focused images symbolic of the RICOH GR series, and mellow, softened images captured by the HDF - depending on the subject or creative intention. This creative versatility expands the visual boundaries of snapshot photography.
・ The color of the shutter-release button has been changed to grayish silver to symbolize the easy shift of visual expression. The default setting of the Fn (Function) button has also been changed to the ON/OFF switching of the HDF.*
・ The user can preprogram up to three white-balance settings as the base white balance.** It is also possible to couple the base white balance with the White-balance Fine Adjustment function.
・ The new models feature Zone Select AF,*** which automatically sets the focus at the most appropriate point within the image area, after the user shifts the 3X3 focus area to the desired zone.
* The user can also select another function as the default setting of the Fn button.
** This function can be added to all RICOH GR III- and GR IIIx-series models using function expansion firmware, which is scheduled to be released along with the market launch of these new models.
*** The 3X3 focus area is identical in size to that of the Auto-area AF (Center) mode.
Note: Except for the availability of the ND (Neutral Density) filter, all other specifications of the new models are identical with those of the RICOH GR III/IIIx.
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Special thank you to @SamuelStreetlife for his support with the video.
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I love how Ricoh is refusing to release a GR IV.
Lol
Surely there are other outlets for your G.A.S. 😉
I keep checking for updates... it was admittedly pretty funny for this to come up.
same bro))
They don't have the money to develop it. That's the only assumption.
Everyone: Please give us weather sealing, built in flash and optionally a bit better sensor and af.
Ricoh: Gotcha - here is our 5 year old camera, but with the bloom filter.
lol
I'd rather they offered a hotshoe small flash unit with its own powersource, because off-cam is always more powerful than pop up, it wouldn't drain the camera battery, it wouldn't add size to the body, it could be wireless triggered for better angles than direct, you could use it with the current GR and wouldn't require buying a whole new body, you could use it with other cameras, it could have manual dials to see/change settings at a glance without menu diving, it could have third-party clip on gels and diffusers. There's so many reasons that a small hotshoe flash is infinitely better!
A pop up flash is literally the worst version of this ask. Don't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling. 😂
@@-grey I disagree. On camera flash is so convenient. My Q20ii and godox flash get no use, it's not convenient to bring them around, so I just never get flash photos. and I feel like a convenient on-camera flash is very coherent with the GR philosophy, i really wish they brought it back.
@@evibacarter just leave it attached. 😂
Idk that dark grey shutter button is pretty sweet
This is pretty cool for people who don't own a Ricoh GRIII/IIIX or want to get a GR in a different focal length than the one they already have. I don't see why anyone who already owns a GRIII would be interested in this.
For someone like me, who already has griiix but was looking for an excuse to get griii, it makes perfect sense 😅
Maybe some people would like a GR with lower IQ, contrast, and resolution permanently. 😂
@@Gobekadamwe were thinking alike...
Well, I don't need extremely expensive blu-ray collections of Classic Dr Who stories which I already own on DVD, yet something prevents me from not buying every release. Same principle! Besides, some of us are still on the II.
I have a GRII and was looking for an excuse to get a griiix, looks like I found my excuse 😂
GR Community for years: "Hey Ricoh, please give us a Ricoh GR Monochrom".
Ricoh: "Hey guys, here's the HDF edition nobody asked for".
I though there was a GR monochrome version in my early days but i found out it was not. You can actually send the camera to remove the colour filter and make it a permanent monochrome!
1 year later... Introducing the new Ricoh GR III HDF sTrEeT EdItIoN (now with a red lens ring)
April 2037: Announcing the Ricoh GRiii Unicorn Edition, the same great GRiii you know and love, now with a set of childrens unicorn stickers to decorate you camera with.
Unfortunately, you will probably be right hahaha
✍️✍️✍️
@@RICOHGRPHOTOGRAPHY 🤣 we love Ricoh GR!
Selfie Edition - lens backwards
This is my sign to wait one more year.
its not april 1 yet
I even looked at the calendar to make sure!
But almost. I think this counts
It is but just 4 days early!! :D
lolol
FujiFilm, here I come!
⏳⚡️ Waiting for GR IV X with HDF, ND filter and dust proof !
dust proof would be great.... TT
I love my GR’s. Interesting addition and thank you so much for all the firmware updates. Please, keep alive this wonderful line of street camera and make them always better and better. I need urgently a GR IV. Thank you in advance Mr/Mme Ricoh
its basically been the same camera mate..the "X" was nothing more than marketing no major update and labeled as a "street photography": version..they even put a bit of color to make it appealing to some consumers..lol .please dont tell me you have a GRIII and also and GRIII "X"?..you bought the same camera twice? haha
Ok. See you next year.
Next year will be GRIII 2.0 and GRIIIX 2.0 haha
Reeeelax people. A limited edition yellow lens cover ring coming soon. Stay tuned🤭🥳
Very nice of you to include your camera settings for each photo very thoughtful thank you 😊
Thanks for the update! I really like using the Moment Cinebloom filter but hate the thought of adding an extension to the lens ring just to use it. This update keeps the camera compact. That being said, I think I'll still hold out for the GR IV.
Man...please be joking... We need something with a flash or weatherproofing. New filter to trap more dust! 😂
I'd rather they offered a hotshoe small flash unit with its own powersource, because off-cam is always more powerful than pop up, it wouldn't drain the camera battery, it wouldn't add size to the body, it could be wireless triggered for better angles than direct, you could use it with the current GR and wouldn't require buying a whole new body, you could use it with other cameras, it could have manual dials to see/change settings at a glance without menu diving, it could have third-party clip on gels and diffusers. There's so many reasons that a small hotshoe flash is infinitely better!
A pop up flash is literally the worst version of this ask. Don't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling. 😂
Weatherproofing would be cool, but not on its own. It would need at least AI AF and a flip up screen or something you couldn't get through accessories.
@@-grey Did you just copy and paste what someone posted above? that's wild.
😂 Where on earth is the GR4!?
I will still keep my GR II for few more years.
I am still using the GR, the only one without the generation number on it.
Ricoh, did you add dust resistance???
I thought the novelty was this!
@@PurplefoxdlHigh Dust Front element
Waterproof too and more faster lens . Better low light sensor and autofocus for everything , like car,planes,insects,cat,dogs,pig 🐖, fish🐟,people,sports,sports car racing in high speed like F1 , nascar,drones, for macrophotography ring light in the lens it's helps a lot much .
@@rcdhi1gI’m listening to
black tape works !
Please make the GR Rural edition🙏🏼
And Water edition 💦💦💦😉
Desert edition 🏜️
Rural Edition 😂🤣
What is that? Camouflage or barn red?
That's funny
How about a GR Ghetto Edition!! 😉
So... we can add a new filter inside the body, but can get rid of the wonky dial on the back :(
Petition for Ricoh to add a 4:3 aspect ratio, just like the GR and GR2.
it's not that difficult, please!
Also 2:1. It's a simple firmware addition. Or maybe a custom crop option. 🤔
4:3? You must be from Ohio.
Is anyone else coming back to this video to see if this was an April Fool's Joke?? @Ricoh I love you all - but please reconsider this... At least a weather sealed version and/or AF-improved model would have been a worthy edition, but I can't imagine how the decision to make an HDF version made it to production. I'm happy with another GR III version (since my initials are GR III), but this is unbelievable
while i share in everyone's desire for a GRIV (please bring back the flash!) I think this is an incredible update. I'd love to have an HDF version available for the GRIV too. The pictures really looks fantastic!
But why??? No better auto focus? No weather sealing? No higher resolution?
The IQ will be worse so this is maybe even a lower resolution model. 😂
Why people keep asking for better dust proofing and weather sealing, seems so clear that this is not possible (in the moment) for a camera this size. Due to the fact that this is a retractable lens mechanism. How to make it waterproof if it has to slide reliable with not much resistence?
zone focusing makes the job instead AE
bro, my iphone is 1/3 the width of this camera and its sealed just fine, im pretty sure they could figure it out if they wanted but they rather give us special colored ring edition instead
@@x340x But the lens and sensor are much smaller. Not as trivial as it might sound, bro.
Please add grain adjustment to the color image controls. Positive Film, Negative Film etc in firmware update
This! Color Filter need Grain!
From what I can see....I like the results. If and when my current 5 year old GRIII dies, I might consider this as its replacement. But it isn't enough to run out and get it otherwise.
I have an MX-1and it's really fun. You guys are great at these point-and-shoot cameras. Since I don't have a GR IIIx yet it's tempting. Cool.
5 years model KEKW
So it's like a Black Mist Filter. I'm saving my money and keep using my screw-in filter ;-)
if sony increased the sensor size in the rx100vii it would basically destroy ricohs entire camera business
Awesome & Thanks :)
So professional...for a black mist filter
let's hope they read the comments and realize it's time for GRIV and not a different color shutter button, i have a GRIIIx and have no idea what is the color of the shutter button 😁
Good update. That built-in mist filter gives nice look to the image. Next update: make the streght adjustable.
At the cost of loosing the build in ND filters though…hmmmm
This.
Hi my friend. Just north of ya.
oh huh that's interesting
yeah i rather have the nd filter
Nd filter is cheaper than cinebloom or mist
Very well done, Samuel Streetlife!
One of the great things about my GR3 is how crisp the lens is. I can just screw on a HDF filter, so this really isn't an upgrade, right? I kind of wish they'd put off the film project and put out a weather-sealed, improved GR4.
I hope they bring the griii basic models back in production.Need that nd filter.
Cool!! Nice to see an option to create some organic filmic shots.
Omar needs a Noir edition ASAP😁
@@SamuelStreetlife Please make this happen! The two of you could make a mini Film Noir of the everyday private eye for the mundane (i.e. dads). And that Pentax monochrome sensor is locked in a tower, waiting to be free...
P.S. Cameo from Moe Morales pls
There's no denying that Sam is smiling about it too.
I don’t see any advantage for myself adding this new model to my line up.
Although I like the new AF option that is coming with the software update.
Personally I prefer the sharper image and and the post processing for soften the image Highlights is really not a big deal …even if it’s not the same as like a physical filter.
Why not inventing a thread or magnet Ring to stick on to the lens (like the JJC UV filter) with different filter options if you want to keep your camera pocketable.
Otherwise using the standard adapter with the option of having different filters like an pol or black mist.
I’m just looking for excuses not to buy a new camera🙃
Let’s us all celebrate the beauty in the mundane.🎉
Yes, updating from the griii wouldnt make sense. But totally love this little addition and I think its cool that they release it now rather than waiting to implement it in an gr IV in a few years. When i loose or wreck my gr iii I will def get this one
I feel exactly the same! How to avoid spending another 1,000 euros (x 2) for the sake of using a 100 euro filter behind the lens rather than in front of it....😅 still a great idea and functionality though... must not succumb ...
Any improvements to the control dial? Mine malfunctioned after only 1 year on my GR III. I have the same exact issue as Ivan Chow.
Same. And Ricoh refuses to repair it. I have to pay 200€.
Same 😢
Previously: To get soft effects, buy a diffusion lens filter... Now: Buy a filter, along with the camera.
Well damn lol I bought a filter hood with a pro-mist filter for mine but THIS would be so much more convenient.
Believe me, it's not! why buy a new camera when a $10 filter can fix it!
I do like the idea of more ways to recreate a film-like experience on digital but not sure if this is the specific upgrade/expansion model I'd be looking for. Hopefully this won't be the only Ricoh news in the near future though.
Man dude.....give me a "pro level" camera like this with built in filters like mist, ND, Polarizer, and I'd be all over it. Then we'd finally see some innovation in the industry.
ok. this look really nice
Thank you for covering these new GR variants! I, for one, am very excited to get one!
It can be turned on and off. So it is replacing the ND filter with a diffusion filter. That's interesting. At least it's not a permanent effect. This is fine. I don't want one, but it's a cool idea.
I like how they reimagine existing elements of the GRIII. I love that about Ricoh. 👑
A detachable compact hotshoe flash unit and EVF would be nice accessories to have too. A new way to use our GRIII. 😎
Dude, I was just thinking yesterday, when the new version of GR will be released, after all, X100VI came out a long time ago. And here it is, finally! 6 hours ago... Yay, I waited.
I sat down and waited for the life changing upgrade………….🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃
GR4 will be released in2030 for sure
ハイライトが飛んでも気にならないってのは面白いですね。滲んだ感じがgood👌
I was actually expecting a bigger update, given the length of the video. But then they just stretched the video because of one HDF filter, well, a new shutter button and a couple of new camera functions that will appear on the base models. On the other hand, the update, although quite minor, is good for me. But maybe it makes sense to wait until the fourth version, who knows.
IM SO CONFUSED
I think it’s a great idea to provide a hardware solution for the digital problem of sharp highlights blow out. However, what GR really needs, in my opinion, is (in that order): bigger battery (don’t care if the body gets slightly bigger), better dust resistance, and also perhaps improvement in the durability of the ribbon electrical cable that moves with the retractable lens (I had mine failing on the original GR, and the repairing technician told me it was fairly common; I don’t know if that was fixed in later models). Also, a return of the built in flash would be welcome.
¿Cómo que no importa un cuerpo un poco más grnade? La mayoría compramos GR porque cabe en el bolsillo!! Prefiero llevar una pequeña batería de repuesto en vez de una cámara más grande? Cuál es el problema de cambiar la batería cuando se agote?
2-3 mm added to the grip makes absolutely no difference in terms of portability. In the other hand, a battery that lasts only 200 shoots is not quite acceptable today. That means that if you go out for a day of shooting you probably have to carry at least three batteries (and make sure you recharge them at night). Sometimes that may be difficult when traveling, which is one of the target use of this camera.
Ricoh version of the foveon sensor but with a filter
What Foveon sensor!! Those two things are entirely different!
OMG I want one! 😍
Looks cool but my first thought was of course... GR IV!!! (hopefully with weather sealing & better build quality this time).
This is a gamechanger wow
Am I one of the few who wishes Ricoh would do a zoom version like the Powershot g7xiii? Would nice to have variable focal length options
Creo que sí eres de los pocos que quieren eso. Hay otras cámaras con focal variable, para qué cambiar el tamaño de la GR?
Great looking compact cameras and features! It would be amazing if you actually choose the intensity of the diffusion say between 1/8, 1/4 and 1/2 diffusion, that would be game changing. Because in the sample shots the diffusion looks very strong and for some situations you might only want a subtle glow rather than a huge bloom of the highlights.
YESSS! finally an update to have custom white balance to save. Now I can use my custom sims without changing wb settings or switching to custom modes.
I feel bad for Ricoh spokespersons having to hype this release.
3:52 a good man just doing his job and representing his team but having trouble keeping a straight face 😂
He did a good job considering what he's been asked to do, poor guy.
With this new addition WE NEED a cinestill 800t profile ! Hope they will add it soon
HDF for my is a good adition but I hope the new GR 4 is coming soon with big and more features (better battery and autofocus for example please).
What strength promist does it compare to? 1/4 or 1/8?
In Spain we call this "estirar el chicle".
What does the camera capture if Raw & J Peg are selected?
Ummm.. and B&H and Adorama don’t have them listed in inventory or as a NEW model. I am assuming this is an April’s Fool joke until I see the announcement on B&H and Adorama or any photography retailer.
If this is a April joke, they are a week too early!
Ricoh, PLEASE give us a GRIII/GRIIIX Monochrome.
Great video as always, Samuel!!! Love my GRIIIX and would love to get this new GRIIIHDF!!!
Bring an in-built flash version also.
I'd rather they offered a hotshoe small flash unit with its own powersource, because off-cam is always more powerful than pop up, it wouldn't drain the camera battery, it wouldn't add size to the body, it could be wireless triggered for better angles than direct, you could use it with the current GR and wouldn't require buying a whole new body, you could use it with other cameras, it could have manual dials to see/change settings at a glance without menu diving, it could have third-party clip on gels and diffusers. There's so many reasons that a small hotshoe flash is infinitely better!
A pop up flash is literally the worst version of this ask. Don't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling. 😂
Good idea!
Somehow exactly what I was missing - But keeping the ND and adding a filter thread to the lens would bring way more flexibility. What if one wants less diffusion?
Fantastico
I just wished it zoomed to both focal lengths.
See it listed on reputated stores so probably not an april fools joke. Just bought the ricoh griii diary edition. Will keep it since I like the color scheme more. For film shooters this might be nice
More options are always good but I like sharpe pictures
Assuming this isn't an overly early april fools thing as some have speculated, I'm not interested in this specific thing, but putting more kinds of filters in a camera body is neat.
Personally, I would love to see a toggleable IR filter in a camera. However, I know that wouldn't be practical on the GRIII as it has an infrared emitting LED in the body for some reason which makes IR a nonstarter above ISO 100. (I have an IR-converted GRIII; I'm probably not the only person who does, but I'm guessing there aren't many of us.)
All my hopes and dreams finally came true...HDF
That's pretty cool. But I don't understand why people/companies continue doing this in hardware when you can emulate it perfectly (?) in software? Then you also have the option to undo the effect.
Is this model okay for people who doesn't have gr3/gr3x?
Hoping they're just reusing the old body to empty old stocks prior to the release of the GR4.
weather sealing pleassseeeeee
So no more ND filter on the HDF models right?
I wished they would have improved the sealing of the lens.
Wasn’t easier to just add a preset in the importing app? Any mobile phone can have the same “dreamy feeling”, any children app can add any effect. The ND filter is much more useful, photography wise.
Better dust protection and the return of the flash would be more useful
Interesting. I wonder if they will ever make a lens with like a f2.0-1.8, bring back the flash like the grii and add a way to not get dust in the camera. Hell why not a monochrome version?
Not sure why it’s needed tbh
That would be amazing!
Lo podrían fabricar sin problema, pero ya no tendría el tamaño de bolsillo.
@@js9204 I understand if it was like f1.4 it would no longer be pocket sized but they did f1.8 on their smaller older ricoh digital I - IV cameras. Plus the flash use to be on the ricoh gr i and ii but does the sensor stabilize take up that much space? It should be possible but I'm not 100% sure.
I'd rather they offered a hotshoe small flash unit with its own powersource, because off-cam is always more powerful than pop up, it wouldn't drain the camera battery, it wouldn't add size to the body, it could be wireless triggered for better angles than direct, you could use it with the current GR and wouldn't require buying a whole new body, you could use it with other cameras, it could have manual dials to see/change settings at a glance without menu diving, it could have third-party clip on gels and diffusers. There's so many reasons that a small hotshoe flash is infinitely better!
A pop up flash is literally the worst version of this ask. Don't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling. 😂
Hi Samuel, let me ask you.
Why are people so obsessed with a monochrome version. Why to remove the added possibility of having also color option?
Btw, I own a Ricoh GRIII. And I do love it :)
I treat my ricoh gr iiix like an old vintage camera that shoots film. That way i wont be disappointed with its quirks
Ricoh wants to be dreamy as Fujifilm…
Love this!
On my computer screen, the photo on the right, at 5:59, looks softer than the one without the HDF filter. ???
Nice, since I can't get an x100vi, preordered a gr3x HDF instead. I don't really need the retro-looking vibe when doing street photography.
Can the HDF feature be turned off? Or is it fixed/on always? If it can be turned off, would the pictures taken with GRIIIxHDF with HDF feature turned off be identical to those taken with GRIIIx? I want to understand if the HDF feature causes the camera (GRIIIxHDF) to produce lower quality images even when the feature is turned off, compared to the camera variant that does not have the HDF feature in first place (i.e., GRIIIx).
hi, this makes me think that it will still be a long time before the GR 4 comes out, or am I wrong?
He's so cute!
Nice to see that ricoh is still on the market. After 5 years though some big changes could come like water resistance, dust cleaning, viewfinder, quicker autofocus. If not all of them then some. The logic that griii is a good camera so no need for a new one doenst make any sence to me. The gr1 was and is also good but new one came on the market.
Also could anyone tell respnsibly if in the near future a film one will come ? I know ricoh has its own rhythmus and plans but it would be also nice to know if a nice camera will come in the next 6 months so one can save or plan acordingly
Have you ever heard of dehancer? It’s a great software for simulating film. I was hoping for gr IV and had my order for months on hold 😢 anyway today I will order my gr III. The regular version! I prefer a nd filter.
Dehancer effect can be nice but adding a step in workflow isn’t.
We need the Ricoh flash edition now🤡