Ricoh GRIIIx | A dream come true? | Thoughtful review
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2024
- Ricoh GRIIIx | A dream come true?
Welcome back guys! It`s been a while.
My camera trio is complete - I`ve decided to buy the GRIIIx, a pocket sized APS-C with a 40mm equivalent lens. Was it worth it? Hear my thoughts about this little dope piece of gear.
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So any GR lovers here these days?📷
@@Nearest_Neighbor sorry to hear about your III - I miss my GRII but the IIIx gave me so much new experience so changes are good too 📷
Hi, im new to this but how do u overcome the camera without the zoom function
@@syadiqazman i cant remember the time when i used a zoom lens. It just feels natural for me to just move and change the pov - it gives you more creativity when you have to change your perspective. But its just an individual feel - many people prefer zooms as well and thats fine. I just love the overall feel of primes and fixed focal lenght. Not no mention that primes give you better low light performance📷
Great video! I’m convinced that this will be the perfect travel camera for me. Can’t wait to get my hands on one!
Thank you! I`m sure you`ll have a great time with it!
Lens focal length is not about framing. It’s about perspective. 38 - 42 mm (35 mm equivalent) are going to give you your most natural perspective. The perspective you experience walking around looking at the world in real life. If you had to settle for just one lens 40 mm would be the one for me. I found out about this when I took a road trip years ago using my stepmothers Rollei travel camera, 1950’s vintage. It was a jewel, a joy to use. And so many photos I took with it were keepers, not always the case with me. When I tried to figure out what I liked so much about it, I realized it was mostly to do with the focal length. Ideal format. Just saying.
Well I didn`t say anything that it is. You are right about perspective and the "look" that each focal lenght gives you, but I would argue about framing in terms of enviroment conditions. The longer focal lenght won`t let you frame your shots in tight spaces, while the wider lens on the other hand will. Secondly the longer the focal lengh, the more compressed the pespective is - thus the framing will not be the same on tele vs. wide lens. The objects will appear differently - on wider focal lenghts you can basically "see" more of the side of objects and on tele it becomes more "flat". Personally I too like to describe photography as a way of perspective, as all the fun is to find the right perspective, the right point of view to make the picture interesting. Cheers! 🙃
Thanks for this video. I love my Ricoh GR IIIx to. amazing compact camera.
Glad you like it. GR is special indeed 📷
@@DigitalRetro tes it is. I try also to share that feeling in my video. Feel free to have a look
@@Cinq1 I did - great to see some Fuji stuff on your channel ✌️
Welcome back. I hope there will be more. You do it really well. All the best.
Thank you Stefan - much appreciated! I will definitely continue with the GR series videos and beyond.
Zacne :) menu na filmie Cię zdradziło. Miałem grIII i bardzo żałuje sprzedaży. X kusi… powodzenia w prowadzeniu kanału!
Dzięki! Channel art też zdradza - nie wstydzę się polskości😄
@@DigitalRetro w żadnym wypadku nie maili to zabrzmieć negatywnie! Dla mnie osom :)
@@carbon.streets wiem wiem i nie zostało tak odebrane ;) z pewnością chciałbym przemycać w przyszłości polskie motywy i lokalizacje w moich filmach😉
Nice to see Partynice/Wrocław (Poland) horse racing area in background. Great video!
I have the GR II and I think the GR IIIx will be a nice addition, keeping the old one for wide shots and flash photography.
Oh I wish I wouldn`t have to sell my GRII before getting GRIIIx - i`d love to have them both - GRII`s wide lens and flash was a blast!
Yep I own the Ricoh GR. Great colorscience. Also with the adaptive lens. Only the software suck to connectie your phone with the Ricoh. Nice video with lovely photos. 👍👍👍
Great video and gorgeous photos! You are inspiring me about photography and buying Ricoh GR IIIx (or maybe it will be better to wait for the new version, GR IV, did you hear maybe about it?). And I would like to have a camera with a very good video, too. I know Ricoh is not for this but could you please recommend something from Fujifilm or Sony system to have as a second camera or just a video camera? I am still working on Canon 60 d (Tamron lens, eq. 28-80mm, f: 2.8), and after years I have realized I really love street photography. I would like to have something lighter but - I have mentioned - also with good video. I will be happy to hear back from you. All the best, take care and powodzenia! ;) PS And I have a question: do you have some filter for your Ricoh? Or it is some kind of protection of lens? It looks pretty cool I must say :)
Very nice video. All my cameras are in the "cameras that are not for everybody" category 🙂. Ricoh GRIII and GRIIIx are probably those that are more for everybody than my other cameras 😀
what are the other cameras?
@@gumy99 Sigma foveon cameras (dp and sd cameras) and the non-foveon Sigma fp cameras. In addition BMPCC OG.
I’m sold. Off to order one.
Have fun mate 📸
40 mm is the closest thing to our natural point of view. It's actually easier to make a nice composition with 40mm. I use that focal length on my Fuji, Sony and Nikon cameras. I love that Ricoh added that focal length. Smart decision. Now I always have my Ricoh GRIIIx on my. I take it everywhere I go.
Welcome back bro! Keep up the stuff!
Thanks mate 🥃
GR camera's are so fun ! I absolutely love to use them. I have both the gr3 and gr3x, fantastic ! Oh and the fuji xe4.
I envy the XE4! WIsh I`d get it some day.
@@DigitalRetrome to 😂
I’ve always ignored the GR because I just don’t get along with the 28mm (FF) FoV. Just discovered this camera and really really considering it!
This is a great video, and the song is a banger!
Love your videos!
Im happy to find your channel
Thanks friend! Enjoy your stay
thx for your impressions. i thought about the grII time ago, but 40mm is my view.
Loved my GRII - but the 40mm with IBIS in the same pocket size just stole my heart!
Inredible video, you just gained a new subscriber sir!
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it. Cheers!
Street Edition here. Love it
Cheers mate!📷
The GRiii is my favourite camera but I would love to add the x. I prefer to shoot prime and not change lenses, but having a tighter GR would be cool.
I can so close to buying camera , the size and the high contrast were my favorite things about the gr iii when I had it . But ultimately I went with the Fuji xe4 . Not as small but way better battery life and autofocus which both drove me crazy with the gr iii . I’m watching this video becauee I’m considering getting the 27 2.8 for the Fuji essentially making it a griiix 😂
I wanted to buy XE4 but it`s so hard to get a new one in Poland now, so I decided to get the GRIIIx - destiny decided :D XE4 is great - consider 23mm f2 it`s even better 🔥
@@DigitalRetro yeah that’s part of the reason I bought it , my copy was a return and my local shop called and told me . I’ve had a mini crush on it since it was released . But idk if you know this , I heard Ricoh is stopping mass manufacturing of the gr’s so they are gonna be harder to get .
It’s a great camera, so much freedom with it
Agreed. I you were to describe the GRIIIx with one word - "freedom" would be it for sure!
It just makes photography so easy, I don't worry about the camera at all. I use it as often as I can.
Great video mate. Which filter do you have attached? Thanks
Thanks mate! I use the Marumi Exus UV filter. Cheers!
Lovely video! What filter adapter do you use if I may ask? I just bought a GR III X and would really like to add a filter on it.
Thank you so much! The adapter I use is GA-2 from Ricoh - its quite expensive, but the third party ones are OK to, like NiSi. Cheers!
@@DigitalRetro Thanks, appreciate it!
filter GA2+ Adapter. Can it help reduce the dust problem a lot ?
Yes, definitely. I went for a trip to US with my GR and after a week there was no single grit particle on my lens or lens blades. Hovewer the GA-2 is not fully sealed - it has 2 cavities on both sides where the dust can eventually come into. I usually take the GA-2 off once a week and vacuum all the residue there. I will make a video about the cleaning process soon.
@@DigitalRetro Thank You ^^
Brother, great video! I just ordered a GRiiiX and Inwas wondering, the GA-2 was being used just to hold a UV filter. Correct?
Hi Jeff! Thank you! The GA-2 is a multipurpose adapter - it can be used to hold UV/polar or any 49mm threat filiter or the optional tele converter that makes your GRIIIx a 75mm lens camera.
Thank you for sharing! Great video👍🏽
Thank you! Glad you like it.
I still love my fuji X-E1 + 27mm f2.8 more than anything asatravel/vacation camera. Sure the specs are a bit limiting but anything else I think is even more limiting and I just wont bother taking with me.
Fuji is a great system with extraordinary portability and color science - I had my XT-10 for years and it was probably one of my favourite cameras of all time. I still miss it sometimes. The more time passes, the more I think of getting XE4 or something from Fujifilm lineup.
@@DigitalRetro never cared for x100s/f/v?
@@gumy99 I actually owned x100F - sold it with the means to buy the X100V which had the new 23 f2 lens, but then the pandemic came and X100 series was not available in Poland anymore due to delivery chain collapse - now there are just few shops that have it but pumped the price of X100V to about 2500USD - crazy times
@@DigitalRetro That's crazy! Buy it in Prague! 1600usd
I hope Ricoh will do a GRIV with f2. Winner! The real gripe with this camera is the terrible wifi connectivity with the app.
Personally I didn`t have any problems with app connectivity so far, but man...the f2 GR would be my instant-buy!
Would you agree that 28mm is better for "context, not portraits" like when you want to put people in the context of the place and time? A complete opposite - a 135mm F/2 creates stunning portraits, but if you take 100 of portraits of your family members on different occasions and then 30 years later look at the pictures... I'm pretty sure you'll recognize the portraits as beautiful, but for 90% of them you'll have no idea where they were taken, what the occasion was, looking at the photo would not evoke the feeling of that time, you'll just see a pretty photo.
I'm a little torn between 28mm and 40mm, I have a 24-105 zoom and a fixed 35mm. Regretfully, I haven't methodically spent a lot of time on any particular focal length, but I think I prefer the perspective that the 40mm gives, but maybe I just suck at composing at wide angle. But does 40mm give enough context? Like, a photo of a kid in the playground, or playing on the floor with toys, or jumping around in the rain - do you see enough surroundings? Do you have to take a lot of steps back? I guess I'm trying to think in terms if I only had one focal length, would I be happiest with 40mm, that leans into portrait territory, or 28mm that leans into landscape territory...? I know, I know, depends on your style and preferences... still, if you prefer more context than portraits, BUT like the perspective that the 40mm the most?
I find a 35, though not a portrait lens per se, wide open, can create killer portraits and you have context! So, I don't know. 40 isn't that much narrower, but 28 might be more universal, though more difficult to compose....
Hi there! For me it`s 35mm all the way. I shoot most of my shots on 35mm(you can see my 35 1.8 video on the channel as well as a video about GRIIIx portrait photography), so I always go for the 35mm equivalents when not shooting FF. This focal lenght let`s you shoot closer portraits with great bokeh and environmental ports as well. The 40mm fov of GRIIIx is very close to 35, but you can definitely feel the tighter frame when shooting and composing. It`s not a huge difference, but it`s there. I did have the GRII before with it`s 28mm lens and I think it was more versatile in terms of street photography and environmental shots. 40mm can be too tight in closed spaces, where the 28 did the job done. For me as a portrait photographer I really enjoy the 40mm, but I guess if you want that "close action", the 28mm could be better and I`d consider the GRIII instead of GRIIIx.
@@DigitalRetro thank you, helpful. I just might bite the bullet and get the III.
Great review thanks!
Thank you for aprreciation Marc!
great review. thank you
Hey man! Great video 👍 I've been looking at either getting the Ricoh GR iii x or the Fuji XE4 with the 27mm kit for street/travel photography. Any thoughts?
Thanks man! As much as I love the GR series I wouldn`t buy it as my main/regular camera - it`s great for everyday use and casual travel, but if you consider something compact that you can use more versatile I`d definitely stick with the Fuji. You`ll get exchangable lenses and awesome Fuji color science in a package. If you already have your main camera and you`re looking for a small secondary camera for street or even casual portraits - I`d go for the GR.
I have exactly same dilemma :) I have Sony a7III and Ricoh GrIII , but I miss fujifilm so much that I may replace Sony with X e4 :)
Pozdro ! 👍😅
@@RSKNPOL pzdr 😅
Hej,
Świetna recenzja podaj proszę link do tej plastikowej nasadki na obiektyw?
Rozumiem,że dzięki temu gr3x nie zasysa kurzu na matrycę?
Excellent video 🙏
Thank you so much!
May I ask what film simulation you used at 4:52?
wonderful video！but is that a external lens or what is that installed on the camera ? 😃
Thank you! It`s an adapter for filters and for tele conversion lens :)
Thanks for your very nice sharing about the GRIIIx. May I ask why you were using the Lens adapter GA-2 and UV filter with the GRIIIx? Any special purpose? Thank you.
Hello! Thank you for kind comment. I use the GA-2 with UV filter mostly for avoiding dust and lens blades protection. I`ve made a separate video about that so, feel free to check it on my channel. Have a great day!
@@DigitalRetro Thanks for your quick reply. I saw posts in those kinds of Ricoh forums which people raised concerns about if dusts could get inside the camera sensor through the retrieving of the lens easily. I have used Sony Rx100III for years and did not notice anything like that. What were your experiences?
Let me watch your video of "Ricoh GRIIIx | Prevent dust on sensor | GR cleaning" first. Thank you.
Okay, I got it. Thanks again for your sharing and will consider it as the solution.
@@zeissyu2322 you are welcome! All the best friend📷
Hi, will I be able to use my batteries for my GR iii street edition? Thank you.
Hi! Yes both GRIII and GRIIIx use the same DB-110 battery📷
Excelente aportación
Nice video - thanks. Which App were you using when it showed you editing with what looked like the Apple Pencil?….& do you recommend it? - Thanks - Peter.
Thank you Peter - much appreciated! The app I’m using is Polar - it’s much like LR but cheaper, supports Raw editing, curves and masking tools. I recommend both the Polar and Apple Pencil 😉 cheers!
@@DigitalRetro - Many thanks - I’ll try it :- )
The more I think about the GRiiix vs the GRiii, the more I think the GRiii shines.
It`s all about the individual preference. Both GRIII and GRIIIx(and GRII!) are great cameras and I always say that you should stick to the one that you "feel" and suits you best!
@@DigitalRetro can’t argue with that. I was taking photos on the beach of my daughter the other day realizing how crappy the AF is on the GRiii, but i adjusted and after a while I forgot about it.
In my GR IIIx I can’t see negative film option I only see positive film why is that?
The Negative simulation was added in 1.20 FW update - you can download the newest firmware from Ricoh`s website to get the new film simulation. Just make sure you get the V1.21 - it features the new improved stability and update for the camera`s Shake Reduction(IBIS)
Great video 👍👌
Thank you! Cheers mate!
Grrrrr
what is the make of the lens adaptor you have
Hey, it`s the official adapter made by Ricoh(the GA-2)
Soothing voice ❤
Haha, thank you!
Everybody: "The GRIII charges with usb-c. It can be charged anywhere."
Me: *cries in iPhone
Have no fear - due to new regulations the new iPhones will soon have the usb-c as well ✨
Background music way too loud. Fail. toronto canada.
I have the GRIIIx. I love it.
I have always shot with Ricoh cameras, ever since GR1v...Everything else is just bulls**t, to me.
So sad that it doesn't have a viewfinder : (
The background music is way too loud.
Pretty bad battery life
Yes, unfortunately that’s one pain in the 📷 🙃
Kleine Kamera-große Tasche 😁
This camera is so over hyped it's unbelievable. I finally bought one to see what all the fuss was about and really hate it. And the main reason is that the screen is one of the absolute worst I've ever come across. It's truly terrible and in anything like daylight you can't see a bloody thing. And it doesn't tilt. Jesus, you would have thought by now Ricoh would have updated this thing. But I suppose with so much hype being spread they just couldn't be bothered. I'm flogging the god damnedthing right now....I'll stick to my brilliant Fujis and Leicas thanks...
Settle down, mate. It's not worth the high BP you get from such outbursts. I use Sony, Fuji, Canon and RIcoh now and all of them have pros and cons. GR series is unique, compact and offers great IQ. Like I said it's not a camera for everyone, but it's definitely great and fun to have one. Also I don't see the hype for it as much as for example X100V and X100VI. Cheers!
@@DigitalRetro LOL, not an outburst at all - you should see me when I do have one ! Obviously every camera has it's own merits but there are so many Ricoh fanboys out there extoling it's virtues you'd think it was a gift from god. But as we all know, god doesn't exist. Sure, it's handy to be able to slip this thing into your pocket but nothing else is good about it at all....Have fun...
Come on the Ricoh app is trash! What is that “token” thing they talk about?!?!?Camera is great but App can do much better!
For me it`s fine - well at least for downloading RAWs and JPEGs to my tablet - didn`t have any problems with it actually.
Please turn the music off when you are narrating the video, the music drowns out your voice - it's awful!
The music is faded about -12 / -14 db while i do the VO. Music is on 1 channel and VO on second - i think there is some issue on your side while playback(some reported this), but on most devices it`s all good. Did you watch on computer or a phone?
If only the battery was bigger…
Its a bugger but on the other hand it’s small enough you can put another one in like your wallet and carry the replacement with ease.