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While I always shoot and archive RAW-files, it's sometimes handy to have high-quality JPG's ready for transfer to the phone for things like Instagram Stories or quick shares with friends and family. In practice, I found the JPGs coming out of the GR III to be more or less on par with the ones I get from my Fujifilm X-T3. They are just there and ready to transfer to my phone with a tap or two. There's no stupid automatic downsizing of files á la Snap Bridge, and there are no hoops to jump through in order to grab the full-fledged raw-files either. After a few taps, I'm connected to the camera and can quickly transfer both RAW and JPG files to the camera. The phone and camera will communicate over Bluetooth, but in order to facilitate faster file transfers, it seamlessly switches to wifi. Connecting to the Ricoh GR III with my phone is as easy as launching the "Image Sync" app. After a painless initial pairing process, this is perhaps the first time I've had a camera that simply "just works". However, I have to say that I think there's plenty of room for improvement when it comes to the shutter button, besides the response issue, it also feels somewhat flimsy and cheap considering how much this camera costs.Īnother aspect that, somewhat surprisingly, stood out to me is the excellent connectivity between my smartphone (Oneplus 7) and this camera.
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#RICOH GR III VIEWFINDER HOW TO#
I quickly learned how to press the shutter in a way that is compatible with this camera, and I cannot say that this is something that bothers me anymore. If it's depressed too softly, the tactile experience is that the shutter button has reached the bottom, but yet no picture is taken. Instead, it's just the shutter button that requires a little bit more force than I'm used to, to actuate the shutter. After using the camera for a few more days, I finally figured out that this wasn't the case. In my first impressions review of this camera, I mentioned that it felt as if the camera sometimes flat out refused to take photos. Yet, this remains to be one of my few real concerns regarding the build quality of the Ricoh GR III. While I do understand that this approach was probably necessary to make the camera this small without compromising the optical quality (we'll get to that in a second). I can't ignore the thought that the motor controlling this mechanism will eventually fail, leading to what will most certainly be a costly repair. That being said, however, there is a bit of rattle in the retracting lens mechanism that is somewhat unsettling. I haven't heard much about the previous generations falling apart, and I expect it to be the same this time around. The build quality of the Ricoh GR III is mostly excellent. This is not by any means a knock on the menu system, but rather praise to how thoughtfully all the physical controls can be customized. All the functions I need to access regularly are accessible either via the physical controls or because they can be assigned to one of the five slots in the custom menu, that opens up when pressing the rocker switch style thumbwheel used to adjust exposure compensation. And while it was a pleasant experience with menus that for the most part, was easy to both navigate and understand, I've hardly taken a look at them at all since then. I did explore the menu system thoroughly only once, right after getting the camera. Both a bump in sensor resolution from 16 to 24 megapixels, as well as the addition of image stabilization and touch controls. The GR III is the most recent generation, released in 2019, and this time we've got a pretty significant upgrade. In 2013, technical advancements made it possible to squeeze in an APS-C sensor in a more or less equally small camera body, which suddenly made it an exciting camera for many professionals. The first digital GR was released in 2005, but back then it was only using a tiny 1/1.7-inch sized sensor.
#RICOH GR III VIEWFINDER SERIES#
The Ricoh GR series has been delivering on this promise perhaps longer than any other compact camera, with roots dating back to 1996.Īccording to Ricoh, this is the 12th iteration of the series, which was born back in the film era. Something that can deliver reliable results during a wide range of shooting conditions yet is small and light enough never to weigh one down.
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A device that can be taken on all those occasions when we may not be shooting for professional purposes, but still want a high-quality camera to bring with us when we're out and about. As anyone who always carries a camera with me, I think there's a constant hunt for the perfect compact camera.