Category Archives: Ricoh GR

GR Photo Festival 2024 last day to enter is December 22, 2024

By admin | Published: December 12, 2024

The last day to enter the 2024 GR Photo Festival is December 22, 2024:

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Ricoh resumes orders of the GR IIIx Urban Edition camera

By admin | Published: December 4, 2024

Ricoh Japan announced they will resume taking orders for the GR IIIx Urban Edition camera. The camera is already in stock at some stores – check availability at: US: Amazon US | B&H Photo | Adorama DE: Amazon DE | Foto Erhardt DE | Foto Koch DE UK: Amazon UK | WEX UK

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Is the compact camera dead? The market price of old compact digital cameras has increased 20-fold in one year

By admin | Published: November 17, 2024

Is the compact camera dead? BCN Retail published the article “Is the compact camera dead?” Here is the recap from digicame-info: Casio has left the compact camera market, Nikon has stopped development, and Sony and Fujifilm have significantly scaled back their lineups. Some may fear that the category itself will disappear as it is pushed […]

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Rumors about new Ricoh GR IV and GR Monochrome cameras got debunked quickly

By admin | Published: November 11, 2024

Rumors about new Ricoh GR IV and GR Monochrome cameras are nothing new – they have been circulating for years without any leaks, concrete details, or reliable information. Recently, there was another wave of false claims that these cameras are imminent but they quickly got debunked:

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Ricoh Japan: partial resumption of orders for some GR models

By admin | Published: November 5, 2024

Ricoh Japan announced a partial resumption of orders for some GR models. Check Ricoh GR camera’s availability at: US: Adorama | B&H Photo | Amazon DE: Foto Erhardt UK: WEX | Park Cameras Full text of the press release (Google translated):

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Somebody converted their Ricoh GRIIIx camera into Monochrome (DIY)

By admin | Published: October 19, 2024

There have been some rumors about a Ricoh GRIII Monochrome camera in the past. An old Ricoh patent (2016-201400) suggested a Bayer sensor without a color filter array (CFA) for sharper monochrome images. Check out this amzing Ricoh GRIIIx Monochrome DIY conversion performed by a fan in China (more videos available here):

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The Ricoh GR III is the 7th best-selling camera for the month of September at MAP Camera Japan

By admin | Published: October 16, 2024

The Ricoh GR III is the 7th best-selling camera for the month of September at MAP Camera Japan: Canon EOS R5 Mark II Canon EOS R6 Mark II Fujifilm X-T5 Sony a7C II Fujifilm X-T50 Nikon Zf Ricoh GR III Sony a7IV DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Nikon Z6III

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