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





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 released Q2 financial results: “The Camera business performed well thanks to the contribution of new products, resulting in increased sales and profits”


Ricoh released their Q2 financial results. Here is the overview for the “Other” segment that includes also the camera division:

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Ricoh Japan: partial resumption of orders for some GR models


Ricoh Japan announced a partial resumption of orders for some GR models.

Check Ricoh GR camera’s availability at:

Full text of the press release (Google translated):

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New Pentax K-3 III/Monochrom firmware update version 2.20 released


Rioch released new firmware updates version 2.20 for the Pentax K-3 III/Monochrom cameras:

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Ricoh/Pentax interview at the 2024 Paris Photo Show


Phototrend published their interview from the 2024 Paris Photo Show with Yazid Belmadi (Ricoh sales manager). Here is the recap by digicame-info:

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Pentax digest #90


→ Ricoh now also sells the new “Grad ND” software for the latest Pentax DSLR cameras in Europe.


→ Ricoh issued a notice of resumption of orders for the Pentax 17 film camera.


→ A guide to disassembling the Ricoh GR camera for sensor cleaning.


→ New app for Ricoh GR recipes: Camset.

→ GR SPACE TOKYO will host the “Fuchigami Yuta “Harajuku” and “Road” and Masuda Sara “Lil Tour” exhibitions.


Meeting by the Pentax Ricoh Family Club on November 10th.

The new ON1 Photo RAW 2025 is now available

Updates on the latest Kickstarter+Indiegogo photography projects

TTArtisan announced a new mini RGB LED Light

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Somebody converted their Ricoh GRIIIx camera into Monochrome (DIY)



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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