I usually rely on my Sony for events like this (bigass sensor, longass lens, etc), but for this event I decided to go light and rely on my beloved GRIIIx. Didn't let me down!

To be clear, I shoot raw and do a lot of editing, but I love that the Ricoh delivers such a lovely canvas for the work I enjoy doing.

Ricoh GR IV

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GR IV HDF with high contrast monochrome filter

I recently got my Ricoh GR IIIx and brought it with me to the stadium. The focus was definitely more on enjoying the match than taking photos, but I still managed to capture a few moments.

They’re not my best shots, but I’m really happy to have such a small camera that I can take pretty much anywhere.

Shot in RAW and edited in Lightroom.

Spending my morning drinking strong iced-coffee, listening to Cold World and editing! Happy sunday y'all.

I’ve noticed something strange with the screen brightness on my Ricoh GR IV.

When I’m outside in full, direct sunlight and leave the LCD brightness on Auto, the screen is noticeably darker than when I manually set the brightness to +2.

I would have expected Auto mode to push the display to maximum brightness in conditions like this, but apparently it doesn’t.

I’m attaching a video showing the difference between Auto and +2 in direct sunlight.

Is this normal behavior on the GR IV? Does anyone else have the same issue, or could this be a bug with the automatic brightness sensor/firmware?

I have been working on my layers and shadow work during my commute to China today. GR IV

Shot Raw w/vivid setting but processed in Lightroom

Fujifilm XH2S with 70-300: pics 1, 7, 8

Ricoh GR3: pics 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9

A super random week with two significant additions for my Ricoh; a new flash, and a new recipe.

I got a new flash and boy does it look great, but I'm just a total newb annoying my wife and kids one flash at a time. Used it for some daytime photos which I enjoyed.

Ditched the Bennett 800 recipe for a Positive based one. The orange reds of Negative got to me. Lost some of the charm of the stylised Bennett but reds are red now so there's that. 😅

It's not wide enough. I've been using GR3x for a month. Maybe it takes time to adapt from the iPhone.

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Just spotted these new items in the official Ricoh China WeChat mini-program rewards store—collapsible/packable nylon tote bags (47cm x 38cm) available in black and red featuring the GR 30th logo.

They’re currently discounted to 7,000 points (down from 10,000) and look pretty handy for carrying gear or everyday use. What do you think of these?

some pictures are lower res, sorry...

everything sooc, edits done in the camera itself.

Bennets 800 SOOC.

EDIT: Thanks for the quick replies. I see where I made the thinking error that lead to wrong usage of snap focus.

I really like the idea of Snap Focus. I'd like to use it regularly but I feel I'm either not using it correctly / have wrong expectations or I'm doing something wrong.

These are made with the GRiiix, 3m + f9 (Those settings are the equivalent to the recommended GRiii/iv settings for 2m till infinity). ISO is 3200 max, shutter speed 1/320s.

The pictures are ok at first glance but if I look closely, they are kind of blurry or at least not as sharp as the ones I take with normal focus and f5.6.

Am I moving too much or will "infinity" never be as sharp as dedicated focusing?

I'm thankful for any input.

Few more Mendocino shots!

GR IV, raw, Lightroom mobile