Ricoh GR-D (I,II,III,IV): Post your photos!

GRD 1 - Great macro...

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MikeAUS said:
How come the GRD got such a lousy review at Dpreview? Was it the price? The photos here look fantastic!
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In my opinion, the GRD3 gets lousy reviews on the big photo sites like DPReview because of the market it was thrown into. It's technically classified as a "Point and Shoot" although most of your generic consumers (moms, dads, grandparents, 8-year-olds, etc.) wouldn't know the difference between this camera and a Canon Elph. Except that this camera doesn't zoom.

They won't appreciate the special way this camera creates black and white images or the way it uses subtle but useful controls (MY settings, customizable buttons, etc.) to make this camera quick and easy for someone who will take the time to learn to use it.

Ricoh should remove the "Green-means-go" option from the control dial, replace it with a MY 4 and just have MY 1 - 4 as well as PASM on the control dial.

Also, DPReview and sites like it are expecting everything to have a big full-frame or medium format-sized sensor. Anything that doesn't gets knocked down a point or two automatically. No matter how good the camera is, if it uses a small sensor, it gets shunned by the DPR community.

They don't consider this to be a photographer's tool the way photographers consider it to be a tool. They look at how limited it is (no zoom, noisy, complicated to use, expensive accessories) and rather than harping on the camera's excellent points of interest, they tear it down with these negative points of interest.

Real photographers and people that know the Ricoh GR/D series love them and appreciate them for their abilities to create images in a unique style.

Grandma won't get it. And that is who DPR, BestBuy, Ritz/Wolf and Walmart cater to.

Ricoh really should be marketing this camera alongside the likes of the Sigma DP2, Leica X1 and Fuji X100 even though it's sensor is smaller, it's far more capable than your average "point and shoot" camera. Better even, in my opinion, than the Canon, Panasonic, Olympus and Nikon "advanced point and shoot" offerings.

It's a fixed lens camera with a specialized market and therefore shouldn't even try to compete with the zoom, HD video, dual mic recording and major branding of the other cameras.
 
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smoking at my moms.

Im still getting used to it, the wide angle gets me sometimes. And im getting used to the GV-1 as it is not 100% accurate, I knew it was going to be like that but It still is a learning curve.

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jamesj said:
@matthewm those look really good, yeah im to cheap to buy lightroom, but I really want Nik Silver Efex
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Thanks a bunch! I actually got my copy of Lightroom through the student purchase program a couple of years ago and then just paid to upgrade it. Worked out well for me. Make friends with a student! :)

Silver Efex is well worth the money in my opinion. That's what I'd go for before Lightroom.
 
Thanks Paul ...all a bit outside my normal stuff.
She was fit ...ex ice skater and currently on the Commonwealth weight lifting team.
She was competing in Kuala Lumpur next month.
I didn`t think that the GRD would be quick enough to capture the movement.

It was set to snap focus.
 
Superb Michael...You & the GRD captured the Motion and her Beautiful stance

will post some Pixs soon w/ my newly acquired GRD3...:eek:
loved the GRD. & Grd2 in the past so i am sure the 3 will be PURRfect !

Cheers- H
 
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