Ricoh GR Digital announced

here's what i can make out:

• Image Sensor 1/1.8", 8.1 effective megapixels.
• Maximum image size 3264 x 2448 pixel
• ISO from 64 to 1600
• File format JPEG and DNG (Adobes open RAW format)
• Fast wide angle 5.9 mm / f:2.4
• Adjustable aperture in exposure modes P, A and M. Minimum aperture is 8.6
• Seven blade aperture for fine bokeh (reproduction of blurred areas in fore- and background).
• Autofocus, manual focus and hyperfocal focus (”snap” in ricoh-speak).
• 30cm to 1 cm in macro mode.
• Exposure metering in three modes, evaluative, center-weighted and spot.
• Shutter speed from 180 seconds up to 1/2000 second.
• Custom functions
• Memory cards type SD/MMC
• Accepts two battery types - lithium ion and alkaline AA-batteries.
• Weighs 205 grams without batteries, dimensions are 107 x 25 x 58mm.
 
Official launch date is Sep 13 (from the Aug 30 announcement of the announcement), so we should see the official page up later this evening or tomorrow.
 
Sensor size is rather disappointing....bigger would have been better as would have a slightly faster lens considering the massive DOF this camera will now have with such a small sensor.

Having said that if the final image is good and the high speed ISO holds up then I would still get one. Mmm now to await some image samples...
 
allright, tiny sensor with lots of megapixels for close to 600 Euro.
That's not what I wanted :-(
 
Sensor size is rather disappointing....bigger would have been better as would have a slightly faster lens considering the massive DOF this camera will now have with such a small sensor.
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Yes, its a pity. I imagine better size. Sony demostrated that one CMOS APS-C can put in a ´compact digicam´. Even the 4/3 sensor can be ok... Bad disappointment
 
aizan said:
• Seven blade aperture for fine bokeh (reproduction of blurred areas in fore- and background).
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What bokeh they talk about with camera based on a 1/1.8 sensor?
 
I am really disappointed with this release, RICOH could have really delivered a knock out camera instead they seem to have merely cashed in on the good name of the GR1 series, admittedly they had a high level of expectation set by the original GR cameras but they just haven't delivered...

To see the marketing focus on silly points like it being "Equipped with a generous seven- blade aperture" is annoying , who cares that it has 7 aperture blades.... not going to make much difference with f2.4 and a 1/1.8"sensor.

Looking at the sample pics at ISO64 and ISO154 on DC Watch I can't say I'm impressed, where is the low noise??? Show me the BOKEH....I can't see that either...

...and from the DP Review website,"• ISO 1600 (not available in RAW mode)."

Why is that? I'm not a digital user and therefore might be missing some really obvious technical reason why this is so, but it would have made more sense to me if it said ISO1600 ONLY available in RAW mode. Is there a reason for this?

Also just looking at the specs for the GR on the RICOH website, ( http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/gr/gr_digital/specs.html ) it would also appear it only accepts SD cards upto 1Gb....? Hopefully something cured by a firmware upgrade, but why release something with a spec below what is readily available (ie. 2Gb SD cards) so that out of the box it requires an upgrade?

I was really looking forward to this camera, namely because I don't have a digi camera and was considering it as my first, but I will now have to see some better (ie. more impressive) final images, especially high ISO images and find out if its proclaimed ease of use/interface really is worth the 80,000yen asking price.... too high for what it is... how much is an Olympus E300 with lens kit going for now?

PS. At least it looks like Cosina Voigtlander is making some funds from the optional extra "optical" finder...and that optional square hood looks like it has the touch of CV as well... 🙂 http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/compact/2005/09/13/2291.html
 
I'd like to add some positive feedback for the camera.

Firstly, the retention of the old form factor and the use of an external VF will make for a very 'non-digital' shooting experience.

Secondly, the street price is sure to be less than the RRP, at least after a month or two.

Also, the sample pictures are likely to be from a pre-production model, so it may well be tweaked before the ones we get our hands on. Anyhow, in my humble (and I must admit pretty inexperienced) opinion, I think the pics are pretty good, and the GR digital does fulfill its brief in being a compact and straigtforward camera capable of producing good quality pics over which the photog retains control.

I don't really need a new digicam, but if I did, it would be the GR digital unless I won the lottery and could afford an EOS 1DS MkII

David
 
Is it just me or are the DCwatch samples lacking sharpness and details?
Colors seem fine but isn't the noise a bit over the top for roughly ISO200?

The results I've seen from my Oly-5050 had less noise, much better sharpness, more details yet it "only" had 5MP. The bokeh of the f/1.8 lens wasn't bad either, and the macro mode gave me very consistent (and good!) results too.

The Ricoh wins hands down looking at the specs, and I hope the camera they took the snaps with is only a preproduction model, but until now I can't see anything "professional" about this camera - except that it comes in black. 😡

Cheers,
Phil
 
1/1.8" Sensor, please tell me it is a joke!
And they call it a GR?
If that thing is a digital GR we probably can call the DLux a digital Leica M 😉

Oh well, looks that the RD-1 is still the only sensible digital option.
 
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