Ricoh GRD4 announcement

fdigital said:
Sign me up for an aps-c or similar grd V with a 28mm f2.8 equiv...
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shadowfox said:
...I can probably live with APS sized sensor, heck, even a GR-D with m4/3rd sensor will do.
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Not me, I like the GRDx as a high quality small sensor camera because the huge DOF is great for street photography — there are enough other alternatives for 4/3 and APS-C sensor cameras.

—Mitch/Manila
Rainy Season
 
Paddy C said:
They would have me with a 35mm equivalent focal length. 28, for me, is too wide for day-to-day use.
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v_roma said:
I too wish they came out with a slightly longer focal length. What are the odds that they'll come out with a tele-adapter similar to GRD1/2? They never came out with one for the GRD3 (guessing technical challenges due to wide aperture).
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Interesting - see for me it's the exact reason why I do have a GRD I and would still buy the GRD 4 - the 28mm focal length isn't that common amongst compacts as opposed to the normal 35-40mm, and it's the perfect supplementary camera focal length.

I personally can't imagine having a small sensored 35mm camera - absolutely no depth of field control in a more normal focal length becomes boring quickly - 28mm is exactly right.
 
Actually this GRD looks like a good update - seems like it's an all-over revision of the III including processor and what seems to be a thinner AA filter..
 
There are compact zooms which start at 28mm, but large aperture single focal length 28mm lens isn't that common - so Ricoh fills certain niche.

Fuji seems to have reserved 35mm niche, and now there are free seats in 45-50mm rows :)
 
As a long term GRD user the IV looks very nice.
I'd go as far to say the GRD is a classic of the digital era.
Short of fitting a larger sensor it's hard to see where they go from here.

Not so keen on the white edition though.
 
btgc said:
I'd be with you if Ricoh managed to make white also lens and LCD :D
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I like the white, too!
It's not as tacky, as on the XZ-1.
 
fdigital said:
Actually this GRD looks like a good update - seems like it's an all-over revision of the III including processor and what seems to be a thinner AA filter..
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I wonder whether that is the case and how much it improves image quality. The trouble is that I couldn't find anything on a thinner AA filter in the information on the GRD IV on the Ricoh Camera website. It could be an important reason to upgrade to the IV. Generally, I have found that, in terms of the quality of the RAW files, there has been almost one stop improvement from the GRD to the II and then to the III. In this connection, I see that the maximum ISO of the IV has gone up from 1600 to 3200.

—Mitch/Manila
Rainy Season
 
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This is good. I've just bought a GRD III; by the time my kids have finished eating it, this will have come down to a price point where I can justify upgrading. ;)
 
kdemas said:
By the way... For a good laugh read the comments below this little preview. DPReview sure has some deep thinkers trolling the site :)
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I should have stopped reading those a long time ago. Once I saw " no zoom. This is not the dark ages. " I knew I was wading with the great unwashed masses. :D

Cheers,
Dave
 
These are welcomed upgrades. The IS will really help with lower iso in low light. I use 800-1600 all the time, even in bright light but still like to have the IS option.
Black is always a great color and white...uh... Not sure.
Pink I would like. I'd just say it's my grand daughters camera.
Hey..hey... Just kidding.
 
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Cool. I have been pondering a GRD3 to compliment my M body. Now, I'll wait for the GRD4 (well, as long as it doesn't get up in the price range of the Fuji X100).
 
....as usual a small upgrade: the previous GRD III won't be too old too fast, so I gonna keep it untill the GRD V: hope it will be, at least, a M4/3 14mm f 2.0 camera, to control a bit the DOF, in a small package as usual....
 
39per1 said:
....as usual a small upgrade: the previous GRD III won't be too old too fast, so I gonna keep it untill the GRD V: hope it will be, at least, a M4/3 14mm f 2.0 camera, to control a bit the DOF, in a small package as usual....
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The GXR A12-28 is Ricoh's answer to what you are looking for.
The GRD series will always be firstly pocket sized and have a small sensor.
I don't see any space between the models for a slightly less than APS_C sensored 28mm.
 
I'm with 39per1. The GXR is not compact enough for it to be a replacement. The film GR was full frame. Eventually, manufactuers will figure out how to put larger sensors in increasingly small bodies... just like they did with film.
 
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