The Ricoh GR Digital III is the new high-end compact digital camera. With a host of useful features and exposure modes the Ricoh Digital III is the ideal compact imaging tool for the discerning photographer.
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(4/5)
Good: Great build quality and finish; excellent lens performance; straightforward, hands-on controls
Bad: High price; fixed-focal-length lens; adjustment lever can be fiddly
TrustedReviews writes:
“Ricoh GR Digital III remains a unique camera. It offers a range of user control normally associated with fairly advanced DSLRs in a well-designed, slim and pocket-friendly camera that is a genuine pleasure to use. Image quality is comparable with the very best that compact cameras can offer, with build quality and finish to match.”
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RegHardware writes:
“The Ricoh GR Digital III is a great camera for the person who puts performance and control over fancy features. It offers superb handling, fantastic customisation and really lets your creative juices flow. The one drawback is the price…”
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CNET.uk writes:
“Two things might stop you considering the Ricoh GR Digital III: the price and its fixed-focal-length lens. If you can swallow those, you can look forward to a camera with levels of build, design and image quality that really set it apart from the rest”
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CNET.au writes:
“In terms of its noise profile, it performed much better than what we’ve seen on previous Ricoh cameras, with noticeable grain appearing at ISO 400 but not seriously impinging on image quality until ISO 1600. There are options to turn on noise reduction, but we performed our tests with this setting turned off. Even ISO 800 could deliver a reasonable 4×6-inch print without too much of an issue.”
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Gaj-it writes:
“I might have liked to see some sort of optical zoom, but I guess it is not for that type of photography. You will need to be an enthusiast, or professional to afford it as well as it doesn’t come cheap, but quality rarely does.”
Rating: ★★★★☆
ePhotozine writes:
“If you’re a macro or landscape photographer and you need a slim line compact either for reconnaissance of a location or if you’re out and about with the family, then this is a perfect little camera.”
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Features :
- Greatest ever GR image quality
- freedom of expression
- the operability to do what you want
- expandability and a design worthy of your trust
- Enter a new dimension of high image quality and shooting fexibility
- Seeking the photographer’s ideal lens. 28 mm/F1.9 GR Lens
- Pride of the GR series: Superb optical performance
Pocket-Lint writes:
“The Ricoh GR Digital Mk III follows on from the popular GR Mk I and Mk II where many professional and enthusiast snappers had found a quality compact “home”. The new Mk III has a new, faster, lens, much improved resolution LCD and new image engine and has great image quality pouring from every pixel”
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AlphaMountWorld writes:
“In terms of speed, when using a fast SD card, the Ricoh GRD III is plenty fast. As noted, 2fps full resolution Jpegs and Raw, make for a camera that leaves little to desire for a fixed wide angle compact. Reviewing images is ultra fast, and so is deleting them. Speed isn’t an issue for the GRD III. A spirited performer. “
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PhotoReview.au writes:
“No blotchiness was observed in shots taken at high ISO settings and, although granularity was evident at ISO 1600, it looked more like film grain than electronic noise. Lower sensitivities were comparatively noise-free. Slight colour shifts were observed in long exposures at ISO settings above 400.”
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Specification :
No. of Effective Pixels (Camera) : Approximately 10.00 million pixels
Image Sensor : 1/1.7-inch CCD (total pixels: approx. 10.40 million pixels)
Focal length : f=6.0 mm (equivalent to 28 mm for 35 mm film cameras)
F-aperture : F1.9 – F9 (exposure control with both aperture and ND filter when F8.0-F11 displays in auto shooting mode)
Shooting Distance(from the front of the lens) : Approx. 30cm from lens tip to infinity Approx. 1cm from lens tip to infinity (macro)
Lens Construction : 8 elements in 6 groups (aspheric lens: 2 elements and 2 surfaces) Digital Zoom : Approx. 4.0x
Auto Resize Zoom : Approx. 5.7x (VGA images)
Focus Mode : Multi AF (CCD method) / Spot AF (CCD method) / Manual Focus / Snap / Infinity (Focus lock and AF auxiliary light available. For Multi AF and Spot AF, full-press snap and pre-AF are possible.)
Still image : 180, 120, 60, 30, 15, 13, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3.2, 2.5, 2, 1.6, 1.3, 1 – 1/2000 sec. (maximum and minimum shutter speeds vary depending on shooting mode and flash mode)
Metering Mode : Multi (256 segments), Centre Weighted Light Metering, Spot Metering (TTL-CCD metering method, AE lock possible)
Exposure Modes : Program AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual Exposure Exposure
Compensation : Manual Exposure Compensation +/-2.0EV (1/3EV Steps), Auto Bracket Function (-0.5EV, ±0, +0.5EV / -0.3EV, ±0, +0.3EV)
ISO Sensitivity (Standard Output Sensitivity) AUTO, AUTO-HI, ISO64 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600
White Balance Mode : AUTO / Multi-Pattern AUTO / Outdoors / Cloudy / Incandescent / Fluorescent / Manual / Detail, White Balance Bracket Function
flash mode : Auto (during low light and when the subject is backlit), Red-eye-Reduction, Flash On, Slow Synchro, Manual Flash, Flash Off
flash range : Approx. 20 cm – 3.0 m (ISO Auto)
Monitor : 3.0-inch Transparent LCD (approx. 920,000 dots)
Shooting Mode : Auto Shooting Mode / Program Shift Mode / Aperture Priority Mode / Shutter Speed Priority Mode / Manual Exposure Mode / Scene Modes (Text / Movie / Skew Correction / Dynamic Range Double Shot) / My Settings Mode
Size: Dimensions: 108.6 mm (W) x 59.8 mm (H) x 25.5 mm (D)