Ricoh GR Digital prosumer reviewed

[editor]

Well, my GR should arrive tomorrow morning so I'm all a-twitter at the moment. I have already planned my day around it - from the initial battery charge, the dash into town to take my award winning photos, the adoration of the masses as I post my pictures on flickr, to the slap of the credit card bill hitting the mat in two weeks. Gulp.

Hope you have fun!

Did you get the Creative kit or just the camera on its own?

If you shoot at high ISO ratings (800/1600) try this:
Set your image quality levels to lowest saturation and highest contrast. It works great in B&W mode too!

Here's where you find the SETTINGS function (MENU->IMG SET->SETTING1->etc.)

Happy shooting!

 

[Spode]

Thanks for the tips. I've been researching this camera for, oh, days, and I have picked up quite a few tips to test out. I went for the Creative Kit, since I knew I'd regret not buying it. That's the sort of logic you can't argue with. I'm hoping to do some B&W. I used to use a Rollei 35B in my youth and have a craving for that simple kind of photography over the complex simplicity of today's cameras. If you see what I mean.

 

[editor]

Sssscch! Keep it to yourself but the Ricoh GRDII is coming very soon!

 

[Kanda]

Sssscch! Keep it to yourself but the Ricoh GRDII is coming very soon!

STOP IT!!!!

 

[editor]

STOP IT!!!!

To be honest, if it hasn't got the same wide angle zoom as the fabulous GX100, it's unlikely to make me want to upgrade my GRD, but I guess I'll have to judge my salivation levels at the launch

I love these Ricoh cameras.

 

[Kanda]

When's the ETA??

 

[editor]

When's the ETA??

Soon, I think.

I'll know lots more next week (although I think my chances of a freebie are slim!).

 

[editor]

Incredibly, on the eve of the Ricoh GR II launch, the company is announcing yet another free firmware upgrade to add some of the new functionality to the 2 yr old GR.

Best of all, flash strength can be now adjusted in 1/3 EV units from +2.0 EV to -2.0 EV. Yes!

You gotta respect a company that looks after its customers like that.

http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/press/release/nr_gr_digital_f5.html

 

[editor]

I've just updated the firmware on my GR. and there's some real improvements in there.

I've never had a camera get better two years after release. The update adds half of the added features of the new GRII! Big respect to Ricoh.

PDF of updates here: http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/download/firmware/docs/GRD_vup_E.pdf