Ricoh has revealed its new compact GR III, successor to the GR II, and while oit offers some genuine improvements, overall it’s more of a small upgrade than a whole new model.
The three standout upgrades are the sensor, which is still a sensible 10 megapixels but has been redesigned and equipped with better noise reduction software. The lens, too, has been improved, and the fixed 28mm-equivalent focal length now opens all the way up to a focus-flattening ƒ1.9, faster than the old ƒ2.4. Finally, the camera now has a new auto-exposure mode: shutter-priority. For most of you, it’s probably more surprising that the previous camera didn’t have this mode.
Other changes are smaller. The screen gets bumped from 2.7” to three inches, and the resolution jumps from 230,000 dots to 920,000.
And some things remain the same. The top ISO setting is still 1600, a little slow in these modern times, although likely something to do with the tiny sensor in the camera, a mere 45.72mm 14.94mm on the diagonal, or one third the diagonal length of a standard DSLR sensor. The camera will be available this autumn for a wallet-punching £530, or $870.
Product page [Ricoh]
Press release [DP Review]
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