Nice video and photos. Just found the channel and enjoying your thoughts and unique perspective. Then noticed a lot of street shots looked familiar in a way and then saw you shoot in SF. Cool! Gained a subscriber from San Jose.
Hands down, IMO anyway, the best GR in regards to gritty 35mm-like image quality. The GRD4 reminds me very much of my old and very much missed Leica M6. I have a GRII as well, but it is very much dead due to the infamous stuck shutter fault. I've gone back to the GRD IV and although there are some annoying features that are missing that were fixed on the GRII, like auto ND filter as opposed to manual, no Positive Film when shooting RAW as well as Jpeg and that RAW's are a little slow to write, this 'baby CCD GR' is still very much a 'God'. Yes, I completely agree, if Ricoh would only make another CCD GR but with all the features of the GRII and III. Love your work too Juan! You're an inspiration!
I need to make a slight correction concerning the ND filter. While out shooting this morning, and the function isn't mentioned in the manual, but there is a manual ND function! I'm shooting manual mode with the aperture set to f5.6 and shutter speed at 400th and iso on auto. But by pressing the exposure compensation button downwards, the ND is engaged manually. So it does work and it is there!
Hi, not sure if it’s the same problem but I fixed mine by gently twisting the lens clockwise and pressing the power button at the same time? Still does it from time to time but this sorts it out for me.
@@alanpayne7656 That's very interesting. My GRII sits here in pieces. When I took it apart, I could not find any fault with the ribbon connector that attaches the main body to the lens. Maybe I'll put it all back together again, and try this hack of yours? Thanks!
@@tomfenn7149 oh no! Yes definitely give it a try. I thought it was the end for mine, then I found the hack on some forum. I was over the moon when it worked. Good luck 🤞🍀
Great photos and video. I'm somewhat new to photography but have a Canon G15 that was purchased new (and rarely used) 10 years ago. The cycle rate seems slow between photos when shooting raw, which can be somewhat limiting. Is the Ricoh GR Digital IV faster in comparison? I've used a GR3 a bit and like the ergonomics, which I assume are similar.
The GRD iv is even slower, if only a little bit. The G15 takes about 1-1.5 seconds to write the raw frame, the GRDiv takes maybe 3-4 seconds. But I haven't found that to be a huge problem. Shutter lag in both cameras is acceptably short, and that's what matters most to me.
I bought a GRDIII last year. It's lived in my jacket pocket the entirety of fall and winter. As much as I love large sensor compacts, it's nice to have something I can put in my pants pocket that produces stellar images and isn't a phone.
I look at the slow write time like this: How fast was it to wind on and cock the shutter of my old film cameras? Motor-drives back then were often seen as an expensive luxury item usually reserved for sports photographers or the press. Today we are spoilt by modern cameras (and phones) with 20-30 fps second shooting and ultra-fast RAW write times. Using a GRD IV is akin to enjoying fine wine. Sip it slowly and enjoy the experience.
Great video! Just wondering whether your GRD4 has some stuck pixels or dead pixels on the sensor that would show up in raw dng files? I recently picked a grd3 noticed some of that. I wonder if this is normal for a ccd sensor from more than 10 years ago. Anyway, the dead pixel is dealt with from the jpeg the camera produces, and does not make much of an impact when I process my dng files.
This is the reason i have the GRii, it's 16MP and has a flash. I don't need anything more than this. I have no intention of getting the latest GR cameras.
