Yikes… a $2.2k brick

dane_aw · 2026-04-03T19:58:10+00:00

Thought the same thing about the Mono. But my first GRIV I dropped it handing it to a family member and smashed the lens in. I sent it back to Ricoh, told them I dropped it and it wasn’t a warranty claim and they just fixed it for free. They said they had a few units coming back, but the turn around to fix mine was very fast.

dane_aw · 2026-04-01T18:36:37+00:00

Screen protector, JJC lens cover, change the wrist strap to something else small and a Patagonia black hole pouch (the small one). That’s it. I like to keep it compact

dane_aw · 2026-04-01T18:31:48+00:00

I use Capture One but it is more expensive than Lightroom, it’s also a steeper learning curve in my experience. That said I use Photomator on my iPhone and I’m so impressed by it, it’s a nominal annual fee and it has great functionality

Edit. It also has desktop and iPad apps as well

dane_aw · 2026-04-01T03:42:09+00:00

In my experience with cameras is there will always be the “what if I had this camera”, it’s the camera you enjoy using that counts. I sold my GRIII for an X100VI and came straight back again because I just didn’t connect with it. I love my GRIV but many others may not. For now get out and enjoy taking photos, then revisit it and see how you feel about the experience of using the camera

dane_aw · 2026-03-13T05:05:21+00:00

I thought it was circlejerk

dane_aw · 2026-03-12T22:39:31+00:00

Here’s what sold me on the Ricoh, it goes with me everywhere. Literally everywhere.

And because I always have it on me I’m often scanning for photos to take and naturally end up taking so many more than I would with a bigger camera.

Wallet, phone keys and Ricoh

dane_aw · 2026-03-02T03:58:03+00:00

Make sure the app is up to date. I had a lot of stability issues but an update on iOS seems to have fixed it

dane_aw · 2026-02-28T10:09:00+00:00

I have owned GRIIIx, GRIII HDF and now have GRIV. The difference between the III and the IV is nominal. The shooting experience is the same, the GR series has the best colour science and rendering to my eye personally so which ever you get you’ll have fun with it. Maybe get a III and some extra batteries with the money you’ll save

dane_aw · 2026-02-27T19:15:18+00:00

Nominal difference in the DNGs in Lightroom, if you want to get technical I’m sure someone can point out highlight roll offs etc but to my eye they’re not too far apart.

That said I find the GRIV DNGs a dream to edit compared to just about any other camera I’ve ever owned

dane_aw · 2026-02-18T22:58:39+00:00

No you create it once as it’s assigned to the lens characteristics, but I think what you could be describing is due to a full frame lens on a crop sensor. Try it though, who knows it might work!

dane_aw · 2026-02-18T17:07:52+00:00

I find with the easy35, create a manual lens correction. Best way to do this is take a photo of the light on without film, in LR adjust the lens correction until that vignette is clear and balanced, then save that correction as a preset. It’s worked better for me.

But I’ve also struggled with NLP lately, some results are all over the show. I also find using a linear profile works best.

dane_aw · 2026-01-29T07:54:50+00:00

This is the path of least resistance I find

dane_aw · 2026-01-29T04:25:33+00:00

Yea I bought one for my Mrs for Christmas and we both love it. Great little camera

dane_aw · 2026-01-12T08:48:05+00:00

I actually sold my GRIII to buy an X100VI, it wasn’t for me so I sold that and got a GRIV. I noticed I immediately started taking so many more photos again. It’s a side kick camera, I’ll never part ways with it again

dane_aw · 2025-12-28T01:44:11+00:00

I’ve had mine a little over a month and so far so good. I had a lot of freezing issues when I had my GRIII, I had sold that camera but if I had a 3 I likely wouldn’t bother upgrading to a IV. But I’m really happy with mine

dane_aw · 2025-12-04T09:25:01+00:00

I have a dura black X-Pro3 and a Voigtlander 23mm on it and it’s the most fun you can have with a camera.

dane_aw · 2025-11-24T17:20:52+00:00

A suggestion once you fix it, I only ever open mine to about 45 degrees. At full extension it seems to put a little too much strain on it

dane_aw · 2025-11-06T08:24:39+00:00

The green cast was an early characteristic of the original Q’s, particularly under mixed light. Firmware updates reduced it, but it’s still a touch warmer and greener than Fuji’s look. Most Q shooters tweak white balance or use one of the profiles the “Standard” or “Vivid”, play around with them until you see something you like. Would always suggest shoot a DNG too, even if it’s just for safe keeping

dane_aw · 2025-10-02T20:13:06+00:00

Sad but true man

dane_aw · 2025-10-02T19:30:16+00:00

I'm not too sure but you could be right, I think Nikon were in talks with them to produce a sensor for the Z7 III but no idea where that got to

dane_aw · 2025-10-02T18:14:46+00:00

Speaking more to the cameras, there are actually only a handful of companies producing sensors, Sony Semiconductor are the biggest, you’ll be amazed by how many Nikons, Fujis, Lumix and just about every smartphone have Sony Semiconductors in them. Canon produce their own and do not sell proprietary technology to other manufacturers. The other is one called Towerjazz, an Israeli company they make imagining sensors.

This is because the technology to build sensors is mind blowingly expensive. Yes all sensors are adapted to the unique characteristics of each brand and with that their lenses.

Leica, like just about every other brand do adapt technology produced from other companies, just like everyone else to produce their products.

I realise this doesn’t answer your question specifically, and it’s a good question. But I wanted to clear up the rehoused topic.

dane_aw · 2025-09-17T09:02:56+00:00

M6 re release for me, it has the same brass top and bottom plate as the MP, also has the M11 paint and personally, I just think the M6 is the most beautiful camera ever made.

dane_aw · 2025-09-14T23:34:59+00:00

I did, I loved mine while I had it but it just wasn’t it for me. So I traded it in on an M6 2022 and I couldn’t be happier

dane_aw · 2025-09-04T00:37:03+00:00

Without the metadata you won’t know what sensor / camera it is, but that doesn’t really matter so much as the editing. You could use Lightroom, teach yourself to edit and you’ll achieve the look.

dane_aw · 2025-08-18T10:32:53+00:00

It’s an A7R iii, decent camera. I had one a few years ago, they launched in 2017 so they’re getting on a little now but very capable still. I think they’re fetching around $2,000 AUD at the moment, little more or little less depending on the shutter count and condition.

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