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Ricoh wants your shooting experiences to be creative and plentiful. Instead of feeling weighed down by your camera, Ricoh wants you to be ready and able to capture the moment when it happens. Their GR DIGITAL IV Digital Camera is a testament to the company's efforts in this vein. Featuring a compact magnesium body that fits in your pocket, the GR DIGITAL IV is a revamped and upgraded version of its predecessor, the GR DIGITAL III.
Not quite a point-and-shoot, but not a DSLR, the GR DIGITAL IV blends both worlds, giving you many rabbit holes to follow to your creative heart's content. When it comes to exposure control modes the camera features Auto, program shift (P), aperture priority (A), manual exposure (M), and shutter priority (S). An upgrade on its predecessor, the DIGITAL IV also provides you with the option to shoot in bulb (b) and time (T) modes, for longer exposures. These options open up entire worlds of possibilities, such as can be found in night time shooting, experiments with motion blur, and more. Of course, multiple auto modes allow you to shoot at will, and forget about settings. The camera lets you combine up to 5 photos in a multiple exposure mode, capture star trails, and shoot in macro, among many other options.
The camera's hybrid autofocus system combines an external auto focus with a conventional contrast autofocus system. With calculations for up to 190 points, the camera only needs 0.2 seconds to adjust, allowing for rapid shooting. Another user-friendly feature - AF Continuous Shooting - instructs the camera to take a series of photos while adjusting its focus on the subject. Among the multiple other features you'll also find useful options like auto-bracket functions, positive film and Bleach Bypass Image Setting modes, level and image setting corrections in-camera, electronic leveling, and much, much more. Of course, like most all digital cameras in this realm, the DIGITAL IV also gives you the option to shoot video as well.
In addition to all that the GR DIGITAL IV is a respectable 10.0Mp camera with a 1/1.7" CCD image sensor and Ricoh's upgraded GR ENGINE IV image processing engine. This camera produces detailed, vibrant images that will look great on the computer screen, in print, or on your HDTV. The processor does more than quickly transmit file data to the inserted memory card, it also works to reduce image noise, controls the white balance function, and helps to stabilize and produce a wide range of colors in your photographs, among other duties.
The camera wouldn't be able to do any of this, however, without the GR Lens 28mm f/ 1.9. This lens is a high contrast, low distortion vehicle for capturing precise images. Other tools that are necessary to the camera include the 3.0" LCD. This monitor is an improvement on the previous generation's display with a 1.7x increase in maximum brightness. Most definitely necessary to the act of shooting would be the SD/SDHC/Eye-Fi memory card slot for recording the JPEG and RAW images that the camera is capable of capturing. And perhaps not essential, but definitely providing you with expanded shooting options would be the built-in flash and ISO settings up to 3200.
Shooting Menu: Dynamic Range Compensation:It suppresses overexposure and underexposure by automatically dividing up the image and performing Contrast Correction on each area. It is also useful when it comes to moving subjects like animals and in handheld photography because the corrections can be done with a single shot. The user can select from Weak, Medium, and Strong
Scene Mode: Dynamic Range Double ShotThis feature allows you to take a series of two images with different exposures and combine the parts of each that are properly exposed. It can produce a brightness that is close to what you see with the naked eye in everything from light areas to dark areas, even for backlit scenes where the range between light and dark is considerable. You can choose from Weak, Medium, and Strong
Interval CompositeTake a series of photos of the night sky at a fixed interval. The camera selects and combines only the high-intensity pixel data from each of those images. This is very effective when you want to combine the trails of the stars and the moon with a landscape. You can also save copies of the images separately before combining them
Grip Replacement ServiceYou can change the grip to one of your own choosing by paying a fee; options include wood grain, carbon, and leather-styled grips (all synthetic resin products)
| Imaging | |
|---|---|
| Resolution | Effective: 10.0 Megapixel, Actual Pixels: 10.4 Megapixel |
| Sensor | 1/1.7" CCD |
| File Formats |
Still Images: JPEG, RAW Movies: AVI, MJPEG |
| Other Resolutions |
3648 x 2736 2648 x 2432 2736 x 2736 3648 x 2048 3264 x 2448 2592 x 1944 2048 x 1536 1280 x 960 640 x 480 |
| Optics | |
|---|---|
| Lens |
8 elements in 6 groups 2 Aspheric EFL: 6.0 mm (35mm equivalent: 28 mm) Aperture: f/1.9 (W) - 9 (T) |
| Zoom | Digital: 4.0x |
| Exposure Control | |
|---|---|
| ISO Sensitivity | 80-3200 |
| Shutter | 1/2000 - 180 seconds |
| Exposure Metering | Center-weighted, Multi, Spot |
| Exposure Modes |
Modes: Aperture Priority, Manual, Program Shift, Shutter Priority Compensation: -2 EV to +2 EV (in 1/3 EV steps) |
| White Balance Modes |
Auto, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent, Manual
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| Flash | |
|---|---|
| Built-in Flash |
Yes: Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Flash On, Off, Slow Sync
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| Effective Flash Range | 0.66 - 9.84' (0.2 - 3.0 m) |
| Memory | |
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| Built-in Memory | 40MB |
| Memory Card Type |
SD SDHC |
| Still Images per GB | : 50 @ Highest Resolution - 3776 @ Lowest Resolution |
| Recording | |
|---|---|
| Video Recording | Yes |
| Video | |
|---|---|
| Audio Recording | With Video |
| Viewfinder/Display | |
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| Screen | 3.0" LCD Rear Screen (1230000 pixels) |
| Connectivity/System Requirements | |
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| Connectivity | AV Output, HDMI D (Micro), USB 2.0 |
| Software Requirements | Windows: XP (SP3), Vista (SP2), 7 |
| Environmental | |
|---|---|
| Operating/Storage Temperature | 32 to 104 °F (0 to 40 °C) |
| Power | |
|---|---|
| Battery | 2x DB-65 Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Pack, 3.6VDC |
| AC Power Adapter | AC-4c (Optional) |
| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 4.28 x 2.35 x 1.28" / 108.6 x 59.8 x 32.5 mm |
| Weight | 0.42 lb / 190 g |
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Comments about Ricoh GR DIGITAL IV Digital Camera (Black):
this camera is wonderful. I used to own a dslr, but decided to sell it and get this. I love how you can just bring this anywhere and shoot anything and no one cares compare to how dslr is so big, but of course its not going to be better then dslr in image quality but its great if you know what your doing around this 28mm area.
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Comments about Ricoh GR DIGITAL IV Digital Camera (Black):
Small and lightweight and feels good in the hand with a nice rubber grip. Excellent controls that are easy to learn. Photos have gorgeous colors and are very sharp. The sensor is small, but I would rather have a point & shoot that fits in the pocket than a bigger one with a larger sensor. In my opinion the best point & shoot on the market if you're content with a fixed 28mm and don't need zoom or 1080p video.
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Comments about Ricoh GR DIGITAL IV Digital Camera (Black):
Wonderful camera I used on a recent trip to India. Didn't miss my dslr. Great IQ and manual control. Love the b&w. Highly reco if you're willing to invest.
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Comments about Ricoh GR DIGITAL IV Digital Camera (Black):
The image quality of this camera is insanely great. The lens is really fast and produces very sharp images even wide open. The Macro range is also great, albeit the distortion of 28mm wide angle lens.
The build quality is great - it doesn't feel like it will fall apart compared to other plastic digital compact cameras. It is a little bigger than most though, so I needed to buy a pouch that's around Canon G12 size to fit it.
There are lots of customisations possible, if that's what you like. You can set so that you can access your favourite features by just one or two clicks. Before you do all this customisations, the operation speed will be a bit slow as you're trying to figure out how to access the menus you want. As with all digital cameras, dedicate 1-2 days just to find your way around the camera.
Lastly, before you get this kind of camera, make sure that 28mm lens is right for you! This doesn't have a zoom lens, but then again as the trade-off, you get a great image quality that's far ahead than any other digital pockets. The video mode also only offers VGA 640x480 - so if video/filming is your main interest, consider other options.
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Comments about Ricoh GR DIGITAL IV Digital Camera (Black):
As soon as I picked the camera up the first thing I noticed was that it feels really good in your hand, it is not too light and not too heavy. The camera has very intuitive controls and it is very easy to learn how to use it. The manual was not much help but the camera is very easy to use so you will not need it much.
The camera is perfect for street photography and travel especially B & W digital photography. I am only starting out but the quality of photos that come out of the camera, make this purchase all the more pleasing. A man even stopped me in the street to go on and on about how much he loved the GRD IV! The video in the camera is pretty good quality too, nothing to write home about but good.
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Comments about Ricoh GR DIGITAL IV Digital Camera (Black):
i used to carry a heavy DSLR with lenses and i got tired of it. now i carry only GRD IV. you have to learn how to use it properly. it has great snap features; it has tons of options; a 1.9 apperture.
in all i do love it!
and i did buy it from B&H..great service
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Comments about Ricoh GR DIGITAL IV Digital Camera (Black):
Very happy with this little camera, easy to carry around, easy to use. Good image quality. THe only down fall is that there is no view finder.
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Comments about Ricoh GR DIGITAL IV Digital Camera (Black):
I started off with the Ricoh GRD 3 when it first came out, and since then, I've also acquired the Ricoh GXR and two A12 modules 28mm & 50mm. Ricoh's ergonomics and GUI is top notch. Image quality is sharp from the center to corners, and color rendering has a sort of richness that is similar to Leica's.
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Comments about Ricoh GR DIGITAL IV Digital Camera (Black):
Wallet, Cellphone and GRD4 is the order I stuff my pockets when I go out. GRD4 is a fully manually operable compact with more than reasonable IQ. I set up the presets on the top dial to various settings and pick one out according to the need. There is one for monochrome, one for vivid, a bleach bypass, a street setup etc. Now what makes it my preferred camera than even my DSLR? Noiseless snap shot setting. Yes the camera will capture images instantly almost as fast as an slr, and without a clang clock noise. And f1.9 is a great plus for this machine. I do not have much to say with respect to what is not great about this camera. But I can say this for others. They will complain about the lack of zoom - the camera has a fixed 28mm. I wish the camera came with a bag and a neck strap. But I have never clicked as many pros for anything else before.
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