GRD IV official

SphericalAberration · Sep 14, 2011

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20110915_477425.html

AF twice as fast as GRD III

HDR bracketing

6 my settings

CA-1 no longer fits

Worrying thing is RAM is down from 88MB to 40MB - are newer cards fast enough to maintain the burst rate ?

Fancy new lens cap turn camera on when removed - not sure if that helps.

SphericalAberration · Sep 14, 2011

edit :

Looks more like 12 My settings

The lens cap looks to lock in playback only mode - preventing accidental lens extension when in a bag/pocket.

It's up on Ricoh as well now - but not yet linked from the top pages:

http://www.ricoh.co.jp/dc/gr/digital4/

Adam-T · Sep 14, 2011

Ricoh are chanting about Hybrid AF - probably hoping people have short memories and don't remember they used it years ago and the curses when they removed it from the GRD2 and GX200 ..

Otherwise the GRD4 looks more of an opportunity for fans to get a cheap GRD3 than anything else - that IS good news ! . the GRD4 is a bit of a "G12" really (which was a G11 MK2)

but then what else could they do apart from an EVF port, a proper dial on the back like the GRD1 had, more buttons and dials and GRD1 B&W emulation in firmware - come to think of it, they'd have been good moves !

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SphericalAberration · Sep 14, 2011

And it's available in white for all you storm troopers

http://www.ricoh.co.jp/dc/gr/digital4/whiteEdition.html

Archiver · Sep 14, 2011

It supposedly doubles the AF speed of the GRD III, which would be a great move forward. If the dynamic range of single raw images is similarly improved, I just might get this camera.
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Archiver · Sep 14, 2011

AdamT said:
but then what else could they do apart from an EVF port, a proper dial on the back like the GRD1 had,

I think I read that Ricoh ran into some kind of copyright issues with the control wheel on the back of the original GRD, which is why they changed it to the toggle switch.

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SphericalAberration · Sep 15, 2011

Dpreview's own summary of upgrades is a good read:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1109/11091520ricohGRD4announced.asp

Adam-T · Sep 15, 2011

Archiver said:
I think I read that Ricoh ran into some kind of copyright issues with the control wheel on the back of the original GRD, which is why they changed it to the toggle switch.

Sounds odd as numerous Kodaks have it there as do others . Sony, kodak, samsung and canon use a proper tiny command dial which presses in for a switch too. I hated that rocker on the GX100

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GTItraveler · Sep 15, 2011

I am assuming that we should also be seeing an update to the firmware, but I don't yet see it on the Ricoh sites.

Archiver · Sep 15, 2011

Just had a look at the full size samples on Ricoh's website.

I like the white balance in these photos, which seems natural without obvious colour casts. The jpeg engine seems better than the GRD III's but I still think that detail is a touch smooth at 100%. That was one of my quarrels with the GRD III. I'll be very interested in what Lightroom can do with the raws, as there was a very big jump in the GRD III's image quality when processed by Lightroom, compared with the in-camera jpegs.

There are no high ISO samples, as usual. All are at ISO 200 at the most.

The dynamic range looks decent, although I'm not sure how much of an improvement it is over the GRD III.

One thing that seems absent is chromatic aberration - in the last image containing the staircase, the grill in the window would have had some purple fringing if shot with the GRD III and 21mm lens. This has no purple fringing at all.

I do like the star trails photo! That would be a nice thing to try. I also like the Bleach Bypass look of the photo with the bike.
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SphericalAberration · Sep 15, 2011

GTItraveler said:
I am assuming that we should also be seeing an update to the firmware, but I don't yet see it on the Ricoh sites.

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20110915_477673.html

GTItraveler · Sep 15, 2011

SphericalAberration said:
GTItraveler said:

I am assuming that we should also be seeing an update to the firmware, but I don't yet see it on the Ricoh sites.

Click to expand...

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20110915_477673.html

Thanks SphericalAberration

. I didn't see that!

anthony mazzeri · Sep 15, 2011

Interesting about the LCD display. So it's not just more standard resolution, they've added white diodes to the RGB ones to make it brighter to see in bright sunlight.

sedentary_male · Sep 15, 2011

The samples on the Ricoh website have a very pleasing white balance and the images appear sharper to my eye.

Pangloss · Sep 15, 2011

source dc.watch

SphericalAberration said:
And it's available in white for all you storm troopers

http://www.ricoh.co.jp/dc/gr/digital4/whiteEdition.html

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Pavel Kudrys · Sep 15, 2011

SphericalAberration said:
Worrying thing is RAM is down from 88MB to 40MB - are newer cards fast enough to maintain the burst rate ?

This in-camera storage has nothing to do with RAM! It's just a small and slow emergency storage if all your SD cards are full.

SphericalAberration said:
Fancy new lens cap turn camera on when removed - not sure if that helps.

The main purpose of the lens cap is to prevent the lens damage if you accidentally press the protective blades covering the lens in turned off state. Additionally, it allows the camera to disable the Power button (once the lens cap is attached). It means that it prevent the camera to power ON and extend the lens if you accidentally press the power button inside your pocket.

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Tattee · Sep 15, 2011

The price tag is is disappointing!

SphericalAberration · Sep 15, 2011

Pavel Kudrys said:
The main purpose of the lens cap is to prevent the lens damage if you accidentally press the protective blades covering the lens in turned off state. Additionally, it allows the camera to disable the Power button (once the lens cap is attached). It means that it prevent the camera to power ON and extend the lens if you accidentally press the power button inside your pocket.

Not noticed that happening on my GRD/II/III but it is a major annoyance on my GR1s.

FFF · Sep 15, 2011

SphericalAberration said:
Quite good read

well, apart from the blunderous:

"The textured surface that wraps around the right edge of the GRD IV's plastic body ensures a firm... "

GRD and a PLASTIC body - that would be really new ;-)

Karl

manero · Sep 15, 2011

I'm transporting my original GRD inside a Ricoh pouch in a messenger bag and I found the lens extended from time to time...

SphericalAberration said:
Pavel Kudrys said:

The main purpose of the lens cap is to prevent the lens damage if you accidentally press the protective blades covering the lens in turned off state. Additionally, it allows the camera to disable the Power button (once the lens cap is attached). It means that it prevent the camera to power ON and extend the lens if you accidentally press the power button inside your pocket.

Click to expand...

Not noticed that happening on my GRD/II/III but it is a major annoyance on my GR1s.

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