Reasons why I want to upgrade from the Ricoh GR to the Ricoh GRIII:
1. The in-body image stabilization (IBIS) is important to me (I appreciated it on the Sony a7c). With the Ricoh GR, I get a lot of blurry images due to camera movement at the moment of shooting. Either the camera is too light or the ergonomics are not good.
So I use a shutter speed of 1/60 for Auto-ISO, thus losing at least 1EV in ISO/noise (for 28mm equivalent).
In contrast, the Ricoh GR III features In-Body Image Stabilizer (IBIS).
2. The Ricoh GR's 16MP is not enough. The sharp lens very often causes moiré on this sensor, so more pixels are desirable. The 24MP of the Ricoh GR III is the minimum these days.
And cropping 24MP (of the Ricoh GR III) to 16MP is like going from an 18.3/2.8 lens (28/4.3 equivalent ) to 22.9/3.5 (35/5.4 equivalent). Not bad.
3. The Ricoh GR had a low-noise sensor when it was introduced. But it's been 10 years. The GR III has a less noisy sensor (I can see that).
4. DNG files from the Ricoh GR contain very small preview images (640x424). When zooming DNG (in RAW only mode) in the camera, there are no details. So I shoot DNG + JPG (RAW+ mode), even though I do not need not JPG files at all.
DNG files from the Ricoh GR III contain full-size preview images (6000x4000). FastStone Image Viewer can display them. And, of course, there's no problem with the enlarged view on the camera.
What I don't care about:
1. The GR III's lack of a built-in flash. I never used it with the GR.
2. The change in controls and buttons. A matter of habit.
What I don't like about the Ricoh GRIII:
1. Unresolved dust problem. The "Dust Removal II" cleaning (by shaking the sensor) is ineffective.
2. High price. It is possible to look at used cameras, but the mentioned dust problem prevents it.
As an alternative, I consider the Sony ZV-1 (the successor of RX100 III-V models, but not the ZV-1 Mark II model). It has a 1" sensor (which I didn't like), but it has some advantages.
The Fujifilm XF10 is still available (used). Fortunately, it has a 24 MP sensor with 1.5x crop factor and Bayer filter (not X-Trans). But it doesn't have IBIS.
But overall the upgrade is unlikely, I will continue to use the old Ricoh GR.
See also related notes:
- My digital cameras (2025-05) (2025-05-31)
- Ricoh GR III HDF and Ricoh GR IIIx HDF (2024-03-30)
- Ricoh GR: once again about dust (2023-08-27)
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