Ricoh has announced the new Ricoh GR, a 16.2MP compact APS-C camera. It features an 18.3mm lens (28mm equivalent) and has no optical low-pass filter.
Ricoh GR Key Features
- 16.2MP APS-C Format CMOS Sensor
- GR ENGINE V Image Processor
- No Optical Low-pass Filter
- 18.3mm f/2.8 Lens (28mm Equivalent)
- 3.0″ 1,230k-dot White Magic LCD Screen
- Full HD 1080p Video Capture
- ISO Range of 100-25600
- High Speed AF and 4 fps Burst Shooting
- Image Effects and Macro Mode
- Compact Magnesium Alloy Body
The Ricoh GR retails for $800. Check availability at B&H Photo and Adorama.
Very Generic looking. A little short of ugly, it’s great to have an APS-C CMOS Sensor but very confining with only one focal length. When you add the $225.00 Optical Finder, you have a Point & Shoot with a large sensor and a disappointing story to tell. Maybe, if you could make calls from it, you won’t be called stupid when you’re friends hear about it. You can always say that you bought it because your cameras keep getting stolen. You can be sure they’ll pass this one by because they’d have a hard time getting $100.00 for the set. That’s over $1000.00 with the 50’s style finder but hey, thieves have a reputation too! You know this may have been what the Nikon Coolpix A looked like, Before they put it on the lathe.
Oh good, another over-priced over complicated point and shoot camera. Better take great
pictures with a slow lens ’cause otherwise it’s non-competitive with other lesser priced offerings. Oh. Hum. Pentax should do better than this.