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Finally, someone made a nice review for GR2, great video!

I remember seeing this video awhile ago and it made me want one of these. Yesterday, I was able to get the original Ricoh GR for 100 USD off a local listing and it's been a treat to use so far. Thank you for making this video. I wouldn't have been aware of this awesome line of cameras without it.

I Love the sample shots in the snow especially, great review as always. sending raw photos over wifi sounds like a killer feature

I always love seeing your stills! They are so alive to me! You have one of the best Eyes for taking photos!

The great cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki said in an interview awhile ago that he use one of these sometimes for personal stuff. Now, he is know for liking wide lenses, so maybe that's part of it. But it's still sort of cool to know.

Based on your description this looks like a street photographer's stealthy dream camera. Looking forward to the comparison with the Fuji.

I've had this camera for about a year and hardly ever use it. Your video has motivated me to give it another shot. Great shots of Gunpowder in this video!

I really love your Black & White shots. Not only the ones in this video, of course; I've watched a lot of your camera reviews by now :-)

I recently acquired a used Olympus E-P3 with a kit lens for a steal, and that camera - while less pocketable than the GR II - is still an amazing kit even after 7 years of release. I find it much more usable for street compared to my Nikon D5300. However had I seen your video before my purchase, I have no doubt I would get the Ricoh instead of the Olympus without a second thought! Kudos!

Awesome, was just thinking about buying one of these!

I loved the music that went with this, just made it all flow so nicely somehow

I own this camera and the more I use it the more I love it. Great video!

Purchased one two months ago and I don't lament it one bit. I have been shooting street with a Nikon D600 paired with a 24mm f/2.8 and a Sony A6000 paired with a Samyang 12mm f/2, but I am now reaching for the Ricoh over 80% of the time.

5 reasons to buy a Ricoh GRii...plus this review, very nice presentation!

great video man! Cant wait till the next one!

wow , love those colors! Looks like a perfect hybrid travel cam!

Very beautiful video and beautiful photos. Wonderful colors and lovely B&W.

i cant wait for the comparison between this and x70

Wow! Great shots! Thank you for video!

Great video! And superb pictures showing the excellent image quality. I own already a Lumix GX7 & GM1 but I consider buying a GR II for everyday use: one-handed and pocketable is perfect for me :-)

Nice little video. Great shots. Love your Frenchie.

It's a crazy good camera. The size and ability to operate it with one hand caused me to return my X70 and get this instead. I don't regret my decision.

Matthias,You have the same camera sensibilities as I do. Thanks for the videos. If you come to LA or SD you have a couch to crash on!

I fully agree. This camera is also known as the best one for Kite Aerial Photography. I take stunning landscape photos from the sky and I love it.

I've been gunning to upgrade my DSLR to a KP for a while now, but instead I've now found myself having just ordered a gr ii from amazon instead... Thanks alot mattias!

Thank you Matt 10/10 ..I am now saving feverishly ..!

killer vid man, you gots the skillzzzz

very nice review man killed it that's a very nice pocket camera just got one you still using it..

AFter shooting with this camara for a while, I just love it. I use it mostly for street photography in B&W. Nevertheless, I have shot in color and macro, and it has performed beautifully! Thank you for your video!

The dynamic range and file malleability from the Ricoh GR seems fantastic.

as an ex fullframe shooter I was sceptixal abot this camera. but now I absolutely love it. This is after I managed to create a custom profile for its raw in lightroom. Jpegs are good thou.

Though thought of as mainly a street camera, the landscaping ability and yes astrophotography shouldn't be slept on as well. This is indeed a photographers camera. Also given its leaf shutter, you can bring this gem into a studio setting and really work some magic.

Great video, nice photos. :)

Hi Mattias, please make a guide for this camera! And show us how you take those photos and the settings! thankyou

About time! I've had mine about 2 years and though I almost sold it twice in the first few months, I now shoot about 80% of my photography with it, even when I have my big guns with me. At 28mm, the GR is tack sharp, corner to corner. A prime lens on my 24mpx Sony A6000 looks soft compared to it. My guess is that it out-resolves the X70, but I'll wait till you do your test. Even if it didn't, I would want to lose the size/weight advantage of the GR, and, as you point out, the deep customization and settings. To me, Fujis are fun and cute. The GR is no-frills and all business. It doesn't care what anybody thinks about it. What I'd like to comment upon is the philosophy one must adopt to use this camera. It does not feel like a camera, doesn't look like a classic range-finder camera (like the Fujis), and takes a very utilitarian electronics approach to photography. Indeed, show it to anyone and they will think it is an old $100 point and shoot. In short, it's difficult to look or feel like a photographer or artist with this camera. There's nothing romantic about a GR. However, if your first priority is the sharpest image possible, which mine is, the camera allows you to configure it perfectly to capture that image, with a device that will fit in every pocket I have. I carry mine with me everywhere. When I take it out of my pocket, I can't go into a romantic motion of bringing it up to my eye, working the dials, and capturing my Cartier Bresson. No, I have to abstractly think through what I want to capture and set the camera up to do it. Once that is done, again, it will take the sharpest, noise-free image possible in something pocket size. Put another way, the GR is for people who want the best image in Photoshop, or some other digital darkroom. To achieve that, you must give up the fun of actually taking the photo! A Leica may give a better image (though I doubt it), but no Leica, or any camera I've used, can do all the things a GR can do in that size. The GR is the image purist's camera (like the unfortunately slow Sigmas, which is what it replaced for me). If anyone is curious, you can see many GR photos on my Flickr photostream www.flickr.com/photos/maxotics/

I just had the opening day for my first gallery showing yesterday evening, I would have loved to have a photographer with your style visit it, but I doubt you'll be in Florida anytime soon :/. You're the first KZfaq photographer I've come across that has a style of photography I consider to resonate with my own. I really appreciate your work and videos. Keep it up,; I'll be sure to stick around for more.

Bought one to compliment my Sony A7R II on my travels. Fun little camera.

Just bought a GRii for the second time. Can't be without one of these.

nice video... with great sample images and music :)

The GRII has been my go to for pretty much everything for the last year or so. Small size, ridiculous menu options, great high ISO performace (when converted to black and white) and fantastic sensor are the big reasons for me. Currently it is the doing the rounds with me here in Saigon as I start my photography vlog and I'm shooting it in aperture priority mode, fixed at 1600ISO, 1:1 crop. Street and doc dream camera. Shooting RAW with the B&W filter on it to give me an extra idea of the tones I can expect once I convert in PS. Can't recommend this camera enough.

Love the lego person!

I generally use a high spec Nikon DSLR and I have a used X100s for when a 'professional' camera is not really appropriate. It's a lovely camera but doesn't fit in my pocket so just got a brand new GRII. The GRIII is coming out so the prices are really good at the moment. Absolutely love this little marvel. It's always with me and since it's arrival the Fuji has stayed in the cupboard.

I had the previous Ricoh GR and miss it immensely. I could throw it in my pocket and operate it one handed with every single aspect customized to my liking. The files had a classic look in color that I enjoyed but I felt like the black & white was really what shined. Let's home the next version comes out soon with a 24mp sensor, faster AF, and maybe a slightly faster version of the lens.

What an amazing product! Sir, I've subscribed (lifts black cylinder hat)

4:34 master piece composition. Actually, they all are but this one i like the best :)

Great vid thanks

I know this is an older video, but wanted to comment that I owned the original GR.It lasted many years and it gave me amazing images until it died last year. I tried the X and Xiii and did not like the feel or the battery life, although the images were so pretty. Notice I said, "pretty". Something about the older version is just so special. I will be looking to get a used one and just accept it won't last forever. They are special cameras.

Bought one because of your video. That's how powerful your videos and your recommendation. Shout out to camera companies, Mattias gives you sales 100%. Compensate him well.

do a lightroom tutorial on achieving your style of photos

I really like the concept of playing with cameras that have possibly lost some of their value but none of their usability. Please review the M10 and a9 in 2021 :)

Beautiful pictures :-)

This camera is a gem... Always in my pocket. For street, it's best to use manual zone focus and either P mode or Aperture priority... No shutter lag, silent and inconspicuous... A Ninja camera

i have been following your work for 7 years Matthias is wonderful to show that talent is more important than gear what mobile as are you using to edit the raw ? you should review that apps you us as well !

Amazing sample pictures. I'm actually thinking of getting one of these, believe it or not I still use an original limited edition GRD Anniversary model by Katsuya Terada as my street and vacation camera. But it draws too much attention because of the light blue graphics though and it shows it's age, it's slow and I'm limited by the fact that it only accepts SD cards to only 1GB. Other than that, it's a great camera.

MOST IMPORTANT reason to buy this camera is that it produces the most wonderful B&W images. Only the Monochrom can match its mid-tones OOC. Very Pan-X and film like. On the other hand, I am not fond of the colors coming out of the Ricoh and need to process each file, mostly to fix often weird reds. But, I love B&W and would use it solely for that. It's a disposable Monochrom.

Hey, your dog looks very cute. Have a nice day!

Great review thanks. I have an older GR and there's something really intangible about these beauts - a je ne sais quoi - but a great little device. Worth replacing my old one thopugh? Hmm. BTW I have the spectacular Ricoh OVF.

Nice one...

I have a Eos M10 atm which isn't a bad little camera but the images from this look alot better

careful annotations will be gone soon. Great video by the way!

GREAT!!

Love the dog Mattias - whats his name? My Greyhounds would probably call him a snack lol. Nice review as well i have a GRII love its light weight and pocketability.

in Photokina, About Gr3 spec : , 24 MP, dust removal, higher capacity battery and larger screen size (fixed Display)… it will released early next year

Everybody talks about the GR2 for streetshooting. But a little secret player is the Nx3000 from Samsung. Cheap and damn good picture quality...in fact much better and interchanceable lenses

Verkar vara en grym kamera! :)

Nice music too :)

Very nice Video! I watched it so many times. The only thing i didn t unterstand is ...is a gr V the newer model ?

Hello, Mattias.I own a Fuji X100F - and I love it - but I find it a bit bulky so that most of the time, it remains home and I use my iPhone for taking photos. Since Ricoh is still selling the GR mark II, I'm wondering if it's still a good choice in 2020. What do you think? It seems to be a best value for money than the GR mark III. Thank you and keep going doing so cool videos!

The lens on the Ricoh GR series is sharper than the lenses on a Fuji. It is as sharp as a 28mm Leica Summicron according to DigiLloyd reviews, and I have to agree having owned many Leica Summicron lenses. The 28mm is the sweet spot for me, 35mm on Fuji, not so much. I prefer 28mm, but that's me. I love all the features on this little camera. Only thing it needs if they make a GRIII version is EVF, maybe a tilt screen and a 2.0 lens, but I know that will make the camera bigger. So, never mind. It's pocketable. It's awesome to hold in one hand. Best APS-c compact ever. I heard there are dust issues, but I never came across them. Maybe it's from people putting the camera in their jean pockets? Lint? I don't know. The only thing the Fuji X-70 has going for it is a tilt screen. I would love the tilt screen on the Ricoh GR. I didn't know about the WiFi feature in the GRII having only owned the GR. If I could only keep one camera, this would be it.

canon EOS M5 does support raw(CR2) transfer via wifi, and you can edit those pictures using lightroom on android.

In your next review could you please compare the size and weight to a Canon G7X. I like the that the Ricoh has a APS-C size sensor. Shame no phase detection AF.

Great video! I've been using the GR (V) for 3 years, often as the only camera on vacations, really great camera and its customisation is unparalleled. Never had any dust issue, but I keep the camera in a pouch, not in my pants pocket. Did I understand correctly that you said you could toggle between auto focus and snap focus by the push of a button? You don't need to push a button. You can set and "activate" snap focus and still use auto focus. So you use auto focus with the half-press of the shutter button as usual, but if you skip that half-press and just quickly "full-"press the shutter button, the camera will use snap focus and the chosen snap focus distance.

Hi. New subscriber here, just purchased the GRii after viewing your video, what SD card would you recommend? Thank you.

I didn't realize that it could send raw files over wifi. That is something I really wished my OM-D could do!! I get around it by using an OTG card reader and the great free raw2dng app to convert ORF to DNG, but it is several extra steps in my mobile editing workflow that don't have to be there. I hope other manufacturers take this tip from Ricoh!

Love that pooch.

Thanks for this very informative video. Would you recommend buying one of these out of Japan?

I love these little cameras. Call me old fashioned though but I need a viewfinder. I started wearing reading glasses this year and I have huge problems shooting with only an LCD. If I am wearing the glasses I can't see the scene if I am not, I can't compose the shot. It makes photography slower than it need be.

It's a fantastic camera for street I know Mattias, but is there a problem with the sensor getting fluff on it, in particular if you keep this camera in your pocket?

love your photos. What camera did you use for this video?

Hi Mattias you videos and photography is amazing. Question regarding the Ricoh GR. I stumbled on a Ricoh CX line have you ever tested them together look like they have some of the same features. Its cheaper. Sinece you reviews even the older GR version has gone up in price. Let me know if you have any comments on the Ricoh CX digital camera. Thanks bro.

Hey Mattias! Great video, I just picked a Ricoh GR ii up after watching your review. I noticed my copy had bit of dirt on the lens , how do you go about cleaning it? The small lens makes it kind of reach.

Hi Mattias, what’re your saturation, contrast, sharpness and vignetting settings for the camera’s built-in effects such as positive film, black and white high contrast and cross process? Thanks!

gr iii getting announced tomorrow!

People, especially amateurs like me get more confuse to pick streetshooter camera..there are so wide variety with each advantage and disadvantage..but for allrounder street purpose (shoot & record video) i think I'll pick the panasonic lx100/leica d-lux 109

Cool video whats the video options and quality like?

U can make any bad camera sound great with this review style. And this is a not bad camera.. So.. If u don't mind, do a review of smartphones photo editing apps.

Is anyone experiencing a glitch with the GR2 when clicking the Menu button or the rocker to access options, when the shooting dial is in certain modes like P or Auto? The Menu screen and options suddenly disappear as if I clicked the Menu button or rocker to exit

Great video as usual. Would you agree that the GR2 photos somehow have less soul than the ones you took with the X70?

I like the restaurant pic @ 1:36

I have the ricoh and it is a better camera than my canon 7d with L glass.

Hey Mattias! Have you used the cropping for 35mm? and 48mm I believe? Experiences?

Dropped the ricoh (only onto my bed!!!9 Two of those retractable leaves got dislodged. Repair estimate was half the price of the camera! Thick twice before you buy one. The Sony RX100 series are nice and solid and you've a viewfinder. My gear: Fujifilm x100s + 50mm.

Nice video, could you tell me whats happen with the lens if you press accidentiallly the power on button while its on your pocket, has it any kind of security for preventing this?

Please do a review of the Leica x 113!!!! since you mentioned it already ;)

I have fuji xt20 with xf35mm f2, and I love it. But I want pocketable camera that I can always carry around (for learning purpose). I'm considering GR II or GR III, but the GR III price is still high for now. Is it good enough (in terms of image quality) if I get the GR II? In your opinion, Which one should I get, GR III or GR II? Or maybe just buy xf 27mm f2.8 pancake lens for my xt20? Btw I do photography is just for fun. Thanks

got this camera some days ago and can't be happier... this camera is a dream come true. I can bring everywhere with me an apsc sharp sensor. 28mm is strange to me (I'm fond of 35mm field of view) but it's fun how well this focal length works with juxtapositions. The only thing that drives me crazy is the smartphone app for Android that's too limited in my opinion. First of all, the folder where it copies the images from the GRII doesn't appear in the Gallery app. Then if I want to share an image with an external app I can't do it because the only things allowed by the app are "share with Facebook" and "Delete". Is there a workaround for this strange behaviour? or maybe is there a way to tell the OS to read the import folder so it will show up in the Gallery?

I really love this camera, I have a GR myself since 2014, I took in so many places, all kind of environment and now is about to die. The only reason that holding me to buy a new one is the dust sensor issue, I mean, I have to travel in Asia soon and I will stay there for months, I can't have dust in the sensor, pay for professional or do by myself every time. I'm so sad Ricoh never fixes this issue.

Would you still recommend this camera? Looking for a small APSC cam for having all the time on me, and I am between this and the new Fuji XF10 ( which receives bad reviews). Anyway, I do enjoy your videos (don't say reviews coz you deliver much more than a review).

Hi, how reliable is this camera perceived to be? My Panasonic LX3 has gone through +23.000 shots and still works perfect, so i like cameras that last. I am also curious about the Fuji X100(2011) in that regard. They`re not exactly cheap to replace/repair. Thanks!