Do you think of Ricoh as a printer company or a camera company?

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Becca explains everything so well!!

something about your video reviews are so honest and grounded. I really love the way you review camera products. Huge fan of Becca!

I am constantly wanting more Full Frame videos, they're always an absolute treat and Becca is just so enthusiastic and knowledgeable!

This is the first Full Frame video I've seen and one of the first The Verge videos I've even taken note of watching. That being said, this was a really great, thoughtful, and informative videos I've seen on a camera in while. Great job, Becca.

10/10 camera nerd content. Ricoh GRiiix Urban Edition has been the best camera I’ve ever carried because I carry it everywhere! It’s also properly priced and stocked. It’s such an amazing time to be a fan of this camera system because it’s lesser known and lesser wanted than the Fuji x100v/vi which are pricy and sold out constantly. Please spread the good word, but only to the best people! Let’s keep Ricoh community strong and niche!

So obvious you are passionate about photography which makes this video so fun to watch. The HDF is actually better than having a regular GR III with a separate diffusion filter because you avoid the reflection from certain angles since the HDF is behind the lens, not in front. I think it's a very cool update!

small correction! Ricoh no longer owns the stadium 😬

Becca never misses, the quality of Full Frame is always there. I can't wait for the next one, but in the meantime I'd check out previous editions just to remind myself that this series has never missed once.

thank you for this honest perspective Becca. imo content like this helps keep people's gear acquisition syndrome in check and challenges companies to really strive for more. it's never been a better time to get into photography and you're a big part of why!

Nice review! I feel like the HDF is better suited to locations with more overcast weather like the NYC, London, or Seattle. As someone based in SoCal, the ND filter version is much more useful for me.

Such great videos on these Ricoh's Becca! So fun and watchable and so informative!

I know nothing about cameras, but this video was so good that I watched the whole thing anyways. Also, that "spot the difference" bit was awesome

I love these Full Frame videos! So well researched and edited! I've had my Ricoh GRIIIx for about 2 years now, and it's pretty much replaced my old DSLR. I'm sad we STILL don't have a four, but that being said, I'm not sure what else I would want, other than an improved battery and better backscreen. What I like best about it, is it's compact, "stelth" look, that makes you invisible, versus getting something like the fujifilm x100 cameras

Your channel explains ND and HDF the best. 😊❤

Just a side note, as you talked about the tiffen filters, now I think this would be a great add for a iPhone video setup, because one of the worst parts of shooting with iphone is the lens flare and direct light capture!

New Becca video? My day is improved. As usual I learned a ton, thank you!

I've got the GR1s film camera, released in 1997, and it looks exactly like the GR III. Ricoh's camera department is like a dad, pick a style and roll with it forever :)

Becca killing it and production A++++++

It's nice to see how much fun you have with the camera and photography. Thanks for the video. :D

I love her so much, always so honest review

That dry marker makes me very sad.

With this review you speak from my heart. That's exactly how I think when Ricoh remarkets the same camera every year. This can work well for a while but eventually it gets boring. In any case, I'll wait for the mark 4, at least a new, revised sensor and the option of an electronic shutter would be enough and possibly a newer processor. Nothing more is needed. I left you a subscription and a like❤

Old enough to remember the Olympus Trip, a 35mm film camera in this 'consumer' category. Ricoh had a similar model and it was perfect for non-nerds. Almost 50 years ago. Like many Japanese companies, Ricoh has a huge product catalog. Leica meanwhile... Oh and the ND filter is useful for flash sync at shutter speeds lower than 1/250s in bright daylight. These glow/diffusion filters are like an Instagram trick. polar Pro makes them. Philip Bloom sells them!

Amazing job! Loved the review and the storytelling of the company

Spot on with the takes here, got my GR IIIx HDF day one and loving it to bits. Definitely now also going to be in line for the GR IV whenever that happens 😂

the editing of the video is creamy - great work

Neat camera, and the HDF sounds like fun. Becca - thanks for the knowledge and good energy you share in all your videos!

honest enough & thorough, right amount of detail, good job

Becca Appreciate this and definitely enjoyed. You are correct but also with many others where great in one area and missing the mark on another.I look forward to seeing more on this. I also didn't know that there were this many.Thanks for sharing Enjoyed. 💯✌️

You do a great job. Informative, analogies, and likable personality. Thanks!

Becca's videos are becoming better and better as days go by. Amazing stuff!

That spot the difference bit was awesome

love the video as always! praying we'll get a GR IV

That intro was so smooth and perfect!

Great review, fantastically creative camera that outputs genuinely beautiful images,. Not sure I want it to change much, it just works.

I owned a Ricoh GR3X but sold it when I bought my X-T5 (I have a Fujifilm X100v) and I thought that version was expensive… Ricoh needs to concentrate on the next iteration of the GR range, the GR4 and not doing the lazy thing they are doing now such as this camera variant. A GR4 which is weather sealed, that has a much much faster autofocus and more accurate too, and make it start up quicker too. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

you should start your own camera channel

Gr3 was such a lovely camera. So weird that they’d keep raising the price while adding no upgrades. Thanks to the lack of upgrades with each iteration the older gr3 have somehow appreciated in price.

I find it interesting that Ricoh hadn't done this (have so many small changes to the same camera) in any previous generations of the GR line. One of if not the sharpest lenses on any compact camera. I love them.

I love my GR3x. Coming from a Fujifilm, it's just crucially smaller, so that you can really take it with you everywhere. And more to the point, it's so unassuming that folks don't even notice your taking pictures -- they think you're just some tourist snapping away. Great for street photography!

I love full frame so much. Thanks for the excellent video

more Becca please…love your vids bud

I enjoy these kind of videos a lot. Thanks for sharing. This camera is/was on my bucket list, but I got something different and much older that does not justify to buy the Ricoh for now.

If anyone is interested in this camera definitely check out Galih Richardson's videos on this as he talks about the benefits of the filter being behind the lens (as opposed to just sticking one on front of a GR3 lens) which is very interesting.

You are so good on camera. Absolute natural.

I really enjoy this review. Beautiful photos too

Checkout the ricoh gxr. Its a really underrated interesting modular camera which have been discontinued by ricoh

Thank you for these videos Becca, I learned about Diffusion filters and what this version of the GRIII does. Keep these videos coming! I don't know if you've reviewed the Fuji T-X30 II but that'd be an interesting review.

Nice break down I picked up the diary edition a little over a year ago, partly due to Samuel Street life and partly cause I just wanted something pocketable. Now I actually shoot it more than my Fuji or my Nikon, it's so compact yet capable.

i just got the Ricoh HDF and love it. Sold my Sony A6000. Have used the HDF filter some and would not like to be withouth it. Even if it’s situational. I shoot mostly in jpeg and HDF with recepies is awsome.

Great presentation. Thanks. I love my GRIII but I’m getting a bit jaded by all these different versions. The 40mm version is valid because its a different lens but I wonder why they couldn’t include the HD and ND filters in one camera? Aren’t they just digital simulations of optical filters? And so take up no extra space?

I've been carrying my GR III in my pocket for years. I can't wait for a GR IV, but I've heard nothing about one even being in development. If my current GR III breaks before it comes out, I'll likely try out one of these GR III HDFs.

Duuuuuude. I want. Great work once again Becca!

for static subjects they could add a mode where the camera fires 2 shots for Filter effect control > a shot WITH the filter and another without and lets user decide the % of the effect

to me, any diffusion filter like the one your demonstrated and the HDF in this new Ricoh, is great when your looking at something hit by the sun but almost never pointed towards the sun/light source -- where the subject is backlit.

ND filters also serve to open the aperture for shallow depth of field in bright conditions.

Great video. I remember being at cp+ the year the iii was announced, even got slme heads on but didn't "get" it cause i was too focused on interchangeable lens cameras. Wish i could go back in time! 😂

The production quality here is just unnecessarily high and i'm all about it. 'spot the difference' amazing.

A great pocket camera. Very discreet. Just got myself the gr IIIx non HDF version. I love it. ND filter is useful for me. That's what made me pick it instead of the HDF version.

BUY A NEW SHARPIE !!!

Great vid! Ricoh also now owns PFU, makers of the Happy Hacking Keyboard line of keyboards among other things

I use the nd a filter a lot to capture motion blur in my street shots with the Ricoh's. In fact, I wished they'd had a variable nd up to 5 stops! I hope the company doesn't replace nd with hdf in their next flagship. If they're able to figure out how to incorporate both the nd and hdf filters, even better!

The Ricoh line is for enthusiasts who know what they want out of a camera and less gimmicks. Tho that filter is heavenly.

I’m still using my OG 2013 apsc GR I

This was an excellent video in every way!

I still have a Fuji X10 I bought in 2012 and am finally trying to make an effort to practice photography with it. What do you think though, stick with X10 or go Ricoh? I just wish they’d make an X40 haha

Fantastic video by Becca yet again

For the love of $deity give us more Becca! Seriously though, you guys have engaging and talented journalists and a channel with over 3 million subs, but you use it almost exclusively for quite dull audio-only podcast hosting. I wish there were more proper videos.

I have been waiting for years for them to launch the Ricoh full frame. I want a camera like this for street photography and to print and sell those photos.

This makes the gr iii goated for me

judging by all the backorders, seems like they DONT actually make any cameras

Ah, I thought they made something with custom LUT system or something (dunno, crate your preset in C1 or LR and camera can read it and edit all photos with it) , but really?, just filter that I can screw on or off my camera, or stack them onto each other (x70 owner). Thanks for explanation of recopy approach - helps a lot to make it less ridiculous.

Lovely video. Why does it feel like we might get a special edition GR IV before releasing an actual GR IV...

I love my ricoh gr3x! we need more ricoh and pentax cameras!

If it's a Becca video I'm watching it, every time bud

Would you say the strength of the hdf is about the same as the tiffen pro mist 1/2 you showed? It seems pretty strong to me

I think the HDF is pretty cool, but I know when they started teasing an announcement most of us who were following were really hoping for a GR IV...

Becca nerding out about Pentax 🎉

Great video.

I wonder how an iPhone Pro compares to this camera, also because the HDF can be almost perfectly simulated in software.

I have a GRiii and it's falling apart - I've lost the ring from the front, have broken the front bit that pushes out when you turn it on. It's scratched, there's dust on the sensor and, well, it works but only just. I also tried the GRiii x, but sent it back after a few days -- and have questioned that decision ever since. This HDF thing doesn't appeal to me at all - it just feels too gimmicky, and I want a proper update, not another copy. I guess I'll just wait and see if I have any money when (and if) they release a GRiv.

If the GR 4 does 2.8/4k video 60fps no crop with vlog or some raw format I'd literally cry from happiness.

Is it equivalent to 1/4 or 1/8 black mist? 🤔

I can't wait until Ricoh-Pentax releases their new film camera.

i hope they put back built in flash into griv

They need to put a viewfinder on it like the film models and add a small joy stick

I love my GR's! I edit all my raws on a z fold and its awesome on the go.

becca, can you shoot this camera in maual mode? like can you maually adjust the focus and things like that

Absolutely nothing wrong with the hardware. I get the want for a newer, updated version, but the output from this "ancient" camera is still tack sharp 🤷

is it a digital filter or physical filter?

Ricoh GR IIIx come at September 2021. Still no GR IV.

You seem connected. Can’t you look into the new analog Ricoh/Pentax camera development? Please!

3:05 this sound was punishment

Is the GR IV actually dropping anytime soon? Or is it just rumour?

the lens on the Ricoh GR III is an 18.3mm not 28mm. you can always say 28mm full-frame equivalent though but still.

I have the griii street edition and griiix urban edition, i will wait for thr griii hdf road edition and griiix hdf city edition

GR 4?! When?!

Great explainer!