Just thought I would share a high ISO comparison between GR IV & GR IV Monochrome. This isn’t a justification as I know how critical some on Reddit like to be. For MOST the monochrome isn’t worth it. The few advantages are expensive. But for those that love B&W.. it’s a lot of fun and performs very well. Already many of the images I’m seeing look better than those from the X100VI.

Here is a quick comparison of images taken at ISO 16,000. I took them at 2,000, 5,000 & 10,000 as well. The differences are already apparent at ISO 2,000. I did my best to match the exposure. Indoor shot with decent natural light.

I picked up a Ricoh Monochrome today! My old camera gave out after only a year, so after debating for a while, I decided to go for the Monochrome I’d been eyeing for ages. I’m absolutely thrilled with it.

All images are shot with Bennett 800 recipe

Some snaps from this morning. Shot with Positive Film, and cropped from 2:1 to XPan.

i love my bw preset

inst cold_mak

Went on a road trip over the weekend, here’s some snaps. Taken with GR2

(The furry friend was fine btw, just on one of their first outings with a sibling, ascended back up the tree shortly after.)

📍 San Francisco, California

IG: @runbikeandshoot

first time shooting with the ricoh (used to shoot a little bit of film, but that was years ago and i havent touched a camera since) and i feel like a newbie again.

i know my angles and composition suck and need a looooooot more work, but im also realizing that maybe the iiix was the way to go for me, as most of these were shot in the crop 50mm (i came across an offer for the gr iv that i couldnt refuse though, which was why i went with the iv)

i feel like my colors and overall photos arent as sharp as others ive seen taken with ricoh - is that potentially a recipe problem? the nyc ones (first two pics) were taken with default settings, and the rest were with a recipe. i did wipe my lens with a lens cleaning wipe and a qtip in between nyc and boston - would that have been an issue?

critique, feedback, comments all welcome!!

Just ordered another brand new GR IV that arrived yesterday and there seems to be stuck aperture blade or leave shutter component that doesn't move when a picture is taken. I have had a previous GR IV and I don't remember this behavior occuring. I'm assuming this is not normal correct?

Been off Reddit for a while now. What's the deal with the sudden rise in custom firmware? I'm very interested, but don't want to risk bricking my camera.

I was regretting getting the GRiii over the GRiiiX but I’m starting to really enjoy it, especially when traveling.

RAW and then processed in Lightroom