{"id":199253,"date":"2019-12-25T10:33:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T18:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=199253"},"modified":"2019-12-25T10:41:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T18:41:50","slug":"ricoh-gr-iii-vs-ricoh-gr-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/25\/ricoh-gr-iii-vs-ricoh-gr-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricoh GR III vs Ricoh GR II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A thought while walking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I am so grateful that Ricoh made the GR 3. While there are lots of things I really loved about the GR 2 (embedded flash), the GR III is still superior.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/handpicked-products\" data-edit-mode=\"false\" data-products=\"[97144,70057,51340]\" class=\"wc-block-grid wp-block-handpicked-products wp-block-woocommerce-handpicked-products wc-block-handpicked-products has-3-columns has-multiple-rows\"><ul class=\"wc-block-grid__products\"><li class=\"wc-block-grid__product\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/product\/eric-kim-neck-strap\/\" class=\"wc-block-grid__product-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-onsale\">\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">Sale<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Product on sale<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" 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Insanely great dynamic range. The look is so beautiful. <strong><em>After GR 3 high contrast JPEG black and white mode, I don&#8217;t feel the need to shoot <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/09\/kodak-tri-x-400-black-and-white-35-mm-film-pushed-to-1600-and-yellow-filter-review\/\">black and white film<\/a> anymore<\/em>.<\/strong> To me this is huge, because I really fell in love with trix400 pushed to 1600 in terms of the contrast, look and aesthetic, but hated the inconvenience and cost of black and white film. Thus, <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/13\/ricoh-gr-iii-is-the-answer\/\">RICOH GR III<\/a> has a great economic justification (only $890 &#8212; cheaper than processing <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/13\/what-i-learned-shooting-100-rolls-of-black-and-white-tri-x-film-pushed-to-1600\/\">100 rolls of tri-x film<\/a>).<\/li><li><strong>Size matters<\/strong>: The GR 3 is the best &#8216;pound for pound&#8217; contender in the photography market. GR 3 as even smaller than GR2. Fits in your front pocket, always with you. Or if you use <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/product\/eric-kim-neck-strap\/\">ERIC KIM NECK STRAP MARK II<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>with GR3, the camera practically weighs nothing! <\/li><li><strong>Ricoh GR III positive film JPEG color preset is lovely &#8212; has more nuance<\/strong>. You can really feel the &#8216;slide film&#8217; vibes on it. 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