Category Archives: Ricoh

Digital Street Photography

Contemplating selling all my digital cams besides the GR. To me, digital cameras largely produce a similar image. Especially for black and white street photography. The GR does more than enough so why bother with anything else. It’s the fastest and easiest camera to shoot on the street with, and also happens to be theContinue reading “Digital Street Photography”

Ricoh GRiii Street Photography Settings

I’ve been experimenting with GRs for three years now. This is the easiest setup for shooting on the street you’ll find. These are the basics. The most important settings are using Snap focus and Snap Distance Priority. This way you control your distance using the front scroll wheel. I will adjust the distance accordingly. ExperimentContinue reading “Ricoh GRiii Street Photography Settings”

ISO 3200 For Street Photography

I’m sold on this for shooting street. This allows me to keep a high shutter speed and depth of field in basically any situation. I’ve been keeping it in snap mode at 1m and it’s too easy. The grain is noticeable but not distracting. I added some grain in Silver Efex Pro, too. Here’s aContinue reading “ISO 3200 For Street Photography”

Tweaking JPEG Settings

I tweaked my High Contrast JPEG settings today. The HC is too strong, so trying out Hard BW instead. A lot of my photos were turning out underexposed. Even adjusting my exposure compensation, they were too dark. Just looking at the few photos I took today with the new settings, they look very similar toContinue reading “Tweaking JPEG Settings”

Ricoh GRiii Street Photography Settings

I’ll start with shooting settings. 99% I’m using snap focus. I use snap distance priority so I can easily change distance using the front wheel. I start at 2m and change accordingly. You’ll have grainy files using my ISO settings. Adjust the lower ISO setting if you want cleaner photos. Here are the JPEG settings.