This version of the earlier photo, posted above, is made using the 50 mm crop mode. I then used the DNG Recover Edges LR plugin to recover the full 28mm frame and reframed the 50 mm crop to match the image I had just shot with the Leica M10 and DR Summicron lens (posted in the Leica thread here: p.322 #13) This image, as well as the earlier one above, have a blue tone, using the Color Efex cross-process film simulation.
I mentioned in an earlier post that there was a problem with my GR III: when using the M exposure mode together with Auto ISO, when I point the camera from a darker to a lighter scene, the AUTO ISO jumps up to the maximum set (6400) and, then, when I try to change the EV Compensation using the rear dial, the ISO jumps up to 102,000 and won't go below 50,000.
Consulting Ricoh Europe they thought the problem was with the the rear dial, they arranged for Precision Camera in the US to fix the GR III under warranty: I had bought the camera in Paris and, when I was in Tokyo last November, Ricoh customer service fixed the (slight) looseness in the rear dial and also tightened up the ring cap. I sent the camera in yesterday.
So, without the GR III here, I had a look at my GRD IV, which I still like a lot, and started looking through my images with the earlier GRD, GRD II and GRD III. I hope nobody minds my posting from these earlier GRDx cameras. The image below was taken with the GRD II and the 40mm EFOV Tele-Converter.
GRD II | 40mm EFOV Tele-Converter | ISO 800 | f/2.4 | 1/25 sec Bangkok
This tele-converter often had flare when there was a light in the frame, or just outside it: often disturbing in color, it could easily be fixed in processing B&W images. As the GR III has the 50mm crop mode, I doubt that Ricoh will ever made a 40mm tele-converter for this camera. But it would be, nevertheless, nice to have one, although I don't know how large and heavy it would have to be. Would it be heavier than the GR III 21mm wide-converter?
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I don't normally do macros. But, hey, we're in a pandemic...This is a one-handed shot of the watch on my left hand, with the GRD IV, as my GR III is off for repair, as stated in my previous post. Actually, the GRD IV is easier for handheld macros than the GR III because of the huge depth of field, even at f/1.9. This is shot "in the wild": I didn't even wash off the ceramic bezel when I just got back in after doing some work in the garden, as you can see at the "18 20" markings.
Mitch Alland wrote:
As the GR III has the 50mm crop mode, I doubt that Ricoh will ever made a 40mm tele-converter for this camera. But it would be, nevertheless, nice to have one, although I don't know how large and heavy it would have to be. Would it be heavier than the GR III 21mm wide-converter?
I've said that Ricoh should make a 40-50mm converter for years. I would get way more use out of one than I did out of the 21mm converter. Come on Ricoh!
Mitch Alland wrote:
I mentioned in an earlier post that there was a problem with my GR III: when using the M exposure mode together with Auto ISO, when I point the camera from a darker to a lighter scene, the AUTO ISO jumps up to the maximum set (6400) and, then, when I try to change the EV Compensation using the rear dial, the ISO jumps up to 102,000 and won't go below 50,000.
Consulting Ricoh Europe they thought the problem was with the the rear dial, they arranged for Precision Camera in the US to fix the GR III under warranty: I had bought the camera in Paris and, when I was in Tokyo last November, Ricoh customer service fixed the (slight) looseness in the rear dial and also tightened up the ring cap. I sent the camera in yesterday.
So, without the GR III here, I had a look at my GRD IV, which I still like a lot, and started looking through my images with the earlier GRD, GRD II and GRD III. I hope nobody minds my posting from these earlier GRDx cameras. The image below was taken with the GRD II and the 40mm EFOV Tele-Converter.
GRD II | 40mm EFOV Tele-Converter | ISO 800 | f/2.4 | 1/25 sec
This tele-converter often had flare when there was a light in the frame, or just outside it: often disturbing in color, it could easily be fixed in processing B&W images. As the GR III has the 50mm crop mode, I doubt that Ricoh will ever made a 40mm tele-converter for this camera. But it would be, nevertheless, nice to have one, although I don't know how large and heavy it would have to be. Would it be heavier than the GR III 21mm wide-converter?
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helimat wrote:
I've said that Ricoh should make a 40-50mm converter for years. I would get way more use out of one than I did out of the 21mm converter. Come on Ricoh!
A few weeks ago there was a post on pentaxrumors showing patents for 35mm and 40mm lenses.
Let's hope that those will be realized in GR cameras.
My GR III is arriving tomorrow from the repair of the (rear) Control Dial. In the meantime, I was trying out the Hi-Contrast B&W JPG setting on the GRD IV. On the GR III, I use DNG files and haven't been able to get anything useful with the Hi-Contrast B&W setting because the dark tones (¼ tones) are compressed to the lowest darks, which cannot be raised in Lightroom.
Usually I shoot in DNG only, but I took the GRD IV image below by reducing the contrast of the Hi-Contrast B&W, in-camera, by two steps: I shot in AV mode and raised the EV compensation to +0.3. Raising the EV to zero or above is the key, as suggested in this article on using the Hi-Contrast B&W setting: https://alanala.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/guide-to-ricoh-grd-iv-hi-contrast-black-white/
I'll have to try that on the GR III.
My GR III will be back today. The repair has been done quickly, considering that Precision Cameray, Ricoh's service partner in the US, received the camera last Friday. Below is another Hi-Contrast B&W shot with the GRD IV. This time, I got the look in the highlights that I wanted by raising the EV compensation to +0.7, in line with the article I linked in the last post.
