Not surprising but no WR, which will disappoint many. Given my GRIII is on semi-permanent loan with my ex-GF because she dropped her GRII in a toilet, I get why people want it.
Otherwise, basically updates to the sensor (though same 25 megapixel-ish range), lens, processing, IBIS, which is all good. Likely addresses other weaknesses, namely AF, high ISO performance, which were behind the market.
Nice to see they added 4:3 and 16:9 to the aspect ratios.
Back to the rocker switch and no more annoying dial control on the back - so hybrid controls from GRII and GRIII. No flash.
Switch to micro-SD, which matters less due to upping internal memory to 50-some gigabytes. Updates to transferring data off camera (which I think they're rolling out to all GR out now even). I personally don't think the micro-SD is a huge deal given the internal memory. TBD on battery life - wonder if there are updates here.
New "SN" mode on the mode dial. No idea what that is.
Takes the same accessories as the current GRIII.
Otherwise, it's coming in the fall.
That's about it from what I can tell as to what's relevant. I'm excited as these updates (really I just want more high ISO performance). Maybe some more megapixels to allow for better crop down to 35mm would have been nice, but that was never a big deal for me.
It's more software updates I'm curious about. E.g., multiple snap focus distances -- or being able to use the rocker switch to change manual focus distances easily, that'd be cool (they have to do this, given they dropped the dial, but can we adjust the granularity?). Or even digital telephoto or aspect ratio changes. But all of that we won't know and who knows if we'll get.
Not surprising but no WR, which will disappoint many. Given my GRIII is on semi-permanent loan with my ex-GF because she dropped her GRII in a toilet, I get why people want it.
Otherwise, basically updates to the sensor (though same 25 megapixel-ish range), lens, processing, which is all good. Likely addresses other weaknesses, namely AF, high ISO performance, which were behind the market.
Nice to see they added 4:3 and 16:9 to the aspect ratios.
Back to the rocker switch and no more annoying dial control on the back - so hybrid controls from GRII and GRIII. No flash.
Switch to micro-SD, which matters less due to upping internal memory to 50-some gigabytes. Updates to transferring data off camera (which I think they're rolling out to all GR out now even). I personally don't think the micro-SD is a huge deal given the internal memory. TBD on battery life - wonder if there are updates here.
New "SN" mode on the mode dial. No idea what that is.
Takes the same accessories as the current GRIII.
Otherwise, it's coming in the fall.
That's about it from what I can tell as to what's relevant. I'm excited as these updates (really I just want more high ISO performance). Maybe some more megapixels to allow for better crop down to 35mm would have been nice, but that was never a big deal for me.
It's more software updates I'm curious about. E.g., multiple snap focus distances -- or being able to use the rocker switch to change manual focus distances easily, that'd be cool (they have to do this, given they dropped the dial, but can we adjust the granularity?). Or even digital telephoto or aspect ratio changes. But all of that we won't know and who knows if we'll get.
Exciting times.
May 21, 2025 at 06:17 PM
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