Ricoh is finally making a GR IV camera, and it’s coming in the fall

In a beauteous bare-bones press release accompanied by a mates of pictures and detailed specs, Ricoh astonishment announced that its long-awaited GR IV camera volition motorboat this fall. The GR IV volition adhere intimately to the plan of the GR III from 2018, and it volition proceed to usage an autofocusing 28mm-equivalent f/2.8 lens and lone a rear LCD for composing photos and videos, with nary physics oregon optical viewfinder available.

The GR IV’s exterior looks precise akin to the GR III / GR IIIx, with an oval-shaped shutter button, connected / disconnected power and mode dial up top, and a smattering of rear controls to the close of its LCD. Its buttons look redesigned, removing the spinning dial from astir its four-way directional pad. And its accommodation thumb wheel, labeled “ADJ,” looks similar it may be a afloat turning dial alternatively of conscionable a back-and-forth toggle that moves near oregon right. (I whitethorn beryllium wishcasting that past part, due to the fact that I deliberation the thumb toggle connected the GR III is annoying and fiddly.)

What’s known for definite based connected its spec database is that the GR IV retains the built-in ND filter of the GR III, but it somewhat ups the solution of its ample APS-C sensor from 24 megapixels to 26. 

It volition besides person a higher ISO scope that reaches 204,800 astatine its maximum setting, and five-axis stabilization alternatively of three-axis stabilization. The GR IV’s lens whitethorn beryllium the aforesaid focal magnitude and maximum aperture arsenic erstwhile generations, but it’s a caller seven-element plan successful a caller statement utilizing an further aspherical constituent that should output amended corrections. The upcoming camera volition besides person look and oculus detection for its autofocus tracking, and 53GB of usable built-in storage. Onboard retention is great, and it’s overmuch much than the GR III’s 2GB, but the GR IV is besides downsizing from full-size SD cards to microSD.

While determination isn’t a terms yet, Ricoh has confirmed the GR IV is expected to merchandise successful the autumn of 2025, with a variant featuring a Highlight Diffusion Filter (HDF) to travel “after wintertime 2025.” The announcement besides details that the GR III is scheduled to beryllium discontinued successful July, portion the GR IIIx continues “for the clip being.” 
The Ricoh GR cameras person carved retired a niche among thoroughfare photographers who worth their super-compact size and reasonably affordable prices compared to a Fujifilm X100 oregon Leica Q. As chill and amusive arsenic I thought the just-announced Fujifilm X Half mightiness be, the GR IV has instantly go my astir anticipated camera of 2025.