Ricoh is making a dedicated black and white camera

The archetypal authoritative look astatine the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome (pictured).

Ricoh is processing a caller summation to its GR compact integer camera bid that’s designed specifically for achromatic and achromatic photography. The GR IV Monochrome is expected to motorboat sometime successful Spring 2026, and speech from a caller monochrome CMOS sensor, it shares galore of the aforesaid halfway features arsenic the GR IV model that Ricoh released past month, specified arsenic the three-inch touchscreen LCD monitor, five-axis representation stabilization, and astir 53GB of built-in record storage.

Pricing for the GR IV Monochrome hasn’t been revealed yet, but fixed it’s based connected the $1,500 GR IV, it astir apt won’t travel cheap. This is Ricoh’s archetypal dedicated achromatic and achromatic photography camera, and volition diagnostic Image Control options specialized to “deliver the expressiveness and extent unsocial to monochromatic images,” according to the company’s announcement.

The nonstop specifications are taxable to change, but it’s presently expected to usage an autofocusing 28mm-equivalent f/2.8 lens and a 25.7-megapixel chip. It volition besides person a higher ISO scope than the GR IV — which is emblematic for monochrome sensors due to the fact that the deficiency of colour filter array makes them much delicate to airy — reaching 409,600 astatine its maximum setting.

The exterior plan of the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome besides looks visually akin to the GR IV. The astir notable quality is the GR logo located connected the bottom-right of the beforehand of the camera, which is achromatic connected the Monochrome, compared to the existent achromatic version.