Ricoh GR Digital

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The GR Digital is a prosumer, fixed-lens (no zoom) digital camera made by Ricoh. It was first announced at Photokina 2004. It went on sale in Japan on 21 October 2005 at the price of ¥80,000. It was the first digital version follow-up to the popular 35mm GR-Series produced by Ricoh.

The main selling points of the GR Digital are the compact body, full manual controls, 28mm GR lens, and its excellent image quality. Some criticisms of the camera are its expensive (about 550 €) price, its slow processing rate (up to 12 seconds between RAW shots), and its lack of a standard viewfinder (an optional but expensive viewfinder may be bought separately).

The Ricoh GR Digital.

1 Specifications
2 List of Optional Accessories with Model Numbers
3 How to Check the Firmware Version:
4 1st Anniversary Limited Edition
5 External links

[edit] Specifications

Imaging device 1/1.8 primary color CCD with 8,130,000 effective pixels (total pixels: 8,300,000)

Lens Focal distance: f=5.9 mm (28 mm converted to 35mm format camera); Brightness (F): F 2.4 to F 11*1; Lens composition: 6 elements; 5 groups with 7 diaphragm blades

Digital zoom 4.0x

Shooting range About 0.3 meters to infinity from lens tip

Macro shooting range About 0.015 m to infinity from lens tip

Shutter Still: 180, 120, 60, 30, 15, 8, 4, 2, 1 - 1/2,000 seconds; Video: 1/30 - 1/2,000 seconds

Pixels Still: 3,264 x 2,448; 3,264 x 2,176; 2,592 x 1,944; 2,048 x 1,536; 1,280 x 960; 640 x 480; Video: 320 x 240; 160 x 120

Picture-quality modes F (Fine), N (Normal), RAW

ISO sensitivity AUTO, 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,600

Flash Auto, red-eye suppression, force flash, slow synchro, flash off, Throw distance: approximately 0.2 to 3 meters

Focus Autofocus, manual focus, snap, infinity (AF supplemental light also available)

Exposure adjustment TTL-CCD photometric system: multi (256 divisions)/ center focus photometry/ spot photometry

Exposure compensation Manual correction (+2.0 to -2.0 EV 1/3 EV steps) Auto bracket feature (-0.5 EV; ±0; +0.5 EV)

White balance Auto; Fixed: Daylight, Overcast, Tungsten Light, Fluorescent Light, Manual, Advanced; White balance bracket feature

Recording media SD memory card 32, 64, 128, 256, 512MB, 1GB at 3.3V; multimedia card; built-in memory (26 MB)

Recording modes Photo: Still, Continuous, S-Continuous, M-Continuous, Program shift, Aperture-Priority, Manual exposure; Scene: Text, Sound; Motion

Recording formats Still: Compressed - JPEG*9 (Exif version 2.21); Uncompressed - RAW(DNG) Text: TIFF (MMR format/ITU-T.6) Video: AVI (Open DML Motion JPEG format compliant) Audio: WAV (Exif ver. 2.21 μ law)

LCD monitor 2.5 inch low-noise polysilicon TFT LCD with about 210,000 pixels

A picture taken with a GR Digital

Self timer Operating time: 10 seconds or 2 seconds

Interval timer Shooting interval: 5 seconds to 3 hours (units of 5 seconds)

PC interface USB 2.0; Ricoh original mass storage selectable

Audio and Video interface Audio OUT/ Video OUT

Video signal format NTSC and PAL

Dimensions 107 x 25 x 58 mm (LxWxH); does not include protruding parts

Weight About 170 grams not including battery, SD memory card, and strap; Supplied parts: 30 grams (battery and strap)

Power 1 Rechargeable battery (DB-60); AC adapter (AC-4c option); 2 AAA alkaline dry-cell batteries; 2 AAA Oxyride dry-cell batteries; or 2 AAA nickel-hydrogen dry-cell batteries

Shooting capacity CIPA-standard compliant; When DB-60 used: about 250; When AAA alkaline dry-cell battery used: about 30

Temperature range for use 0°C to 40°C

[edit] List of Optional Accessories with Model Numbers

External Viewfinder GV-1

Wide-angle Conversion Lens GW-1

Hood & Adapter GH-1

AC Adapter AC-4c

Soft case GC-1

Neck strap GS-1

Cable switch CA-1

Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery DB-60

Battery Charger BJ-6

[edit] How to Check the Firmware Version:

1. Turn the mode dial to Movie Mode.

2. Press the down arrow button, the enlarged view button, and the playback button simultaneously until the firmware version information is displayed.

3. A table like the one below will be displayed on the monitor. The value next to CPU2 will indicate the current firmware version.

JC1: TYPEXX

CPU1: V X.XX

CPU2: V 1.00

MON: V X.XX

ADJ: V X.XX

EXT: V X.XX

SH: XXXXXX

ST: XXXXXX

Note: This screen will be displayed for about 20 seconds