Ricoh GR Digital

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Ricoh GR Digital
Ricoh GR Digital
Type	Point-and-shoot
Sensor	1/1.8″ CCD (8.1 Megapixels)
Maximum resolution	3264 × 2448
Lens type	28 mm f/2.4
Shutter speed range	180–1/2000 s
Exposure Metering	256 multi-point, Spot, Center-weighted
Viewfinder	External via hotshoe
ASA/ISO range	64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 (not available in RAW mode)
Rear LCD monitor	2.5″ TFT LCD, 210,000 pixels
Storage	SD card, 26 MB internal memory
Battery	1× rechargeable D-60 battery or 2× AAA batteries
Dimensions	107 × 25 × 58 mm
Weight	200 g (with batteries and strap)

The Ricoh GR Digital is a compact digital camera. Its distinguishing feature is its fixed focal length lens (non-zoom). First announced at Photokina 2004, it went on sale in Japan on 21 October 2005 at the price of ¥80,000. The GR Digital is Ricoh's digital successor to their popular 35 mm GR series film cameras. The Ricoh GR Digital was succeeded by the Ricoh GR Digital II.

1 Features
2 Criticisms
3 Specifications
4 List of Optional Accessories with Model Numbers
5 1st Anniversary Limited Edition
6 External links

[edit] Features

28 mm (expressed as 35 mm equivalent) f2.4 GR lens
8-megapixel CCD
Full manual controls: (front aperture dial, rear shutter speed dial)
Compact, magnesium body
Hotshoe for accessories

[edit] Criticisms

Noise: its small CCD leads to increased noise
Slow processing rate: (up to 12s (8s with updated firmware) seconds between RAW shots)
Price
No built-in optical viewfinder: (an external optical viewfinder is sold as an accessory)

[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); Aperture (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 × 2,448; 3,264 × 2,176; 2,592 × 1,944; 2,048 × 1,536; 1,280 × 960; 640 × 480; Video: 320 × 240; 160 × 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