Blue Lights

GRD IV, f2.8, 1/60, ISO 3200, RAW

Hello

GRD IV, f4.5, 1/500, ISO 80, RAW

Took this while out for a walk ion the morning, I liked the light and the blue in the sign and handles.

Tree

It's been a mixed day with a lot of rain in the morning and evening but in between the sun came out and made it quite nice.

I made use of the sunshine and went for a walk around and took some photos with the GRD IV this time. The GRD IV is a great camera and the most advanced GRD, it is a shame though that it pales when compared with the unique GRD I images or the way superior GR quality. It is a very capable camera on it's own but when it comes to the GR series nothing beats the GR and GRD I.

Flower

GRD IV, f4.0, 1/400, ISO 80, RAW

The GR did not arrive yet so I took the GRD IV out again and took a picture which won't be possible with the GR, at least not like this.

Boat on the River

GRD IV, f4.5, 1/320, ISO 80, RAW

I should hopefully receive my GR tomorrow or in the coming days so I thought I take the GRD IV for a spin to get a better feel for the differences GR once it's there.

Took this picture after leaving the cinema, the sun came out and it ended up being a nice eve ing despite the morning having been a bit overcast.

Mother and Daughter

GRD IV, f1.9, 1/125, ISO 209, RAW

Took this while out for a walk around Greenwich, had again the GRD IV with me due to the small size and weight but also because the GRD I does not work with the Eye-Fi card.

Liked how they sat in front of the Window and were reading the leaflets, made for a nice calm picture.

Hopefully I can get my hands on a GR soon to try it out as the size would be perfect and of course the image quality will be way superior.

Transparent

GRD IV, f2.5, 1/125, ISO 80, RAW

Took this while having coffee at the Excel Center, had the GRD IV with me due to the small size and because it fits in a pocket without problems. Sometimes it's nice to be able to travel light and for this reason the GRDs are still great so can't wait to try the new GR.

Candy

GRD IV, f2.8, 1/160, ISO 80, RAW

Took this during a walk around Greenwich. After the bad weather in the past week, today has been very nice and sunny so people were out and about.

Anchor

GRD IV, f1.9, 1/20, ISO 3200, RAW 

Took this after having dinner and drinks at the Cutty Sark pub today.

Used the Eye-fi card to get the JPG and DNG files across to the Nexus 4 right after taking the picture and then processed the DNG using Photo Mate. Posted this at home from the Nexus 4 with the Chrome browser.
This whole work flow is great and I start to prefer it to using Windows. First, Photo Mate starts to become my favourite RAW developer and SwiftKey is so much better than even a physical keyboard that I find it difficult to type without it.

Spire

GRD IV, f5.6, 1/640, ISO 80, RAW

As you can see from my pictures I have spent quite some time at the O2 recently but having time and a cinema card means I have been around there a few times.

Took the GRD IV with me to test my new Eye-Fi SD card and see how well it woks, I used it yesterday in the GXR but since the GRD IV has built in support I wanted to see if there is any difference. So far it's great, mostly for the ability to finally have some (more or less accurate) geo-tagging in my pictures since it's something Ricoh has not implemented in any of their cameras. While it works fine in JPGs, DNGs don't have the data embedded so any RAW conversion loses the data but I guess it's better than nothing.

Devil's Dyke Walk

Met with Tom in Brighton and drove to Devil's Dyke to do some hiking after lunch. The weather was mixed and we had some rain but it was a good day out nonetheless.
I decided to take my GR1 with me and shoot some film but film is not reliable enough so I needed a proper digital camera along so took the GRD IV with me.

This is a series from the walk, since it will be months till I get to see the film pictures these are the picture I took with the GRD IV and some with Tom's GXR and Leica Sumicron 50mm and my own Heliar 12mm.

2 @ Canary

GRD IV, f3.5, 1/320, ISO 80, JPG

Took this during a walk at Canary Wharf today. Decided to take the GRD IV along to travel lighter but still have the Surface with me to trial it in the field.

Rain at Farringdon

GRD IV, f2.2, 1/125, ISO 84, RAW

Took this during a wet lunch break, after a few reasonably nice days the rain has returned. I took quite a few pictures with the GRD IV but it does not seem to work as well for me as most of my shots were out of focus, definitely not as easy to use as the GRD I.
I think unless the GRD V (or just GR according to rumours) is more than just a smaller version of the GXR A12 f2.5 28mm that there won't necessary be more GRDs for me, I want to see Ricoh go back to the basics of the GR1 and GRD I.

Down the Escalator

GRD IV, f1.9, 1/125, ISO 1600, RAW

Just a quick picture on my way to Canary Wharf, I took the GRD IV with me due to the size and weight but did not take all that many pictures with it.

Waiting

GRD IV, f1.9, 1/125, ISO 703, RAW

Nothing really beats the GRD form factor when it comes to portability and handling, shame none of the later GRDs have managed to get close to the image character and quality of the GRD I.
This year will see the new GRD V being released and looking at the competition Ricoh really needs to do something special to even stand a chance against the other serious compact cameras. In my view it either has to go all the way like Sony and put a FF sensor in there, APS has been done already with the GXR A12 28mm module and Nikon has beat them to a smaller form factor, or even better would be to make a fully b&w GRD V with a large sensor.
Ricoh have started the whole serious compact fixed lens compact market but are now trailing way behind so it's time they get back to the front and show others how innovative they can be.

Light Up

GRD IV, f2.8, 1/125, ISO 800, RAW

Been a dull and grey day so did not do much or take many pictures, took this one when going for a walk to get a pint.

Gong Xi Fa Cai

GRD IV, f1.9, 1/125, ISO 295, RAW

Gong Xi Fa Cai to everybody and a happy year of the snake!
Hope you had a great day.

Empty Bench

GXR A12-M, f1.9, 1/50, ISO 3200, RAW

Not the most exciting picture but I quite like pictures of empty benches in the evening, there is a certain feeling of loneliness and abandonment about it.

A Pint with a View

GRD IV, f1.9, 1/20, ISO 3200, RAW

Been a quiet day and only took two pictures while having a drink at the Yacht pub in Greenwich.

Grey and Blue

GRD IV, f1.9, 1/125, ISO 175, RAW

Took this during lunch on the first proper day of snow in London. Surprising there were no problems with the transport this time or they were not as bad as in past years.