Ricoh GR3 GRIII Crop mode explained - It's awesome!

[@karinjohnstone6690]

This was brilliant. Thanks. Yesterday I took some photos on my GR111x and somehow I managed to crop my image - so I thought I’d try and find out what happened on You Tube. Luckily I came across this perfect explanation. Thanks

[@edrencealfaro]

Very well explained! Thank you for this 🙏🏻

[@HerbsVintageTech]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching my video :)

[@luccianom]

Thank you for the explanation!! Will consider putting the crops in a function button also

[@svvancouver3307]

Thank you! Renews my interest in my GRIII. Looking to pair with GRIIIx too. Both for travel kit.

[@karinjohnstone6690]

The GR111x is a wonderful focal length. I really recommend it.

[@davidronan3764]

Thank you for the helpful video Herb!

[@observerstation]

I'm surprised that more people don't talk about this mode. I didn't realise that it was unique to Ricoh that it cropped the RAW file instead of a jpeg. Love this camera!

[@HerbsVintageTech]

It's not unique to Ricoh. Leica does it with the Q, I think. But it is definitely the best way a crop mode is implemented. The GR3 is fantastic!

[@DoKaTSuY]

Is there really a difference? Or just crop in lightroom later...

[@HerbsVintageTech]

@@DoKaTSuY There is no difference in image quality between the internal crop modes and during post in light room later if you shoot raw (DNG). I find the internal crop mode more convenient as I can compose in real time during the photoshoot and don't have to replicate it in post.

[@silviafernandezmoreno5256]

great explanation, thanks!

[@kaanpeker8284]

Thanks for the video. Does cropping to narrower lenses also process the image in such a way that it also gets the qualities of the cropped mm? Say will the 50mm crop have a flatter image than the 28mm, making it more suitable for portraits for example?

[@HerbsVintageTech]

No, it does not. The image will always be the same, the character of the lens will be unchanged.

[@ArtDecoArtNouveau]

It depends which processing software you use. For instance DXO photolab shows the cropped DNG file, while Affinity photo opens an uncropped DNG file.

[@HerbsVintageTech]

Good info. I have never worked with Affinity photo. I use Lightroom 5.7 and shows a cropped DNG file. I assume the new Lightroom versions do the same. I definitely prefer the cropped DNG file to work from.

[@rezzab]

I use the 50mm crop a lot, I know it’s only 7 megapixels, I have old images from my Olympus E1 and my old canon both only 5 megapixels, they look good and are perfectly printable.

[@jan-martinulvag1962]

Fuji XF10 crops and upscales in camera. Very nice

[@HerbsVintageTech]

Yes, just like the X100F did. The problem with upscaling in the camera is, that you always will end up with a jpg and you are locked in what the camera software can do. If the camera would turn out a cropped raw file, you can choose an external upscaler (like Gigapixel or similar) and those get better as time goes on.

[@vladimirkarphotography]

It is sad that Ricoh choosed to crop the raw files. They could have show the crop on the raw but keep the entire file.. As when using different ratios on some cameras..

[@HerbsVintageTech]

Apparently (as a commenter suggested), it depends on the raw developing software if you have the crop info in the raws or not. So the raws still contain all the information. So it looks like that would be great firmware update feature in the future: Let the photographer choose if the raw is cropped or not.

[@DoKaTSuY]

Can you do the same explanation with the GRIII X

[@HerbsVintageTech]

It is exactly the same on the GRIIIX. As I explained at the end of the video it's only the cropped focal lengths that change. You have a equivalent of 40mm to start with, 1st crop mode will be 50mm and the second 70mm.

[@sadsack1981]

This is an excellent overview. Thank you. In built crop vs 50/70mm lens. Won’t that just crop it too?