Ricoh GR recipes

Ricoh Recipes App Update — Why this is important to you

Posted on by Ritchie Roesch

There’s a brand-new Ricoh Recipes App update, and I want to bring your attention to it because it is a foreshadowing of the next Fuji X Weekly App update. Specifically, Custom Recipes—a new feature for Ricoh Recipes, but not a new feature for Fuji X Weekly—is intuitive and integrated into Filtering, Favoriting, Random Recipes, and the Selected Recipe Widget. In other words, it’s much better in the Ricoh Recipes App than how it currently is in the Fuji X Weekly App. This is something I’ve been working on for a long time, and I cannot wait to incorporate the improvements into the Fuji X Weekly App soon. You’re going to love it!

I want to also bring your attention to the new Backup/Restore feature, which allows you to save a backup file of your Custom Recipes, Favorites, and Notes. You can restore that file later, and you can also send the file to another device and restore it there. If you want to ensure your inputs are not lost, if you want to share those with another device, or if you are upgrading to a new device, Backup/Restore is a great new tool. This will be coming to the Fuji X Weekly App soon, too. 

While the Ricoh Recipes App update does not directly affect most of you, it indirectly does, because these two significant improvements are coming to the Fuji X Weekly App in the near future. I’m very excited to incorporate these, because I think many of you will greatly appreciate them. I don’t have a specific timeline, but I’m hoping to get it out as soon as I can, perhaps in a month-ish, so definitely stay tuned!

New: Ricoh GR III / GR IIIx HDF

Posted on by Ritchie Roesch

For those of you with a Ricoh GR camera, a new version of the GR III and GR IIIx, called HDF (or, Highlight Diffusion Filter), was just announced. There’s not much different between the HDF model and the regular one other than the built-in ND filter has been replaced by a built-in diffusion filter. From the sample pictures produced by Ricoh, the effect of their “Highlight Diffusion Filter” is rather weird, and I think it is because they used ink. A CineBloom or Black Pro Mist would be much preferable, but attaching filters to the front of the camera requires an adapter which makes it not-pocketable; being able to slide the GR into my pants pocket is the main reason why I own one, so I don’t use filters with it personally.

I like the concept of the change. The built-in ND filter is nice to have available on a rare occasion, but, generally speaking, I use diffusion filters more often than ND, and having it built-in is pretty cool. Unfortunately, I don’t think the execution was all that impressive. I haven’t tried it personally, so I don’t have any first-hand experience, but just look at the sample pictures here (especially this one), and make of that what you will.

Ricoh GR III + Vibrant Nostalgia Recipe

Anyway, with the extreme success of the Fujifilm X100V and now X100VI coupled with the difficulty in actually getting one, Ricoh has seen a big boost in demand for the GR III/GR IIIx cameras, since they’ve been suggested as a top alternative. I think, if anything, it should encourage Fujifilm to make an X80, the long-overdue successor to the X70, which was Fujifilm’s closest competitor to the GR models. I really like my Ricoh GR III when I need something ultra-compact, but I definitely prefer Fujifilm overall. I believe that an X80 would be highly successful if Fujifilm was offering it right now.

Between the non-HDF and HDF versions of the Ricoh GR III/GR IIIx, my recommendation is the non-HDF, not only because the diffusion filter seems to produce odd effects sometimes, but also because the non-HDF version is a little cheaper. But, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; you might have an easier time finding the HDF model, as the regular version has been often out-of-stock, so finding one has been hit-or-miss. A camera like the Ricoh GR is excellent to have just because it can go anywhere with you without ever getting in the way. Is it my favorite camera? No, absolutely not; however, it is my favorite when an ultra-compact pocketable model is needed, as there isn’t really anything else comparable right now by any other camera maker.

See also:
Ritchie’s Ricoh Recipes
Ricoh GR III vs. Fujifilm X-E4 + Fujinon 18mm f/2

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Ricoh GR III: Amazon, B&H, Moment, Wex
Ricoh GR IIIx: Amazon, B&H, Moment, Wex
Ricoh GR III HDF: B&H, Wex
Ricoh GR IIIx HDF: B&H, Wex

New Ricoh GR III / GR IIIx Recipes!

Posted on by Ritchie Roesch

Ricoh GR III + Vibrant Nostalgia Recipe

For those of you with a Ricoh GR III or GR IIIx camera, I just published a new collection of Recipes over at Ritchie’s Ricoh Recipes, called The Analog Collection. There are six new Recipes, so if you have a GR III or GR IIIx, be sure to check it out now! Also, be sure to download the Ricoh Recipes App if you haven’t yet done so.

Since this is a Fujifilm blog, I don’t want to take up too much of your time with this, so if you are interested in learning more, simply click here. For the rest of you, I hope that you enjoy viewing the handful of example pictures in this short article.

Ricoh GR III + Positive Film Recipe
Ricoh GR III + Reggie’s Color Negative Recipe
Ricoh GR III + EktaColor Recipe
Ricoh GR III + Vibrant Nostalgia Recipe
Ricoh GR III + B&W Film Recipe
Ricoh GR III + Kodak Summer Recipe

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Ricoh GR III  Amazon  B&H  Moment
Ricoh GR IIIx  Amazon  B&H  Moment

New Ricoh GR III & GR IIIx Recipes!!

Posted on by Ritchie Roesch

Captured with a Ricoh GR III using the new “Classic Emulsion” Recipe.

I just published a new set of Ricoh GR III & GR IIIx Recipes: The Film Collection!

For those of you who (in addition to your Fujifilm X cameras) own a Ricoh GR III and/or GR IIIx, you now have five new Ricoh Recipes to choose from, and if you are a Ricoh Recipes App Patron, you have an additional Recipe available to you on the App. Be sure to check it out! If you haven’t updated the firmware of your GR III or GR IIIx recently, be sure to do so right away to get the new Negative Film Picture Control Effect.

Classic Emulsion

Positive Emulsion

Kodak Print

Film Look

Vintage Film

Nostalgic Print

See also: Ritchie’s Ricoh Recipes

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Ricoh GR III  Amazon  B&H  Moment
Ricoh GR IIIx  Amazon  B&H  Moment

New Recipes for Ricoh GR!

Posted on by Ritchie Roesch

Captured with the new Vibrant Teal recipe for Ricoh GR III

Ricoh GR owners rejoice! I just published a new Recipe Collection, called The California Negative Collection, for the Ricoh GR III and Ricoh GR IIIx cameras! Find it at Ritchie’s Ricoh Recipes, and on the Ricoh Recipes App!

Also, the Ricoh Recipes App received an update, which fixed some bugs and added the ability to search for recipes by name. If you have the App, be sure to update it manually if your phone didn’t do so automatically.

Have a Ricoh GR camera? Download the Ricoh Recipes App today!

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Ricoh GR III — Amazon — B&H
Ricoh GR IIIx — Amazon — B&H

Introducing: Ritchie’s Ricoh Recipes!

Posted on by Ritchie Roesch

I’m very exciting to announce a new project that I’ve been secretly working on for the last several months: Ritchie’s Ricoh Recipes! This is similar to Fuji X Weekly film simulation recipes, except for Ricoh GR cameras. Obviously, Ricoh and Fujifilm cameras are much different, so the recipes are much different, too; however, I’m very pleased with how these turned out. If you own a Ricoh GR, GR II, or GR III camera, you’ll want to check it out!

Why Ricoh GR? I often get requests to make recipes for other camera brands, but the top asked-for brand is Ricoh. At first this might seem strange, since Canon, Sony, and Nikon (and probably a few other brands, too) are much more popular than Ricoh, but there are three factors that make this seemingly unlikely camera a popular request. First, a surprisingly large number of Fujifilm photographers also own a Ricoh GR camera. Why? Because Fujifilm and Ricoh are both popular options for street, travel, and documentary photography, and Fujifilm doesn’t offer a great alternative to the GR (the X70 has long been discontinued, and the XF10 was a little underwhelming). Second, Ricoh GR photographers are more open to using straight-out-of-camera JPEGs due to the camera’s film heritage and the film-like experience of shooting JPEGs. Third, Ricoh has included many useful and creative JPEG options on the GR cameras—it’s easier to create recipes that you’d actually want to use than with some other brands.

I don’t know the percentage of Fujifilm photographers who also use a Ricoh GR, but it has to be a fairly significant number based on the requests that I’ve received. Many of the messages are to the effect of, “I love using your recipes on my X-Pro2, and I’d really like to do something similar on my Ricoh GR III.” While this project is for a different camera brand, I’m hoping that it is largely for the benefit of the Fujifilm community. I believe that many in this audience will find it a useful resource.

Ricoh Recipes are different than my Fujifilm Recipes, not only in how they look but in how they’re organized. Choose either GR/GR II or GR III. Within each camera category are four recipe Collections. Within each Collection are five recipes. In other words, there are 40 recipes, 20 for the GR/GR II and 20 for the GR III.

A Ricoh Recipes App (similar to the Fuji X Weekly App) is in the works for both iOS and Android, and should be available before the end of the month. With any luck, it could be available as early as the middle of September. On the app, for Ricoh Recipe Patrons, will be eight bonus recipes (one for each Collection). Be sure to check out Ritchie’s Ricoh Recipes Blog. Follow me on Instagram, too! Please be patient with the website (and app), as it is all still very much a work-in-progress, and far from finished.

I’ve been trying really hard to prevent this new project from interfering with Fuji X Weekly. I have a whole bunch of upcoming things for this website, which I think you’ll appreciate. There are many film simulation recipes in the works. If you don’t own a Ricoh GR camera, don’t worry, there’s a lot of great things happening for Fujifilm, so stay tuned. If you do own a Ricoh GR camera, I hope that you enjoy trying these new recipes for your camera!