 Ricoh GR Digital IV (top) and GR Digital (bottom); on both cameras, the trim ring bezel has been removed, exposing the bayonet mount for optional lens adaptors. The optional GV-1 optical viewfinder is visible on the right. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Maker | Ricoh |
| Type | Fixed focal length-lens digital compact |
| Released | 2005–2021 |
| Lens | |
| Lens mount | Fixed |
| Lens | 28 mm or 40 mm (equivalent) |
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| Sensor/medium | |
| Sensor type | CCD, CMOS |
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| Focusing | |
| Focus | auto, manual |
The Ricoh GR is a series of point-and-shoot, or compact, digital cameras made by Ricoh. The GR name was previously used for Ricoh's GR series of film cameras. Like the GR film cameras and Fujifilm X70, the GR digital cameras use metal bodies fitted with bright, permanently-attached prime lenses. In general, the GR digital cameras follow the precedent set by the original GR1 (1996) with lenses that provide a field of view equivalent to a 28 mm wide angle lens on a 35mm film camera.
Specific models include the GR Digital (2005), GR Digital II (2008), GR Digital III (2009), and GR Digital IV (2011), which share similar (small) sensor sizes and lenses; these were followed in 2013 by the GR, which dropped the "Digital" portion of the name and moved to a larger APS-C sensor. Since its release, the GR has been updated as the GR II (2015), GR III (2018), and GR IIIx (2021), which changed the equivalent focal length to 40 mm for the first time.