Ricoh GR III for Street Photography

Is the Ricoh GR III good for Street Photography?

$896.95

Ricoh GR III Street Photography Score

EXCELLENT

Ricoh GR III has a score of 85 for Street Photography which makes it an EXCELLENT candidate for this type of photography. It will satisfy all your need in Street Photography, no need to look further for other cameras.
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Ricoh GR III Street Photography Detailed Analysis

Manual Focus Mode

You can use the manual focus mode of your camera to Zone Focus which is a popular technique used in street photography.

Live-view

Live view lets you take photos without using the viewfinder which makes you less obstrusive and this works very well during street photography where you don't want to get people's attention.

Face-Detection Focusing

Face detection focusing mode is very helpful in the street scenes where you focus on a face, since you can concentrate on framing and other adjustments while the camera handles the focus for you.

Image Stabilization

Image stabilization reduces the effects of camera shake at long exposures and long focal lengths in street photography thus ensuring sharper photos.

Fast Lens at Wide: f2.80

Wideangle is used more common then the tele angle in street photography. A larger aperture will give you extra shutter speed without boosting the ISO in order to reduce blur in low light conditions which is a common scene in street photography.

28 mm - Good Wide Angle Coverage

Having a good wide angle coverage becomes very important in street photography.

RAW shooting capability

RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

Small Body

Small body of Ricoh GR III will get less attention from the people in streets and give you an amateur look, which is indeed an advantage for street photography.

Large APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) sensor

Large sensor in Ricoh GR III ensures a good low light image quality compared to smaller sensor, and it also provide shallow depth of field and a nice blurry background when needed.

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Panasonic LX10 Compare GR III vs LX10	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-72 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #188 Rank in Compact Cameras: #15
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Leica Q2

Leica Q

Canon G5 X

Canon G1 X III

Panasonic LX10