Ricoh GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC for Sports Photography

Is the Ricoh GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC good for Sports Photography?

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Ricoh GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC Sports Photography Score

GOOD

Ricoh GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC has a score of 60 for Sports Photography which makes it a GOOD candidate for this type of photography. Ricoh GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC will satisfy most of your needs, but if you are looking for a camera that is even better suited to Sports Photography, we recommend you to check the Alternative cameras at the bottom of this page.
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Ricoh GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC Sports Photography Detailed Analysis

Manual Exposure Mode

Even though modern digital cameras features advanced algorithms to calculate the right exposure, they still may fail some difficult conditions. Manual exposure mode in these conditions helps a lot in order to achieve correct and consistent exposure.

Manual Focus Mode

Compact cameras are not great at focusing moving objects especially at low light and your camera may not even fire bacause of not locking the focus, so manual focus mode is very useful at these times.

External Flash Shoe

When shooting indoor sports or outdoor sports at low light, an external flash may become very helpful.

Image Stabilization

Image stabilization reduces the effects of camera shake at long focal lengths thus ensuring sharper photos during sports photography.

300 mm Tele Lens

300 mm reach lens will be adequate in most sports events.

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.

Average Continuous Shooting: 5.0fps

In the world of sports photography, faster is always better.

Average Max shutter speed: 1/2000s

Ricoh GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC's max shutter speed of 1/2000s is not the best in class but it will be enough to freeze the moment. A potential problem may be when you use a fast aperture at very strong light, your camera may overexpose because of slow max shutter speed

Average Ergonomics&Handling

although not as good as a DSLR body, Ricoh GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC is good enough for most conditions.

Environmental Sealings

Most outdoor sports games are held in all-weather, so your camera has to be ready for difficult conditions such as rain and snow. Exposure to dust and water splashes are also very common in sports.

Focus Points

In sports photography , you keep continuous autofocus (AFC) mode on for tracking the subject and more focus means better tracking.

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Ricoh GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC Alternatives in Rangefinder-style mirrorless cameras for Sports Photography

Nikon 1 V3 Compare GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC vs 1 V3	18 MP \| 1-inch CMOS Sensor Nikon 1 Mount	Rank in All Cameras: #150 Rank in Mirrorless Cameras: #86
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 91 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Sony A7c Compare GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC vs A7c	24 MP \| Full frame BSI-CMOS Sensor Sony E Mount	Rank in All Cameras: #28 Rank in Mirrorless Cameras: #25
	Imaging Features Value for Money 92 Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street 100 Sports Daily 96 Landscape

Fujifilm GFX 50R Compare GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC vs GFX 50R	51 MP \| Medium format CMOS Sensor Fujifilm G Mount	Rank in All Cameras: #7 Rank in Mirrorless Cameras: #7
	Imaging 100 Features Value for Money 95 Portability Overall Score 94	Portrait Street Sports Daily 100 Landscape

Sony A6600 Compare GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC vs A6600	24 MP \| APS-C CMOS Sensor Sony E Mount	Rank in All Cameras: #55 Rank in Mirrorless Cameras: #37
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street 90 Sports Daily Landscape

Nikon 1 AW1 Compare GXR P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC vs 1 AW1	14 MP \| 1-inch CMOS Sensor Nikon 1 Mount	Rank in All Cameras: #293 Rank in Mirrorless Cameras: #126
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 91 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Nikon 1 V3

Sony A7c

Fujifilm GFX 50R

Sony A6600

Nikon 1 AW1