Ricoh GR III Street Photography Setup and Full Menu Settings Guide
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- A breakdown and description of the Ricoh GR III Menu and Camera Function Buttons for Street Photography. All features I need to use the Ricoh GR III are discussed in this video.
Learn how to use the Ricoh GR III with this tutorial on how to set up and use the function buttons on the camera, and a complete overview of the menu settings, including Snap Focus, and all Custom menu items.
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This video is just incredible! Thank you so much for all your time you took to do this, it was really really helpful at least for me! Thank you again!
Thanks so much. Yes, took a while, but it's helped a lot of people, so that certainly makes it well worth it! Glad it helped you as well!
great video Jason! I use the DISP off to save battery between shots so I'm not turning the camera off and on... just toggle display off and back on to shoot.
That certainly works! Thanks for the compliment Rob! Enjoy!
Thanks for making this video 👍. New camera here. Just figuring it all out.
Glad I could help!
Quick Tip: Recenter the focus point by double tapping the screen!
Ah! Didn't catch that one! Thanks for adding it in Justin!
DozierGraphic I found that by accident a few months ago. I don’t think it’s listed anywhere I have seen. Really enjoying your videos and podcast too!
Thanks for the great explanation of everything. One helpful thing would have been to have a tad bit more lighting on the button area of the camera. I was having a hard time seeing which buttons you were pushing. I’m new with this camera so the names of the buttons as you called them out were not familiar enough yet. I will catch you next time because your video is very helpful.
Thanks for the feedback Richard. Unfortunately I'm still an amateur when it comes to the video production side of things, hopefully one day I'll catch up on better lighting and techniques.
I get where U R coming from, thanks for the reply. Just watched your LRoom video so now I’m going to order the subscription.
Wow thanks better than the manual
Happy to help! I find manuals difficult to follow most of the time lol
thank you ！Your explanation was very helpful to me
That makes it all worth the effort Kento! Glad it was of use, and always good to know it helps!
thank you sir: my screen was black. you fixed it
lol freaks you out doesn't it!!
Thanks. Finally a clear explanation of how the ISO button on the dial works. Basically it changes the FN button to a toggle, to toggle between auto and manual iso. I 've been confused by this for some reason. I realize there is a prompt on the screen to use the Fn button, but for some reason I've never twigged to it.
There are so many great features in this camera that it is a bit of a learning curve to really dig in and customize the way you want. But of course, P mode is always acceptable lol! Thanks for chiming in Jon!
Great Tutorial! Thanks a lot.
Glad it was helpful! And thanks for watching!
I've watched your amazing video about Ricoh GR III full setup and I'm not sure how to add recipes to a Ricoh GRIII camera. do you have any video to see that?
sorry I don't. I'm sure there are others out there though. Thanks for asking!
Thanks for this!
You're very welcome Richard! Thanks for watching and commenting!
shutter button confirmation setting is for completing the setting when pressed half way, not for the sound, check manual.
Thanks - I'll check that.
@@DozierGraphic This is the other thing I was looking for an explanation for...the menu and manual do not clearly explain this setting.
@@SpaghettiPaparazzi Thanks for pointing all that out. I'll check into that and see what I come up with in the next day or so. Thanks again!
@@DozierGraphic I have had my GR3 for a year but haven't used it in a while and was reminded of how customizable it is when I began to relearn the menu settings. All the vids I watched have skipped over this setting and just left it off, which is what I will do too since I can not see any change either on or off.
Have you tried the newer "Snap Distance Priority" and if so, do you like it at all?
I haven't Ryan. I'm currently working with the GRi to get an idea of the differences between the generations.
A little late, but I hope you changed your copyright info. Photography is spelled incorrectly. Very interesting and informative video. Thanks.
I must have changed it to jasondozier.com - but I'll have to go back and watch that to see it lol thanks for pointing out Dave!
I missed the part of how you set the dial to 35 and 50mm
It's in there - no idea where but just go to button function settings and set on of them to allow you to change between 28, 35 and 50mm - fairly easy to do. Thanks!
thank you so much for the great video! it is so helpful! One small problem for me...On the 5 settings I can t find the first one ...the Touch AF...something wrong with my camera?
When you hit MENU, then C (custom), then ADJ Mode Setting, then Setting 1 (or whichever slot you want fill), then (and this seems to be where you're having your problem) the TOUCH AF is all the way at the end, second to last choice, right above Outdoor View Setting. Please let me know if this helps Thalia!
@@DozierGraphic Thank u so much for your immediate response! You definitely solved my problem. Kind regards! Thalia
This is an amazing video. Thank you so much! One question, I have set the default to be snap, but I can't see the option to change the depth of field on the display. Do you know how I might get that on?
I can't really recall Yusuf, I'm sure there is a preview, but my only suggestion would be google the hell out of it and see what you come up with. Sorry to be of no help on that.
Great videos Jason. Thanks for making this video, i just have a question that after you saved all your recipes, say all 6 boxes so how do you access them?
You have to set three of them on the top user button, and access the other three via the menu. I never use more than three so they are always just on the dial.
@@DozierGraphic thank you so muchhhh
What a great helpful video. You should be paid as an ambassador from Ricoh because this video is the best I’ve seen. Thank you so much for doing this. 👏👏👏
Thanks so much for the sentiment Jess, but I don't see that in my future anytime soon lol. I do this to help folks like you who just need a simple, understandable 'roadmap' on how to use this camera. Their ambassadors are very knowledgeable and excellent photographers. I'm just trying to show how a 'simple' person can have fun with this camera lol
Regarding retrieving information from an image, the truth is the opposite of what you have said. If you shoot in raw, you can regain more detail on an over exposed image than an under exposed one.
But once you blowout a white/light beyond it's limit (and there is a limit) it's not retrievable.
Excellent many thanks.
38:17 Copyright Holder - there's a typo!
lol wondered if anyone was going to catch that!
I hit the macro, all I got was fuzzy images. Camera couldn’t focus at all
of course you have to be within a couple inches or almost right on the lens. I don't do macro, not a big fan of it, so wouldn't be much help, but assume there should be a video or two out there specializing in the macro settings, etc. Hope that helps!
Thanks!
Very welcome! Hope it was helpful!
Thanks for the tutorial followed along with my GR3. Can you do a editing one soon ? I haven't got LR I use Affinity but thinking of getting it.
Yes Simon I will be doing a Lightroom tutorial, and Luminosity as well. I will also have a purchase links for them. I hope this one was helpful for you!
Lightroom Editing video being posted later this afternoon Simon! Hope it helps!
Thank you so much for sharing this info. I recently purchased one of these great cameras and was having difficulty even using the manual. Your explanations are easy to follow and given clearly and at a pace that’s easy to follow. Thanks again!
Thanks Timothy, it's kind of primitive but glad it was of help! Happy shooting!
hello i have just purchased second hand and wish to clear all the previous settings back to its original how do i do this thankyou
hope you figured out how to do this. But in general, there isn't a button that completely resets everything, unfortunately. There is a reset button, but you have to manually change things like copyright.
More in-depth info on manual focus would be helpful for us trying to do more MF.
I will dig into that Hot 88s. I wouldnt use it very often w this camera because it would be difficult for me w no viewfinder, but I can certainly explain how it works on this camera. Ill put that together. Thanks for suggesting
Hi Jason. Not sure if you are aware but there is no sound on this video :-(
For me the audio only comes through one speaker on this video
that's strange! It's possible my record setting was left-speaker only, should have been mono, but there's definitely sound there.
Not my end lol. I have watched all your POV videos, one after another since I found you, but for some reason this is the only one that has no sound on my PC. Weird. But all is not lost, It plays perfectly on my Galaxy phone so will watch it on there ;-)
Great videos BTW and you certainly deserve more likes than you are getting. Can only assume that you are 'yet to be discovered' lol because your content is superb. Have no doubt that will change dramatically over time ;-)
@@johnnymoThai I really appreciate you pointing that out Johnny. I went to a new audio recorder and am pretty sure it recorded left-channel only, instead of mono/stereo, and it's very irritating that it would be this video that I experimented with! lol But that tells me what I need to do on the next one - very appreciated sir!
38:18 photograghy :) Thanks for the setup tutorial. I've had my GRIII for about 3 weeks. I think you may have missed the crop mapping to your wheel drive button? I'm going to read some comments and see.
No, the wheel will fail you soon. Don't even mess with it. The more you use it, the quicker it will stop working. It's a cheap piece of crap plastic that Ricoh KNOWS is crap, but they continue to use it, and charge to fix THEIR bad engineering. The only thing that is required with the wheel is manual focus, everything else can be done with other buttons, which defeats the purpose of having the wheel, but they apparently don't care and want to charge the fee to fix it afterwards. So again, if you rely on that wheel, it will fail you eventually. But I do appreciate the input my friend! Thanks so much for the contribution Roy!
@@DozierGraphic found the crop mapping...sort of hidden because it's w/in the fn button mapping. See the issue there? I passed up that because I already mapped fn to snap focus like you, just forgot or didn't realize there are two other mappings there as well. Oh, what about EV comp in other modes other than manual? Can I avoid the wheel for EV comp say in Tv or Av? Thank you.
Helpful for my future purchase of the GR III 😁
That's awesome Wannabe! Please be sure to use the purchase links from my video descriptions if you choose to buy any of the items, including the camera, that I feature. It does help the channel and is very appreciated if possible! Thanks for watching!
Just bought the Ricoh and discovering the settings. If I saved settings in U1, how can I make small changes which will be applied to the U1?
you just have to save each time you make an adjustment. Keep playing with it and you'll figure it out. Familiarity often helps in those micro adjustments! enjoy
Why put Snap on the Fn button instead of using the Full Press option - interested to hear your rationale for that?
Hey Stewart, thanks for watching the video, and I appreciate the question! I don't like the Full Press option. It doesn't seem to 'full press' for me. I feel like I don't know if it's still using auto-focus or hitting on full snap. So by using Fn I'm guaranteed there's no fail. All of my videos are shot that way, and never had to worry about it. I'm sure the Full Press option is fine, just doesn't appeal to me.
Excellent video. Just bought the camera today and followed through with all your suggestions. This camera is a little gem and image quality is excellent. Thank you for your incisive input. 👍
Great to hear! Don't get too attached to the crappy plastic wheel on the back, but overall, it's one of the funnest cameras I've owned! And for street there is absolutely no better! Enjoy my friend!
getting close to pulling the trigger on the GR III. I'm lovin my g9 however I miss alot of shots due to it not always being with me.
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Horizon correction automatically corrects an UN level horizon, up to about 1-1.5 degrees. It does not turn on the level mechanism.
*assuming your firmware is up to date.
Thanks Dwayne, I'll check further into that!
I've watched many videos, this one is the best. Thank you.
That's awesome! So glad to hear that! Thank you!
Hi Jason, wonder if you can review about autofocus speed in low light condition with 1.41 firmware. Because i heard that griii has problem with af speed in low light. Tq
I never really use the autofocus with the Ricoh - but I can say when I have shots that are almost black due to being in shadows, they pop up very brightly when pulled up in Lightroom. Not a lot of noise. I'll make a very short video on a few of the shots that were like this so you can see what I'm talking about. This camera is top notch regarding low light quality.
I shoot mine in manual and program mode. Is there wrong with program mode?
Not at all gerald. I just don't ever shoot in program mode, or aperture priority, etc - I like to set the shutter speed so I can control possible blur, and I like to control the aperture for depth of field, so I use that, along with Auto ISO, so there is room for adjustment, without changing the shutter or aperture. I've just always preferred manual mode if possible to have more control. Thanks for the commenting!
Thanks for the reply. The most important thing to me is the SS. @@DozierGraphic
Fantastic guide you filmed, thank you very much! I have just bought this little beast and am figuring out how to better use it. Your movie was very, very helpful. I watched it before looking through the manual because I thought it would be faster this way and I was right. I am not a complete newbie but I have never owned neither Ricoh nor Pentax. Olympus, Nikon, Samsung and now Fuji for quite a long time. I had a Fuji X70 before which is a bit similar, but is not as pocketable as Ricoh. While configuring my new Ricoh with your precious help I realised an interesting fact: when you change your crop settings (to 35 or 50 mm) and you turn off the camera, it stays this way, it doesn't come back to 28 mm. One has to keep it in mind. Would be nice if it was possible to change this type of behaviour in the settings too. Thanks again for your wonderful job!
Answered in the 'Shame on you Ricoh' video. Thanks for the question!
Absolutely awesome ❤️❤️Just loved it.. Now I'm confident to operate my GR 3
That's great! Hope the video helped!
Thanks for the video.
It is impossible for me to rename pre-set menus:
Any knows how to do it??
Other than what I have in the video I'm not sure my friend. Thanks for watching, hopefully you'll get this figured out!
21:18 was hoping for an explanation on the Program Line setting but skipped straight past :)
I could only comment on the items I've used, and since I never use Program mode it's not something I could give exact info on. You'll notice quite a few items I skipped but mainly was looking at items that are necessary for street photography exclusively. Program mode is not the best mode for street. But I assume you could google and get more direct info on that from people wiser than me. Sorry it didn't answer your question, but hopefully you'll get that answered. Thanks!
Is it possible to change the ISO with the scroller without first hitting the shortcuts for ISO ? As u would have at any other cameras. I used that om my Sony A7 III. I just turn the round wheel and I was automatically on ISO. Is it possible ? Or do you have to have a shortcut first for ISO and then rotate the wheel ?
You can certainly use the ISO shortcut as factory preset by pushing the left arrow on the dial on back of the camera. Couldn't be easier! Hope that helps. Where are you viewing from?
@@DozierGraphic I've changed to EV now by having the ISO on auto. Feels almost as the same thing 😎 I'm from Norway. Just bought me this camera and I'm ready to go out. I'm noticing I miss alot of pictures that are off focus. I came from A73 and the autofocus was awesome. Here if it's just a little bit dark the focus just can't seem to find the target. So I've still trying to learn this snapfocus and distance . Because you don't have alot of room to play with if your F stop isn't high and to predict where the focus will be. But it's fun little camera. Amazing pictures 😍
I enjoyed watching your battery run down as you did the video, lol. The thing eats batteries. I think you can capture the menu screen of the camera by connecting a usbc cable but I am not sure how its done. Right now as a beginner I am shooting in P mode and tweeking settings as I go because THERE IS SO MUCH STUFF ITS AMAZING!
Thanks Owen! Yes, a Type C cable out of the camera to an HDMI cable will allow you to hook the camera up to a computer, and even broadcast via OBS, etc, but my problem was I needed to be able to show my thumbs/fingers on the back of the camera, so I chose to just use the good old fashioned cell phone for video. I hope the video helps, but there certainly nothing wrong with using the camera in Program mode and adjusting as you go. I did that in the abandoned school video, and maybe the small town video (not sure on that one). But when in doubt, the bottom line is to get the shot, not worry about manual or program! You'll love using this camera! Thanks again!
@@DozierGraphic ah yes, that would be a consideration. well whats done is done.
@@owensoft and yes, the battery went quickly lol
Thanks so much for this! Just a heads up, if you listen with headphones, audio only comes out of the left headphone. Didn't bother me because this was instructional, but thought you may want to know anyway.
yep, it was a new software program I was using to record, and turns out I was only seeing the left channel when I thought I was in mono. Can't change it after it's posted - but lesson learned on that one! lol Thanks Alex! I hope the video helps!
This was an excellent video explaining the features of the camera alongside your perspective on when to use them and how they interact. Thank you.
You're very welcome Jonathon! Glad I could be of help!
This was very helpful, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Extremely helpful, sir.Really appreciate your video.
Glad it was helpful Jacob! Enjoy that camera!
Отличное руководство. Спасибо!
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Thank you very much!
Very welcome my friend! Glad I could be of help!
Tnx you ! Learned some new settings :-)
Thanks for watching and the comment Ronald! I'm glad you were able to pick up some settings out of it!
Great, informative video. Just a question. With the 3 user presets on the dial, how do you /find/select presets 4,5 & 6 for shooting after you’ve set them up?
It's not difficult, but it is difficult to explain lol Just to try to figure it out, what I would do is make 6 generic presets (that you'll change or not even use later) label them edit 1, edit 2, etc until you have six. You'll see after you create your first one, it will automatically be at the top, and want to be in U1 preset. Once you get to the fourth preset, it will just put it in the fourth slot, but won't be on the U1 U2 or U3 preset of course. But once you get the fourth one saved, or created, it allows you to choose if you want to slot it in the U1, U2, or U3 preset. If you put it on U1, it SHOULD (if I remember correctly) move the U1 preset down to number four, and put the fourth preset in the U1 slot. Play around and let me know if you still have issues. I can make a quick video of just a few minutes if you still have trouble Andy. Please let me know. Thanks!
@@DozierGraphic Thanks Jason, I’ll have a play around and see where I get.
Thanks Jason
Very welcome Marcel! Thanks for watching my friend!
Is there a burst mode on this camera
Continuous mode - 4.3 fps - I never use it. I like the old fashioned push of the shutter button for each photo. Typically I'll shoot 2-3 photos of each person that passes by (usually just two). Burst/continuous seems like cheating to me for street photography - like using a net for fishing instead of one hook, one fish at a time.
you have SR auto off ON
Is that a question or statement? Did you spot something I did wrong? If so please elaborate. Thanks!
@@DozierGraphic yes, you have it set to on not off. It is an SR auto-disable(off) setting. If it were off it would have a strike-through over the icon "/"
i don't know what situation you would need to auto-disable your SR... that is one of the reasons I watched.
perhaps if it was on a tripod or gimbal?
@@SpaghettiPaparazzi All the "SR Auto Off" function does is automatically disable SR when you enable the shutter timer (of any length).
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Excellent! Thanks Paul! Hope you'll enjoy!
How do you get the grid showed up on the screen? I can't see it on mine
Menu; C (custom); scroll down to Shooting Info. Display; put check marks under all three columns in the Grid Guide row. That should make the grid show up. You can change which grid you want by going to Menu; C; and scroll down to Grid Style; choose between 3 and 4. hope that helps!
@@DozierGraphic Thanks for the help. I got it showed up at last! Thank you :-)
@@lauthiamkok25 That's why I do what I do! Glad it helped!
Thanks for sharing ❤
You are so welcome
How to make a portrait from 1-2m distance without blurring background?
Using a high aperture (f/16 - f/22) will give you the best depth of field. If you are sitting at f/2 you'll get a nice blur in background, which is nice in portraiture. Usually you want a softer shot for female, so stay in the 2-4 range. For nature, architecture, waterfalls, etc go up to f/16 to f/22 to get less blur, sharper backgrounds.
seems like a nice video, but too bad audio is on left channel only 😢
yeah, my top viewed video and it was an experiment at the time with a new editing program. No way to alter/change it now.
Awesome
thank you for watching! Hope it helps!
Excellent, thanks - very helpful
I'm glad it was helpful Peter!
thank you so much for this video! so helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Is this the same for gr2?
I've never used the Ricoh GR II, so I can't speak to that megaman. I would assume some of the features are the same, but not sure.
I don't know why it is but I find the GR3 a real pain to use. The slow focus drives me mad so I'll need to watch your settings. I'm used to a Panasonic Lumix which is instant and am really regretting buying the GR3.
Don't give up! This is too good of a camera to give up on. Keep trying. Watch ALL my videos (LOL) and you should have a better grasp. I don't notice a slow focus, but I never really use the autofocus, so that's probably why. The gem of this camera is the SNAP FOCUS! If you use that, you do not HAVE a focus problem, or a lag in focus - it's instant. I also have a Panasonic Lumix DZ300 which is fine for video, but not so good for photos at all as it's a very small 1 1/3 sensor. Always seems fuzzy to me and not really sharp, but does great for video. Keep it up, and get your money's worth out of that Ricoh - it'll come to you!
Your loss mate
Great video!
Thanks Tim-O-thy! lol