Ricoh GR Digital IV Digital Camera

Ideal for the street photographer who wants to capture candid scenes with a discreet compact camera that won’t arouse attention, the Ricoh GR Digital IV delivers excellent image quality along with high-speed performance and full manual control in a high-quality compact body. Sporting a fixed 28mm f/1.9 GR lens plus sensor-shift image stabilisation the GRD IV is perfectly equipped to handle dimly-lit conditions. A new Hybrid AF System offers high-speed focus in as little as 0.2 seconds so you won’t miss those fleeting chances to get the right shot. With superb operability and a range of new modes to enhance your creativity, the Ricoh GR Digital IV continues the award-winning tradition of the GR series.

Movie Feature – captures video with audio up to 640 X 480 resolution at 30 frames/sec. The maximum length for one instance of movie recording is 29 minutes or a file size upper limit of 4GB.

Ricoh GR Digital IV Digital Camera

Key Features

High Speed and Accurate Hybrid AF System- Features a new external AF sensor, which has a maximum of 190 AF points. Through the Hybrid AF System, which is used in parallel with the conventional CCD contrast AF, the AF focusing time is as short as 0.2 seconds, as much as half that of the GR DIGITAL III.
Single Press Shooting - In shooting with a single press of the shutter-release button, the high focusing accuracy required for snapshot shooting has been added to the camera's Quick Shooting capabilities by performing the metering with only the external AF sensor.
High Image Quality - With the new image processing engine, the GR ENGINE IV, colour reproduction enhancement and colour noise reductions are achieved when taking high-sensitivity photographs.
28mm/F1.9 GR lens – Bright, high resolution lens suppresses chromatic aberration and distortion. Delivers great low-light performance thanks to its large F/1.9 aperture.
10 Megapixel 1/1.7-inch CCD Sensor – large compact sensor with 10 megapixels offers better low-light performance thanks to larger pixel sizes.
Sensor Shift Image Stabilisation - achieves a stabilisation effect equivalent to a shutter speed increase of a maximum of 3.2 stops*, which combined with the fast F1.9 GR lens further increases the camera's ability to capture dark scenes.
Bright 3.0” LCD Screen - new 3-inch, approximately 1.23 million-dot VGA LCD monitor, which adds white pixels to the RGB ones improving its visibility when outdoors.
Automatic Luminance Adjustment – this function automatically adjusts the luminance to match the brightness of the subject - minimises decreases in visibility due to changes in the shooting environment.
Dynamic Range Compensation - minimise the effects of blown highlights in bright areas and crushed blacks in dark ones. For backlit or high-contrast scenes where exposure compensation alone is not enough.
Auto Bracket Function - In addition to the conventional Exposure and White Balance, Contrast Bracket Setting and Dynamic Range Compensation bracketing have been newly added.
Interval Composite Mode - replaces and combines only the high-brightness pixel data in images of the night sky taken at fixed intervals. This makes it possible to shoot distinctive landscape pictures that show the trails of light left by the stars.
New Image Settings - Positive Film and Bleach Bypass, which lowers saturation and increases contrast, have been added to the image settings. Along with High Contrast B&W and Cross Process, these can be used in each of the shooting modes (Auto/P/A/S/M).
Multiple Exposure Shooting - shoot up to five overlapping shots. Bulb exposure functions have also been included.
Electronic Level Function - can detect inclination in not only the horizontal direction, but also the tilt direction as well.
Fn1/Fn2 Buttons - have been expanded to four settings that can be registered with the Fn Button Pair Setting. Fast access to the most important camera settings to you.
My Settings - enables the user to register their preferred camera settings. Now expanded from 6 types to 12 types.
1cm Macro – get in super-close to your subject with 1cm Macro

Battery Life - expect to get around 390 shots per charge with the supplied Li-ion battery.

What's in the box?

Ricoh GR Digital IV Digital Camera – Black + 40MB internal memory
Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery DB-65
AV Cable
USB Cable
Hand Strap
Battery Charger BJ-6
Software Suite CD-ROM
Instruction Manuals
24 Months Warranty includes 3 months unconditional warranty with Tasco Australia

Accessories

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Specifications

Specifications of the Ricoh GR Digital 4

Item		Specifications
No. of Effective Pixels (Camera)		Approximately 10.00 million pixels
Image Sensor		1/1.7-inch CCD (total pixels: approx. 10.40 million pixels)
Lens	Focal length	f=6.0 mm (equivalent to 28 mm for 35 mm film cameras)
	F-aperture	F1.9 – F9 (exposure control with both aperture and ND filter when F8.0-F11 displays in auto shooting mode)
	Shooting Distance (from the front of the lens)	Approx. 30 cm - infinity; Macro (from the front of the lens): Approx. 1 cm – infinity
	Lens Construction	8 elements in 6 groups (aspheric lens: 2 elements and 2 surfaces)
Digital Zoom Magnification	Digital Zoom	Approx. 4.0x; Auto Resize Zoom: Approx. 5.7x (VGA images)
Focus Mode		Multi AF (Hybrid AF) / Spot AF (Hybrid AF) /Subj. Tracking/ Manual Focus / Snap / Infinity (Focus lock and AF auxiliary light available. For Multi AF and Spot AF, full-press snap and pre-AF are possible.)
Blur reduction		Image sensor shift-type image stabilization function
Shutter Speed*1	Still image	Bulb, Time ,180, 120, 60, 30, 15, 13, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3.2, 2.5, 2, 1.6, 1.3, 1 - 1/2000 sec. (maximum and minimum shutter speeds vary depending on shooting mode and flash mode)
Shutter Speed*1	Movie	1/30 - 1/2000 sec.
Continuous shooting	Continuous shooting speed*11	Approximately 1.54 frames/second
Continuous shooting	Maximum continuous shots	999
Exposure Control	Exposure Metering Mode	Multi (256 segments), Centre Weighted Light Metering, Spot Metering (TTL-CCD metering method, AE lock possible)
	Exposure Modes	Program shift AE / Aperture priority AE / Manual Exposure / Shutter priority AE
	Exposure Compensation	Manual Exposure Compensation +/-2.0EV (1/3EV Steps), Auto Bracket Function (-0.5EV, ±0, +0.5EV / -0.3EV, ±0, +0.3EV)
ISO Sensitivity (Standard Output Sensitivity)		AUTO, AUTO-HI, ISO80 – 3200 (1EV, 1/3EV, selectable steps)
White Balance Mode		AUTO / Multi-Pattern AUTO / Outdoors / Cloudy / Incandescent / Fluorescent 1 / Fluorescent 2 / Manual / Detail, White Balance Bracket Function
Flash	Built-in flash mode	Flash On, Auto, Red-eye-Reduction, Flash On, Slow Synchro, Manual Flash, Flash Off
	Built-in flash range	Approx. 20 cm - 3.0 m (ISO Auto)
	Flash compensation	+/-2.0EV (1/3EV Steps)
	Charging time*12	Approximately 5 seconds
Monitor		3.0-inch Transparent LCD (approx. 1,230,000 dots)
Shooting Mode		Auto Shooting Mode / Program Shift Mode / Aperture Priority Mode / Shutter Speed Priority Mode / Manual Exposure Mode / Scene Modes (Dynamic Range / Movie / Skew Correction / Interval Composite) / My Settings Mode
Image settings		Vivid, Standard, Setting1/Setting2, B&W, B&W (TE), High Contrast B&W, Cross Process, Positive Film, Bleach Bypass
Picture Quality Mode*2		F (Fine) / N (Normal) / RAW (DNG file format)*3
No. of Pixels Recorded	Still image	3648×2736, 3648×2432, 2736×2736, 3648×2048, 3264×2448, 2592×1944, 2048×1536, 1280×960, 640×480
No. of Pixels Recorded	Movie	640x480, 320x240
Recording Media		SD memory card, SDHC memory card, Internal memory (approx. 40MB) Eye-Fi cards (X2 series) can be used
Storage Capacity (Pictures/Time)*4 (internal memory 40MB)	Still image	3648×2736 (RAW: 2, F: 10, N: 17) / 3648×2432 (RAW: 2, F: 11, N: 19) / 2736×2736 (RAW: 2, F: 13, N: 23) / 3648×2048 (RAW: 2, F: 13, N: 23 ) /3264×2448 (F: 12) / 2592×1944 (F: 15) / 2048×1536 (F: 24) / 1280×960 (F:43) / 640×480 (F: 158)
Storage Capacity (Pictures/Time)*4 (internal memory 40MB)	Movie*5	640×480: 30 frames/sec. (22 sec.), 640×480: 15 frames/sec. (43 sec.), 320×240: 30 frames/sec. (54 sec.), 320×240: 15 frames/sec. (1 min. 38 sec.)
Recording File Format	Still Image	JPEG (Exif ver. 2.3)*6 , RAW (DNG)
	Movie	AVI (Open DML Motion JPEG Format compliant)
	Compression method	JPEG Baseline method compliant (still images, movies)
Other Major Shooting Functions		Continuous / AF-Cont / S-Cont / M-Cont / Self-Timer (operation time: approx. 2 sec. / custom) / Interval Shooting (shooting interval: 5 sec. to 1 hour, in 5-second increments)*7 / Image Setting Bracket / Dynamic Range Compensation Bracketing / Contrast Bracketing / Color Space Setting / AE/AF Target Movement / Camera Shake Correction / Dynamic Range Compensation / Multiple Exposure Shooting / Noise Reduction / Histogram / Grid Guide / Depth of Field / Electronic Level / Hot Shoe
Other Major Playback Functions		Auto Rotate / Grid View / Enlarged Display (maximum 16x) / Slideshow / Resize / Trim / DPOF settings
Interface		USB and AV output terminal: USB 2.0 compliant, mass storage compliant*8 / HDMI micro output terminal: Type D
Video Signal Format		NTSC, PAL switchable
Power Supply	Rechargeable Battery	DB-65 (3.6V) x1, AAA Dry Alkaline Battery x2, AAA Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery x 2, AC adapter (AC-4c option) 3.8V
Battery Consumption:*9	Based on CIPA Standard	Using the DB-65, approx. 390 pictures / Using AAA Dry Alkaline Battery x2, approx. 30 pictures*10
External Dimensions		108.6 mm (W) x 59.8 mm (H) x 32.5 mm (D) (CIPA-conformant)
Weight		Approx. 190 g (excluding battery, SD memory card, strap), Accessories approx. 30 g (battery, strap)
Operating Temperature Range		0ºC-40ºC

*1Shutter speed upper and lower limits vary depending on Shooting Mode and Flash Mode.
*2The picture quality modes which can be set vary depending on the image size.
*3The DNG file format is a RAW image file format and is the standard format of Adobe Systems.
*4Estimated number of still images it is possible to record and estimated amount of movie recording time.
*5The maximum length for one instance of movie recording is 29 minutes or the ﬁle size upper limit of 4GB.
*6Compatible with DCF and DPOF. DCF is the abbreviation of the JEITA standard “Design rule for Camera File system.” (Full compatibility with other devices is not guaranteed.)
*7With ﬂash off.
*8Mass storage driver is compatible with Windows (R) XP, Windows Vista(R), Windows(R) 7; Mac OS X 10.4 -10.6.7.
*9Shooting capacity was measured using CIPA-standard parameters. This is only an estimate, and performance may vary according to usage conditions.
*10Using Panasonic AAA alkaline batteries.
*11Measurement values obtained under Ricoh measurement conditions using Panasonic Pro High Speed 2G Class 6 cards. Results may differ depending on the speed and/or number of continuous shots, shooting conditions, and recording media, or on the condition of the recording media.
*12When using rechargeable batteries