Ricoh GR III X Urban Edition Digital Compact Camera

The Ricoh GR IIIx Urban Edition Digital Camera is accented by a navy-blue ring around the lens barrel. This color was selected to represent typical street shooter imagery such as deep blue skies reflected in a puddle following a rainfall or the bright neon signs of a never-sleeping city. The camera body is finished in metallic grey, reminiscent of the gritty tones of the urban landscape. This unique exterior finish requires a multi-coat process, which results in the camera's distinctive appearance and smooth texture. The coating also helps make it easier for you to get a firm grip on the camera.

Equipped with a 26.1mm GR lens that provides a 40mm standard angle of view in the 35mm format, the Ricoh GR IIIx Urban Edition delivers images with a natural perspective and a truthful sense of depth for a completely different type of street photography. High-refractive index low-dispersion glass lenses and aspherical high-precision moulded glass lenses are optimally placed in the lens construction to suppress optical distortion and chromatic aberration, delivering a high level of sharpness. The camera also comes equipped with an ND (Neutral Density) filter, which closes the aperture down by two stops to capture high-contrast and high-resolution images with a variety of scenes and subjects under varying shooting conditions. Its nine-blade diaphragm mechanism creates a natural bokeh effect and a truthful sense of depth at open and larger apertures while capturing beautiful light beams at closed-down apertures.

A large 24.2MP APS-C CMOS sensor pairs with the new GR Engine 6 to produce high-resolution 14-bit DNG or JPEG stills with impressive tonality, natural colour rendering, and high sensitivity from ISO 100-102400. In addition to stills shooting, the GR IIIx Urban Edition is also capable of recording Full HD 1080 video at 60p, 30p, and 24p frame rates.

The hybrid AF system combines a contrast-type AF mechanism with a phase-detection-type AF mechanism ensuring high-speed focusing operation. During autofocus shooting, this AF system detects the subject's face or eye with precision, focuses on it, and indicates the in-focus position on the LCD display using the AF frame. When the camera detects multiple faces, it automatically distinguishes the main subject from the secondary ones and indicates this on the focus frame.

Instead of covering the entire image field, this updated mode operates only in nine focus zones around the centre of the image field, preventing the camera from focusing on unintended elements, such as a grassy field in the foreground of an image.