Seeing the announcement today of the mono version of the Pentax K3iii I was hopeful that maybe some of that niche market interest will rub off and we get a GR mono version. Would that be of interest to anyone here?
April 12, 2023
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I think it would be a cool option, but I have to say, I'm in love with B&W film simulations straight out of the regular GRiii!
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No. but a GR with a very nice evf would be nice 👌
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That would be a bonus!
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Uh, why not? Sure.
The only problem is I only have two hands, and this would probably be my third one :-D
I agree with @Sprouty115 so a GR IIIm would be rather low on my priority list.
It might be challenging to adapt filters which is important in a monochrome edition. The NiSi one is way too clunky.
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Despite my fears of losing what I'd gain by having to put coloured filters, I'd almost certainly buy a monochrome GR.
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I cannot imagine a Ricoh GR with a usable viewfinder. It would probably turn me off, and I feel it would do so with several of its users. It defeats the point to transform the GR into another X100.
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Interestingly, the GR1 film cameras had a pretty neat setup for filters:
The lens had a small lip with with "cutouts":
Then to add filters you used a small adapter:
And the filters screwed into that:
All quite compact...
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Can’t see the pictures.
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Fixed?
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Yeah. Now I wonder how they could do it on the GR III(x) as the lens construction is different. But this looks like a nice trip to the past, thanks for sharing.
