Ricoh is a niche camera manufacturer, and it has only one portable camera: Ricoh GR.
 
Dating back to 1996, the Ricoh GR is a highly sought-after legendary street photography camera. From the film era to the digital age for more than 20 years, the appearance style of Ricoh GR has never changed: the straight body shape, the rubber edging handle is slightly convex, and the all-over black and gray appearance looks ordinary and simple, like a raunchy uncle, which gives people a cool impression today, and the matte texture of the magnesium aluminum alloy body is excellent, which is more fascinating to hold in the hand than just looking at the photo. The lens adopts a telescopic structure, and the lens is flush with the handle when turned off, and does not protrude and occupy space.
 
When it comes to street photography, many people think of Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama, and Daido Moriyama's favorite camera is Ricoh GR. GR comes with a lot of filters, among which the "high-contrast black and white" filter is ridiculed as "Moriyama Avenue mode", as if this mode is turned on, and you can be possessed by a master. The reason why GR is called a street photography artifact, in addition to the endorsement of the master, is also inseparable from its excellent picture quality and control.
 
GR uses APS-C format without low-pass filter sensor and equivalent 28mm F2.8 GR Lens fixed focal length lens, Ricoh's 20 years of improvement have made the optical quality of this lens tend to be extreme, and the overall image quality level is very serious. Handling is the biggest selling point of Ricoh GR, on Ricoh GR, you can feel how sophisticated the senior manufacturer's polishing of a camera is, only through the thumb and index finger of the right hand can adjust almost all functions, and the operation is very intuitive, it is a camera that can be carried on the body and picked up and shot.
 
The Ricoh GR may not be the best camera for image quality, but it may be the best street camera. Although the sensor size of the GR is large enough, the GR lens has a small aperture and a short focal length, and the bokeh effect of taking pictures is not excellent. It is not suitable for most consumers who are looking for functionality, it is more suitable for street photography enthusiasts who have high requirements for image quality and are willing to shoot with a 28mm focal length.