Hello from Cumbria (uk)

[Ripbab]

Well , I've done it now ! Cant afford it but I've just ordered a GRD4.
Its also the first time I have not traded in my old gear to pay for it. For a start i really do like my Panasonic G3 + primes.
I am looking forward to having my first Ricoh.
This morning i was out with my G3 and 14mm trying to recreate the GRD contrasty b&w images. I failed. So i thought i had
better bite the bullet and buy one.

Happy days

[Gab]

Hi Ripbab, and welcome to this great forum. I think you did the right thing and now you will see that your (photographic) life will be positively impacted by the IV... I own a GRDIII and I simply love this camera, having it always with me... My Nikon D200 is getting full of webs . I use Aperture 3 when at home and I'm quite sure I worked on some RAWs from the GRDIII, in any case I find it's jpegs very good, so in practice I always shoot in this way and save a lot of space on my disks... Traveling a lot and being far from home for long time I also use a iPad to pp my shots, in particular Snapseed and Autostich... Very simple and cheap and you can see the results in my posts .
So enjoy your GRD IV and show us your pictures, we will enjoy them!

[Blow-in]

Hi Garry,

Great to hear that you've taken the GRD4 plunge. I'll look forward to some contrasty B & W. Fire away with questions too.

Richard

[Ripbab]

It arrived this morning. By the time i got hom it was chucking it down.
Charged the battery, read the book, made some settings.
Took a few pictures.
I have a lot to get my head around, but its looking all good

[Ripbab]

Oh yeah, A picture too.

[Blow-in]

That's a good start. I'm using B&W with the contrast wound right-up and sharpness one notch above the middle....I'm liking the results - which settings are you using?

A poster of your dog on the front gate should deter casual callers although I expect he (?) is quite small!

Richard

[Athena]

A belated welcome from me Ripbab! Hope you're enjoying it here so far .