Post processing RAW for the Ricoh GRD?

[johnastovall]

I'm seriously thinking about one of these but am wondering what people are using for Post Processing the RAW and B&W. I currently have and use PS CS2 and ACR but for B&W really like C1 with the JFI profiles.

From a quick look I don't think I can use C1.

What are others using?

[sirius]

Hi,

If you are a fan of RAW files, I won't recommend the GRD. The write times are too slow to really be usable. However, most users really like the jpgs that the GRD produces. I do. It has excellent automatic white balancing.

Boiling down a long debate, if you like everything the GRD offers and shoot a fair bit of low light. It's your camera. If you shoot mostly in the day, want zoom, are a RAW file lover, and are not swayed by the lovely ergonomics of the GRD, then consider the Leica delux (Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2).

Canon and Fuji have strong competitors too, but I think the Leica and Ricoh cameras are quite unique and the debate really starts arguing minutiae.

my 2¢

[johnastovall]

Hi,

If you are a fan of RAW files, I won't recommend the GRD. The write times are too slow to really be usable. However, most users really like the jpgs that the GRD produces. I do. It has excellent automatic white balancing.

Boiling down a long debate, if you like everything the GRD offers and shoot a fair bit of low light. It's your camera. If you shoot mostly in the day, want zoom, are a RAW file lover, and are not swayed by the lovely ergonomics of the GRD, then consider the Leica delux (Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2).

Canon and Fuji have strong competitors too, but I think the Leica and Ricoh cameras are quite unique and the debate really starts arguing minutiae.

my 2¢
Looking at if for all most excluse use in low light cafes, bars and streets at night. I am a RAW freak but I don't just fire off shots. When it comes together I shot and then wait for the next one. So several seconds would be a big deal. I wonder if it's any slower than advancing the film in a IIIF Leica was. That's what I shot with for many years so I learned to wait for "The Shot."

If the GRD is DNG RAW format then my Capture One will support it and I can use all my JFI profiles...

Or I may have to wait for C1 version 4.0 for full DNG support.

[sirius]

It's DNG according to the Japanese website.

http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/gr/gr_digital/specs.html

By the way, there is a large and avid user group on Flickr for this camera. It really has a following.

[Sailor Ted]

Lightroom for post process and I too love this camera- it's ergos and control over the exposure not to mention it's 28mm and 21mm EFOV won me over.

[malland]

As others have stated, you can use Lightroom. You can also use Raw Developer (Mac only), LightZone, and SILKYPIX, which is my current favourite as it renders color and B&W very well and has lots of controls, although the Japanese English of the menus and the online manual takes some getting used to.

—Mitch/Bangkok
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10268776@N00/

[vortex]

it's definitely dng format..i have shot raw with it before.
but like sirius mentioned....the raw write times can get quite frustrating.
i still use it on occasions depending on the scene. but yes, jpg works fine too.

i use the grd alot for my infrared photos too. :)