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Today we are comparing the photography from the Ricoh GR4 camera to the iPhone 17 Pro camera to find out which is the perfect everyday camera option.
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Chapters
00:00 – 01:25 Backstory
01:25 – 01:59 Jpeg Compare
01:59 – 02:48 Error Forgiveness
02:28 – 03:22 Ease of Use
03:22 – 04:11 Raw Files
04:11 – 04:55 Raw editing
04:55 – 05:36 File Management
05:36 – 06:45 Low Light
06:45 – 07:58 PPA
07:58 – 10:58 Which is best?
10:58 – 12:30 My opinion
Which one are you picking as an everyday camera option?
what a stupid comparison to begin with
Ryhko 😂😂😂😂
Great video what model you’re bike 🚲
Surprised you didn’t do macro
The Ricoh obviously
EVAN, for a Travel Camera, would you take the Ricoh GR IV or the Leica Q2??
I have both, use both for fun and for work. The GR IV is so superior for photos, especially if you’re looking for shots going straight from camera. I use the iPhone 17 pro for video specifically. It’s a great combo!
Stopped using phone as a camera after several attempts. Small sensor, low quality optic, out of control flaring, ugly image processing. Ergonomic, shooting experience is non existent, terrible to shoot if you adapted to cameras, can't hold the thing properly, no grip. No physical buttons, dials for operation, it's a fully automatic device, didn't bother to change settings, set aperture or shutter speed deep in menus if even possible to adjust. No EVF, not tilting screen of course. Phone is a device with me most time, and capable of take some kind of documentary photos, videos if needed, nothing more, so don't care about cameras, even a low-mid range phone's camera capable enough now. It's just wasting money to spend over $400 for a phone because of the camera to me.
Whilst I admire the comparison logic here, the phone really only wins on convenience and when light becomes an issue its 'lights out', GR wins hands down. It's just physics, one is an APS-C camera, it gives exhibition level IQ, the other is for pretty casual snaps (that might be fine for the gram and phone consumption in some cases).
Hello Evan, First things First.. love your stuff!!!
Have you ever heard that adobe deactivated an account and not giving the files (pictures/ raw photos) out?
After 7 years at adobe this happened to me and I am not really know what I did wrong (not even getting an answer from adobe)
I am so scared that a lot of work from 7 years is gone.
Thank you so much if you answer
Phone cameras are decent and made for convenience only.
Dedicated cameras are the real ones, as they capture depth and life.
I regret buying an iPhone 17 Pro Max expecting a great camera.
Hate my GR IV. Absolutely crap quality from Ricoh. Never again. The lens doesn't work half the time
What’s the bag you are using in this video? Been looking for a bag like that
I received a GR IIIx in a trade for an X-Pro 2 that I wasn't using. After about a year of using it, its pretty awesome to be able to pocket such a sharp and powerful camera, but you do need to be okay with its AF quirks.
I'm still on the fence about keeping it, despite making some of my favorite images with it over that time frame. It sits in a weird/niche camera category, and while I don't necessarily enjoy photos taken on the iPhone it is super convenient. It's a toss up for me honestly haha
Haven't even watched yet, but love the premise of this versus battle! Grabs Popcorn
Evan, try using No fusion on iPhone !
Not the price I expected but it's very impressive for its size. On a principle of photography Ricoh, on a principle of life and photography, iPhone. iPhone has improved quite a bit and besides that, it's a phone, connectivity to social media, business planner etc. Ricoh is only a camera but if I could, I'd have both. And I like going out to remote places to shoot, can't call anyone of the Ricoh
bro it is Ree-koh 😷
Outcome was closer than I thought. The ultimate solution might be a GR IV Monochrome and an iPhone. First for serious high ISO photography, and the iPhone for casual shots.
Great episode but a phone is a multi purpose tool and a camera is precision tool.
Regardless both get the jobs done, but provide an entirely different experience (in my opinion)
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I was in San Francisco with my Fuji X-Pro3 shooting street photos. Then I switched to my iPhone 15 and found I was capturing far more shots because no one noticed. I convert the shots to black and white, and thus the computational bokeh is less obvious. Also, I can shoot wide, or zoom in. Adjust depth of field. It’s like going from a 28mm to an 85mm. And I’m mostly invisible to my subjects. I just bought the Ricoh GR4 because it’s small and discrete, and the monochrome images look great. But I hate complicated menus, transferring files, having to get filters/lens covers to prevent dust (whereas the iPhone is more weather resistant). I don’t know, maybe I just get the iPhone 17 and run with that?
even if Ricoh looks slightly better , Iphone is a phone , you can use it for LOG video , gaming , etc and etc.
Waiting for my Ricoh GR IV to come in, but one thing to note is that if you're post processing a photo, I prefer with cameras over iphones in low light/higher iso situations since using lightroom's AI noise reduction usually gives me much better results (you're retaining more detail) than iphones built in noise reduction processing (which just looks muddy to me), even though it does take that extra step of going through lightroom first!