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RICOH GR III

How 123 real photos from this camera were shot — and how they were edited in Lightroom.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#98
most analyzed of 105 cameras
f/5
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 2,500
1/100s
median shutter
68%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How RICOH GR III photos are shot

123 all-time photos · 65 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 0%
  2. f/1.8 0%
  3. f/2.8 17%
  4. f/4 29%
  5. f/5.6 28%
  6. f/8+ 27%

ISO

  1. <=200 26%
  2. 400 25%
  3. 800 27%
  4. 1600 13%
  5. 3200 7%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,500.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 11%
  2. 1/500s 6%
  3. 1/250s 17%
  4. 1/125s 33%
  5. 1/60s 20%
  6. slower 13%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 18mm 99%
  2. 14mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 68%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 15%
  3. 2 10%
  4. Program AE 7%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
02:00 · 12%
Flash fired
0%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 2%
  2. 2020 1%
  3. 2021 1%
  4. 2022 4%
  5. 2023 9%
  6. 2024 43%
  7. 2025 26%
  8. 2026 15%

What's mounted on the RICOH GR III

Lens pairings from the last 90 days, compared with the all-time share.

  1. 1 GR LENS 18.3mm F2.8 77% flat
  2. 2 Ricoh GR III 23% flat

The edit fingerprint

How RICOH GR III photos are edited

Median Lightroom develop settings across every analyzed edit — data nobody else has.

from 65 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical RICOH GR III edit

Dot = median · band = Middle 50% of edits. Neutral sliders are hidden.

  • Exposure +0.31
  • Contrast +5
  • Highlights -32
  • Shadows +19
  • Whites -20
  • Blacks +12

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The RICOH GR III tone curve

Median curve across all custom tone curves, with the middle 50% band.

Custom curve
98%
lift blacks
48%
lower whites
16%

Most-touched sliders

Share of edits where each Lightroom slider was moved away from neutral.

  1. Orange saturation 92%
  2. Green saturation 92%
  3. Blacks 91%
  4. Whites 91%
  5. Highlights 91%
  6. Shadows 91%
  7. Blue saturation 91%
  8. Red saturation 89%
  9. Yellow luminance 87%
  10. Orange luminance 87%
  11. Red hue 84%
  12. Contrast 83%
  13. Yellow hue 83%
  14. Green luminance 83%
  15. Aqua saturation 83%
  16. Orange hue 78%

White balance & profiles

As Shot
55%
Custom
45%
Median temperature
5,472K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 83%
  2. Embedded 8%
  3. Camera Negative Film 3%
  4. Camera Positive Film 3%
  5. RNI Films Prime 3%

The RICOH GR III color profile

Rendered from aggregate color grading and HSL data — never from photos.

Color grading

Median hue and saturation per layer, shown as the color it produces.

No reliable color grading sample yet.

Black & white
3%
Grain
57%
Vignette
34%
Cropped
65%

Color mixer activity

How often each HSL channel gets adjusted, with the hue/sat/lum split.

  • Red hue 84% · sat 89% · lum 69%
  • Orange hue 78% · sat 92% · lum 87%
  • Yellow hue 83% · sat 68% · lum 87%
  • Green hue 62% · sat 92% · lum 83%
  • Aqua hue 65% · sat 83% · lum 75%
  • Blue hue 71% · sat 91% · lum 70%
  • Purple hue 71% · sat 62% · lum 57%
  • Magenta hue 56% · sat 65% · lum 42%

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Methodology

Stats are aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper, capped per contributor so no single uploader can dominate a page. Shooting values come from EXIF metadata; editing values come from Lightroom XMP develop settings when present. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated September 21, 2026.