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RICOH GR III

How 131 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

#97
most analyzed of 110 cameras
f/5
median aperture
ISO 500
median · p95 2,500
1/125s
median shutter
69%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How RICOH GR III photos are shot

131 all-time photos · 64 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 0%
  2. f/1.8 0%
  3. f/2.8 17%
  4. f/4 30%
  5. f/5.6 25%
  6. f/8+ 28%

ISO

  1. <=200 25%
  2. 400 25%
  3. 800 25%
  4. 1600 16%
  5. 3200 8%
  6. 6400+ 2%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 10%
  2. 1/500s 6%
  3. 1/250s 21%
  4. 1/125s 31%
  5. 1/60s 20%
  6. slower 12%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

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

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 69%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 15%
  3. 2 9%
  4. Program AE 7%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 14%
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 8%
  6. 2024 44%
  7. 2025 28%
  8. 2026 14%

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 64 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 94%
  2. Green saturation 94%
  3. Blacks 92%
  4. Whites 92%
  5. Highlights 91%
  6. Shadows 91%
  7. Blue saturation 90%
  8. Red saturation 90%
  9. Yellow luminance 89%
  10. Orange luminance 89%
  11. Red hue 86%
  12. Yellow hue 84%
  13. Green luminance 84%
  14. Aqua saturation 84%
  15. Contrast 83%
  16. Orange hue 79%

White balance & profiles

As Shot
55%
Custom
45%
Median temperature
5,544K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 84%
  2. Embedded 8%
  3. Camera Negative Film 3%
  4. Camera Positive Film 3%
  5. RNI Films Prime 2%

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
58%
Vignette
33%
Cropped
64%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 86% · sat 90% · lum 70%
  • Orange hue 79% · sat 94% · lum 89%
  • Yellow hue 84% · sat 69% · lum 89%
  • Green hue 63% · sat 94% · lum 84%
  • Aqua hue 65% · sat 84% · lum 76%
  • Blue hue 73% · sat 90% · lum 71%
  • Purple hue 73% · sat 63% · lum 58%
  • Magenta hue 57% · sat 66% · lum 43%

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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 October 12, 2026.