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Allow me to explain why I love this camera that can’t shoot color

TechnologyApril 12, 20261 min readAttributed summary
Allow me to explain why I love this camera that can’t shoot color
I love black-and-white photography. I also adore compact cameras you can always have by your side. So I'm a total mark for the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome, a fixed-lens camera that can't zoom and can't rec
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A Ricoh GR IV Monochrome camera resting on a black-and-white gradient mat with geometric shapes. No frills, all artsy thrills. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

I love black-and-white photography. I also adore compact cameras you can always have by your side. So I'm a total mark for the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome, a fixed-lens camera that can't zoom and can't record color - at all. It's a formula that makes the average person ask, "Why?"

I've tested the GR IV Monochrome for over a month, taking it with me everywhere and photographing everything. Let me explain how this pricey little point-and-shoot is likely to go down as one of my all-time-favorite cameras.

Ricoh GR IV Monochrome

Score: 8ProsCons
  • Excellent black-and-white image quality
  • Everything great about the standard GR IV: sharp lens, small size, …

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Source: The Verge

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