The Ricoh GR III has an unusually useful reset function.
On most cameras, you can reset everything or even restore it back to the factory state. Those are nuclear options, and they mean starting from scratch if you want to set your camera up again. The GR III, though, has a more granular approach where you can pick and choose which categories of grouped settings to reset. I wish more cameras approached it this way.
You can find this function under:
Setup > [11] Setup > Reset
You’ll then see a screen where you can select which menu category to reset.
It looks like this:
By default, they’re all selected. To toggle the checkboxes, highlight that line and push in the ADJ switch on the top of the back of the camera. Checked means it will be reset; unchecked means that it will be untouched.
Once you’re happy with the selection, press OK.
That screen will have icons for all the selected categories to be deleted. You then press OK for the Execute Reset button.
Followed by a confirmation screen.
And once the operation has completed, you’ll get the “Data process complete” message.
Things worth knowing
- This reset function is the only one available on the GR III. Some cameras have a separate “reset to factory settings” option; that’s not available on the GR III.
I’ve been shooting with the Ricoh GR III since it was released in 2018. You can see some of the photos I’ve taken with it in these posts:
– Ricoh GR III Sample Images (a general collection of photos taken under various conditions)
– Ricoh GR III High ISO Sample Images (focusing on photos taken at high ISOs in low lighting)
– Ricoh GR III ISO Range Sample Images (sequence of images taken throughout the ISO range for comparing image quality at different ISOs)
– How to Shoot Macro Close-up Photos with the Ricoh GR III (specifically on using the GR III’s macro feature)
