Ricoh GR IVx recipes

What Ricoh has announced, and nothing more

From the August 26, 2026 development announcement: a GR IVx with a newly developed GR lens at 26.1mm, about 40mm in 35mm-equivalent terms, f/2.8 to f/16, eight elements in six groups with three aspherical elements; a primary-color-filter CMOS sensor of about 23.3 by 15.5mm and about 25.74 megapixels, which is the GR IV's; five-axis sensor-shift shake reduction; a planned release of winter 2026 or later. Ricoh describes the 40mm angle of view as close to the effective field of human vision and says it creates new possibilities for snapshot photography.

The same release says production of the current GR IIIx, GR IIIx HDF and GR IIIx Urban Edition is expected to conclude with the products shipped in October 2026. So the IVx is the 40mm GR's successor, not a sibling. Price, battery, memory, the Image Control list, an HDF variant and accessory compatibility were not announced; this page says unknown where it does not know, and the which-GR guide and the GR III vs GR IIIx page cover the 28mm-or-40mm decision in the meantime.

Why every GR IV recipe is on this page

A recipe is a set of JPEG settings: an Image Control, its nine sliders, a white balance shift, grain. None of those know what the lens is. That is why the GR III and GR IIIx share one recipe shelf on this site and why the GR IV HDF loads every GR IV recipe. The IVx pairs the GR IV's sensor with a 40mm lens, the exact relationship the IIIx had to the III, so the working assumption is that every recipe on the GR IV recipes page dials into the IVx unchanged. What a 40mm lens does change is which recipes you reach for, which is why the portrait and street looks lead here.

If Ricoh ships the IVx with a different Image Control list, different defaults or a different rendering, this page will say so at the top and the affected recipes will get a note, the way the GR III to GR IV drift is noted today (the IV renders a touch warmer and up to about a third of a stop brighter than the III at the same values). Until then, treat the shelf as the GR IV's, which it is.

Loading a recipe the day the camera arrives

Pick your camera as GR IV on any recipe page and the walkthrough gives the GR IV generation's menu names, which is the best guide there is until the IVx manual exists. The save-a-recipe walkthrough covers the U1/U2/U3 dial and the User Mode Box; the GR IV setup guide covers snap focus and ISO Auto, and the snap distance is the one setting to rethink at 40mm: 2m frames a person at 40mm the way 1.5m does at 28mm.