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The Ricoh GR IV Monochrome
credits: Ricoh
Ricoh has now officially added the GR IV Monochrome to its lineup, and just like earlier Monochrome models, this one is built around a true black-and-white sensor. There is no colour filter array sitting on top of the 25.7-megapixel APS-C BSI CMOS sensor, which means every pixel is only measuring brightness, not colour. In practice, that usually gives you cleaner fine detail, less noise in the shadows, and smoother tonal transitions compared to converting a colour image to black and white later. Ricoh also built in a red contrast filter, which works like the classic darkroom filter photographers used with film to deepen skies and boost separation between tones.
Hardware-wise, the Monochrome version is the same camera as the regular GR IV. It uses Ricoh’s updated 28mm-equivalent f/2.8 lens, paired with improved autofocus and better low-light focusing compared to the GR III generation. There is also a 5-axis image stabilisation system rated at 6 stops, which helps a lot when you are shooting handheld in dim light at slower shutter speeds. On the back you get a 3-inch, 1.04-million-dot touchscreen, plus 53GB of built-in storage and a microSD slot for overflow. Video is pretty basic at 1080p up to 60 fps, which makes it clear this camera is meant mainly for photos.
Where things get more complicated is the price. The GR IV Monochrome costs $2,199.95, which is $700 more than the standard GR IV, a pretty big jump for a camera that loses colour. For people who really care about black-and-white output straight from the camera, that might make sense. For everyone else, it is a pretty steep premium for a very specific shooting style.
Peakto 2.6 Is Here
credits: Cyme
Peakto 2.6 is here, the latest update of Cyme’s macOS photo and media management software. The main change in this version is a new system-wide duplicate and similarity detection tool. Instead of only scanning a selected folder or catalog, Peakto can now analyse your entire photo library at once, no matter where the files are stored. That includes internal drives, external storage, network drives, and catalogs from various apps. The goal is to identify similar images, near-duplicates, and redundant files across everything in one pass.
This builds on Peakto’s approach of acting as a layer above different editing apps and storage locations. The software already supports a wide range of platforms, including Adobe Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Capture One, Luminar, ON1, DxO PhotoLab, Apple Photos, and Premiere Pro. Peakto indexes photos from all of these sources and shows them in a single interface, where you can search by content, people, or metadata and build albums that pull from multiple locations at once.
Alongside the scanning and indexing improvements, version 2.6 also updates Peakto’s web tools, allowing teams to view and share libraries online. Peakto 2.6 is available as either a subscription or a one-time purchase. Subscriptions start at $10 per month for individual use, while a lifetime license for the standard (non-collaborative) version costs $270.
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