Here are some of the best brands of accessories for the Ricoh GR III or the Ricoh GR III x, a legendary street photography beast.
The main difference in terms of accessories is the Ricoh GR III x has a different lens, all the other accessories will work between bodies, except for the viewfinder.
Must-Have Accessories Ricoh GR III | The Basics
Best Screen Protectors Ricoh GR III
An absolute must-have accessory for these little mirrorless compact street cameras is a screen protector. These cameras don’t have the crazy high endurance glass screens as modern DSLRs, they will scratch, they will delaminate, they will break.
Using a screen protector is the best way to preserve the life and value of your camera.
Here are my favorite brand of screen protectors.
Expert Shield Screen Protector
They have a few options from Anti-Glare to Crystal Clear to Glass. I usually like glass. The Anti Glare is great too if you’re shooting a lot on sunny days but it will reduce the display quality. Anti-Glare is actually a great option for the GR III since often need to use your LCD screen out in the sun on bright days. |
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Best Batteries Ricoh GR III / GR IIIx
Some people like only using official batteries, some people are ok with third-party batteries. I personally like to always use my official battery as my primary, then keep some third party as a backup. It really depends on you though, and how much you like to shoot in a day.
If you’re coming from a GR II, note that the GR III uses new batteries and your old GR II batteries will not work.
Official Ricoh GR III Battery
These are the official batteries off the Ricoh GR III and GR IIIx. The official batteries usually last the longest and have the most reliable performance. Since the GRIII likes to eat batteries, it might not be a bad idea to have a few of these. |
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Wasabi Ricoh GR III / GR IIIx Batteries
Of the third-party battery brands, Wasabi is one of the best. They offer these great little charging kits with two batteries at an incredible price. I’ve found with these third-party batteries it’s usually a good idea to cycle them (full charging and discharging) about 5 times. This way you get the best performance. |
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Best Ricoh GR III Memory Cards
I’ve tested all the most popular memory cards in the GR III and you can learn everything you need to know about memory cards in my guide.
GR III Lens & Body Accessories
One thing that’s really interesting about the GR III is its ability to use a wide-angle lens converter. It can also take UV filters.
The lens does retract and you might not need a UV filter. I personally try not to use UV filters if I don’t have to. They diminish some of the cool looks you can get from lens flares from having a curved front element. Regardless, I will list everything here.
The Ricoh GR IIIx will have different accessories here most likely. Hold off buying any of these lens accessories for a GR III x.
Ricoh GR III GW-4 Wide Angle Converter
Available At: Amazon Adapter At: Amazon The wide-angle converter gives you a 21mm equivalent focal length. On the front housing around the lens, there is a ring that removes. Behind it are some CPU contacts that will allow the camera to communicate with this lens, but you do need to get the adapter. I’ve listed both. |
For the GR IIIx, there will be a GT-2 Teleconversion lens that gives a 75mm equivalent field of view.
Ricoh GR III UV Filter Kit
If you like using UV filters on this camera you can get a nice one by JJC. It uses sticky tape to mount to the front of the lens. These UV filters are nice because they help stop dust from getting inside the components since the Ricoh does have a few issues with dust sneaking into the camera and getting on the sensor. |
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Ricoh GR III Viewfinders
There are a few different viewfinders for the GRIII. If you use the wide-angle adapter, the GV-1 features 21mm frame lines, it’s also less expensive. If you just need a more compact viewfinder for the 28mm lens, the GV-2 is a great option, more compact but is also more expensive.
Ricoh GV-1 External ViewfinderAnother accessory for the GR III with 28mm or 21mm frame lines. GR IIIx shooters will need to wait for a new external viewfinder. |
Ricoh GV-2 External Mini ViewfinderFor shooters that have no interest in the 21mm wide-angle adapter, this viewfinder has only 28mm frame lines. This will not be useful for the Ricoh GR IIIx. |
Ricoh GR IIIx Viewfinder
GV-3 External Mini ViewfinderAvailable At: Coming Soon The Ricoh GR IIIx has its own EVF for the 40mm equivalent lens with 1:1 shooting frame marks. |
Ricoh GR III Cases
There are a few nice carrying cases for the GRIII, but also you can get body cases that will help protect the body and add grip while you are shooting.
For my street cameras, I almost always use some sort of leather half case.
Gariz Leather Half Case GR III
I’ve used several Gariz cases over the years on different cameras. They make some nice gear and their cases do a great job of adding additional grip and protection. This case does have an aluminum base and this will add height to the body of the camera which is great for those with big hands. It also comes in brown. |
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Soft Case For GR III
There is an official soft case for the Ricoh GR III sold by Ricoh. Like the Gariz case above, it is made of genuine leather. What is genuine leather? It’s basically the same thing as a hotdog. All the bits of leftover leather pressed into leather sheets. Sometimes it can mean just not top grain or full grain as well. |
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Flash For The GR III
The GR III is TTL compatible and works with the Pentax P-TTL flash system. Unfortunately, Pentax doesn’t really make any small and compact flashes. The best option you have is the Pentax AF201FG Flash. For those that didn’t know, Pentax owns Ricoh which is why you see compatibility between many of their electronics.
Pentax AF201FG FlashThis is an all-weather P-TTL flash for Pentax and Ricoh cameras that support P-TTL. It does not rotate, but it will tilt from -10 to 135 degrees. The effective range is 2.3 – 26.2′ at ISO 100 f2. Runs on 2 AAA batteries, so you might want to grab some high-capacity rechargeables as it will eat through them quickly. |
Camera Straps
It’s always tough recommending straps because there are so many now from so many different brands.
There are the cotton straps like the VKO that are popular, and there are the Peak Design wrist straps that are popular that you probably already know about. I will list you a few straps you may have never heard of that I like and that I think are pretty cool.
NOTE: With the GRIII, you can’t just buy any strap, it has to have to work with the strap lugs of the GRIII, be careful about this. It takes the little compact strap types that have threaded connections.
Gordy’s Camera Straps
This is a cool little leather company out of the USA that uses high-quality leather to make various straps and wrist straps. Some are really cool and they age very well. I’m not affiliated with them in any way but I do like their stuff and have used their wrist straps with my X100 cameras for years. Here is one of the straps I like on my old Sony. |
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LuigisCasesAvailable At: LuigisCases This is the real deal leather out of Italy. This is top-tier, no, god-tier leather. It literally doesn’t get better than this. These are the best leather straps you can buy, even better than Tap & Dye. My tip for navigating this site. Get a cup of coffee, put on some relaxing music, maybe sweat pants and maybe sit down in a nice comfortable chair. It takes work. This is 100% legit though and I am not affiliated. My router marks this site as not secure, and I don’t know what’s going on with their site. It’s not that hard. :/ |
Must-Have Accessories Ricoh GR III Conclusions
These are all the basic accessories to get you started with the GR III or GR IIIx, a few nice choices between cases and straps. With the new GR IIIx hitting shelves I’ll try to update with any additional accessories for that camera as well.
If you find anything else cool let me know, please!
