A Serious Enough Review of GRDIII

I'm not being sarcastic but the photo amused me. It is from a Chinese website ePrice on its review of the GRDIII. To show that the camera was light enough, the tester put it on a scale!

A link to the Googlish version is here. Not that I prefer Googlish to English but that it is handy as I am too occupied to do a quick translation for you buddies.

But visit the Googlish version by all means 'cos I think the tester did quite a good job reviewing the camera. Comprehensive and systemic without the bland technical tests in a laboratory.

By the way, the III fares very well at even high ISO and the noise sets in more noticeably at ISO 800 which is not a problem unless you pixel-peep. ISO1600 is useable to me as I have seen films my friends.

The vignette control is good. The barrel distortion of the lens is barely visible. The tester has found that since the new sensor has traded in the film like grainy character in black-and-white images for better ISO performance in the III. So it is advisable to shot in black and white at higher ISO settings when using the III.

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