Leica Q3 & Ricoh GRIV - can you spot a difference? @therealsirrobin
Leica Q3 & Ricoh GRIV - can you spot a difference?  @therealsirrobin
Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
I shot my Leica Q3 side by side with the Ricoh GRIV.I used both a real world street photography setting and when it comes to the images, it is really difficult to tell them apart. Both were shot in RAW and processed the same way in Lightroom.

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