Ricoh GR IVx

Ricoh announced the GR IVx on 26 August 2026 as a development announcement. The only date Ricoh has given is Winter 2026 or later (planned), and no price. It is a GR IV with a 40mm-equivalent lens instead of the GR IV's 28mm, which makes it the successor to the GR IIIx rather than a replacement for the GR IV.

In the same announcement Ricoh confirmed that GR IIIx production ends with units shipped in October 2026, along with the IIIx HDF and IIIx Urban Edition. If you were waiting to buy a 40mm GR, that is the decision this page is really about.

What's genuinely new versus the GR IV

Most of the GR IVx is the GR IV. Only a handful of rows differ, and the lens is the reason the camera exists:

The list is shorter than the coverage suggests. The 26.1mm lens is newly developed — 8 elements in 6 groups with 3 aspherical elements — giving roughly a 40mm field of view. The 4K video is the only new capability: the GR IV tops out at Full HD.

Everything else carries over unchanged: the 25.74MP APS-C sensor, 5-axis stabilisation, ISO 100–204800, the DB-120 battery, 53GB of internal memory, and ultrasonic "DR II" sensor cleaning. The body is 0.7mm deeper and 3g heavier.

One thing you lose: the GR IVx focuses to 0.2m normally and 0.12m in macro, against 0.1m and 0.06m on the GR IV. That's the usual consequence of a longer lens, but if you shoot close-up detail the 28mm body still gets meaningfully nearer.

If you own a GR IIIx, read this part

The GR IVx is your camera's replacement — same 40mm-equivalent framing, and your model stops being made in October 2026. But the upgrade has a cost that isn't in any headline:

The upsides are substantial: 3-axis stabilisation becomes 5-axis, internal storage goes from 2GB to 53GB, top ISO doubles from 102400 to 204800, and you gain 4K video. The sensor gains about 1.5 megapixels, which is the least interesting change on the list. Framing, crop modes and close-focus distance are unchanged — this is the same lens length, in a better body.

Will it fix the sensor dust problem?

Sensor dust is the most-discussed issue in the GR community by a wide margin, so it's worth being precise: the GR IVx's ultrasonic "DR II" sensor cleaning is not new. The GR III, GR IIIx and GR IV all list the same system, and dust complaints have persisted across every one of them.

Ricoh's announcement makes no dust-specific claim for the GR IVx. Anyone telling you the new model solves it is reading something into the spec sheet that isn't there.

Full announced specifications

What fits it

What the announced spec confirms about accessories →

What we still don't know

• Price. Not announced. The GR IV launched at a level that drew complaints in Europe and Canada, so this is the number most people are waiting on.
• Exact release date. Ricoh says "Winter 2026 or later (planned)" and nothing more.
• Whether an HDF variant follows. The GR IIIx and GR IV both got one; the GR IVx announcement does not mention it.
• Filter thread size. The spec sheet says only that a lens adapter pin is available, with no diameter stated.
• Whether the GR IIIx price drops or spikes as October 2026 production ends.