Guides

Where a figure differs between bodies, these pages give the figure for your body rather than a general one.

• Setting up your GR

  Snap focus, the U modes, Auto ISO limits and crop steps — the six settings that account for how the camera actually behaves.

• Getting photos off

  Card reader, USB-C, the official apps or a third-party one — four routes, ranked by how much they annoy you.

• Updating firmware

  The card format and the battery level cause nearly every failure. Plus what firmware unlocks beyond bug fixes.

• JPEG recipes

  What a recipe changes, what every setting does to your picture, and where to find good ones.

• Charging

  In-camera USB-C, external chargers matched to your battery, power banks, and the swelling problem.

• Snap focus

  The feature the GR is built around — the distances, Full Press Snap, and why aperture decides whether it works.

• How close a GR focuses

  Close-focus distances for every body, and why the 28mm models get considerably nearer than the 40mm ones.

• Shooting after dark

  ISO headroom, stabilisation and the ND filter — what the hardware gives you, and what it does not.

• Buying used

  A ten-minute inspection built from the faults owners report — starting with the one that costs more than the camera.