GRLife Pro 2.3: wide photos desqueezed in the camera with an anamorphic lens
GRLife Pro 2.3 is out today. It adds a switch for anamorphic widescreen lenses: with a 1.25× or 1.20× anamorphic lens mounted, what you see in live view and what the camera saves are both the desqueezed wide picture, with no need to process it on a computer or phone afterwards. It works on the GR III and GR IIIx now; the GR IV is being adapted. The film library is unchanged.
Anamorphic lens
- Where: Press OK on the shooting screen to open GRLife Pro: “Anamorphic lens” on the Features page. Pick your lens’s ratio, 1.25× or 1.20×; it is Off by default.
- Three wide aspects: While it is on, the aspect ratios become Wide 1.88:1, Wide 2.22:1 and Wide 2.71:1 (at 1.20×: Wide 1.80:1, Wide 2.13:1 and Wide 2.60:1). Switch between them in MENU or ADJ.
- Live view and photos: Live view shows the desqueezed picture; JPEGs are desqueezed right in the camera and stay 6000 pixels wide.
- RAW: The raw data stays as it is, with a desqueeze tag in the file: Photoshop (Camera Raw) opens it already desqueezed.
- After taking the lens off: Set the switch back to “Off”.
Supported cameras
- GR III / GR IIIx: Available in this version.
- GR IV: Being adapted; we’ll let you know when it is ready. Nothing changes for the GR IV in this version, and there is no need to flash it again.
For widescreen photos you have already taken, the “Anamorphic Desqueeze” tool on the website does it in your browser. Open the Anamorphic Desqueeze tool →
Known limits
- While the lens switch is on, multi-exposure (half frame included) and interval composite photos are not desqueezed, and the height recorded in the photo information is not right.
- With RAW only, the preview in camera playback still looks squeezed; the file itself is fine.
- While the lens switch is on, processing after each shot takes a few seconds longer than usual.
How to update
- Open the firmware page, generate again and download the ZIP.
- Flash the new firmware as the chart on the page shows. This time only the GR III / IIIx needs flashing.
- Copy GRLPRO.GRP from the ZIP’s GRLIFE folder into the GRLIFE folder on the card, replacing the old one. Keep the FILMS.GRF already on the card; don’t overwrite it with the ZIP’s copy, which holds only the five built-in films.
- Turn the camera on with the card in, wait about 10 seconds and press OK to open GRLife Pro: About should show v2.3.
If you don’t use an anamorphic lens there is no need to update; everything else is the same as 2.2.
Tested on a GR IIIx (official firmware 1.71); the GR III and the other firmware versions share the same changes and passed the offline checks.
The film library is unchanged: still 92 films, and nothing new to get this time. The five built-in films are free; the GRLife Pro Film Collection, once you have it, covers all 92 films in the library and every film added later.
Open the firmware page See the Film Collection
About the anamorphic lens feature →
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