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New films

November 2026

  1. Film library · New film

    New film Ferry: cream whites and teal greens for mixed indoor light (93 films)

    Ferry is a colour negative look of our own design, made for scenes where indoor light mixes with daylight from a window: ferry cabins, train cars, cafés, waiting rooms. It does not simulate any real film stock.

  2. Film library · App 2.1.1

    28 new films (92 in all) and GRLife Pro App 2.1.1

    Three updates at once: 28 new films in the film library, the GRLife Pro App at 2.1.1, and a fix to the film list in movie mode on the GR IV (Beta). On a GR III / IIIx there is nothing to flash; you replace one file.

  3. Film library · Duotone

    Shoot the two-colour poster look on your GR

    The best thing about keychain toy cameras is their two-colour filters: the picture keeps only black and one colour, and any street looks like a printed poster. The four Duotone films in the GRLife film library do exactly that: shadows go pure black, the brighter tones print in red, yellow, blue or a warm off-white. You see it on the screen while you shoot, with no editing afterwards.

  4. New films · No. 63 and 64

    Two new black-and-white films: HP 400 and AC 100

    Two films join the black-and-white group. Like the TX films, they are not fitted to a LUT: we computed the film and the print from the spectral sensitivity and development curves the makers publish. No firmware update needed.

  5. New feature · My films

    New: My films — turn your own LUT or filter into a GR film

    The film library now has My films: upload a .cube LUT, or run the GRLife colour chart through any photo app (SpektraLab, Lightroom, phone filter apps…), and in about 5–15 seconds your browser turns it into a film your Ricoh GR III / GR IIIx can shoot with. Preview it, adjust it, name it, save it to your GRLife account and load it with the film library.

  6. New film · No. 62

    🎃 New film: Ghost — cold teal, with only the jack-o’-lanterns left orange

    Film No. 62, Ghost, joins the Duotone group. Lifted blacks, teal shadows, cool highlights and muted colour wrap the picture in a cold haze, while hue sectors keep orange alone, so jack-o’-lanterns and orange lights stay warm in a cold teal frame. No firmware update needed.

October 2026

  1. New films · No. 58–61

    Four duotone films join the film library: black plus one colour

    The film library has a new Duotone group. The picture turns black and white, then the shadows go pure black and the brighter tones print in a single colour: red, yellow, blue or a warm off-white. Inspired by the two-colour looks of keychain toy cameras, they shine with backlit silhouettes, hard shadows and big skies; exposure compensation sets how much of the frame goes black. No firmware update needed.

  2. New film · No. 57

    TX 400 joins the film library: the classic Kodak Tri-X

    The film library’s black-and-white group already had TX 1600 and TX 3200, the hard look of pushed Tri-X. Now it has the classic one too: TX 400, shot at the ISO 400 printed on the box, developed normally and printed on normal paper. Moderate contrast and a full tonal range suit everyday street shots and portraits; add grain with the camera’s grain setting if you like. No firmware update needed.

  3. New films · No. 54–56

    Solarization in the film library: Solar Mid, Twin and Dark

    Ricoh’s new GR IV Monochrome firmware added a solarization look. Now the film library’s black-and-white group has three solarization films: the tone curve turns back over part of the range, so those tones come out reversed and edges pick up light or dark outlines. Each film flips a different range, the live view shows the effect as you frame, and exposure compensation moves where the tones flip. No firmware update needed.

  4. New films · No. 52 and 53

    Instant film in the film library: Polaroid and Instax

    The film library has a new Instant film group with two films, Polaroid and Instax: one has the bright, faded, soft look of an old Polaroid print, the other the harder contrast and paler colour of a Fujifilm Instax print. Both use hue sectors, so they look their best on GRLife Pro 1.36 firmware.

  5. New films · No. 48 and 49

    Black and white in the film library: TX 1600 and TX 3200

    The film library has a new Black & white group with two films, TX 1600 and TX 3200. We simulated them ourselves from Kodak’s TRI-X 400 data sheet: the film is push-processed and printed on hard paper, giving the inky, burnt-out, raw black and white of street photography. Both are pure black and white; for coarser grain, turn up that film’s grain in the camera’s film vault.

  6. New films · No. 37 to 47

    11 new films: Leica, Fujifilm, Portra and more

    The film library has eleven new films today, with four new groups (Leica style, Fujifilm style, Kodak Portra and Agfa Vista) and Superia 1600 joining the Fujifilm Superia group. Each film below comes with one photo; tap a picture to see that film’s full preview.

  7. New films · No. 35 and 36

    New in the film library: CS 800T City and CS 800T Day

    The film library has two new films today: CS 800T City and CS 800T Day. They are not fitted to a LUT from the internet; we simulated them ourselves from Kodak’s data sheet for VISION3 500T (5219), the stock behind CineStill 800T, shot at EI 800. City is the film under fluorescent and LED city light at night: cyan shadows and greys with warm skin, made for night streets. Day is the film shot in daylight without a filter: clearly blue throughout.

  8. New film · No. 33

    New in the film library: CS 800T

    The film library has a new film today: CS 800T. Compared with the camera’s Standard mode it is much darker and much more muted, a heavy look for moody, low-saturation photos.

  9. New film · No. 34

    New in the film library: GR2 Posi

    The film library has a new film today: GR2 Posi. It takes after the Positive Film look of the Ricoh GR II and sits next to GR2 Vivid in the GR II group. Compared with the camera’s Standard mode it is much darker, slightly muted and slightly magenta, for calm photos with a vintage slide-film feel.