GR Recipe Studio app icon GR Recipe Studio

Features

Features for Ricoh GR photographers.

GR Recipe Studio helps you keep your looks organised, discover recipes from other photographers, move photos from camera to phone, and use compatible GR cameras with less friction.

Build and organise looks

Create

Create your own recipes

  • Build looks using familiar Ricoh GR image-control settings.
  • Fine-tune colour, contrast, tone, clarity, sharpness, white balance, and more.
  • Add descriptions, tags, and reference photos so recipes are easier to find later.
Organise

Keep your recipe library with you

  • Save private recipes on your phone.
  • Use the app as a recipe notebook even without signing in or pairing a camera.
  • Export backups of your recipes and recipe photos.

Community

Discover

Find new looks to try

  • Browse recipes shared by other GR photographers.
  • Save recipes you like into your own library.
  • Follow creators whose style you want to revisit.
Publish

Share only what you want

  • Publish selected recipes when you are ready.
  • Keep private recipes private by default.
  • Build a simple creator profile around the recipes you share.

Camera workflows

Connect

See your camera at a glance

  • Pair supported GR IV family cameras with a guided setup flow.
  • Check camera connection, battery, storage, WLAN, and location-sync status.
  • Use the compatibility table to see what each camera model can do.
Write

Write recipes to custom slots

  • Choose a recipe and send it to a supported camera custom slot.
  • Review what will change before you write.
  • Keep confidence when switching between saved looks on the camera.

Photo import and Live View

Import

Copy camera photos to your phone

  • Browse internal memory and memory card photos.
  • Copy selected photos, new photos, or all visible photos to your phone gallery.
  • See which photos have already been copied.
Capture

Frame shots with Live View

  • Use your phone as a clean remote viewfinder on supported cameras.
  • Take shots from the app when you need a remote trigger.

Travel and support tools

Optional

Add location and time to your camera workflow

  • Send location to your paired camera for GPS-tagged photos when you enable it.
  • Sync camera date and time from your phone.
  • Choose whether location sync runs only while using the app or in the background.
Support

Get help when camera connection is tricky

  • Share a diagnostics file when you need help troubleshooting.
  • Personal details and sensitive values are redacted before sharing.