Showing posts with label film camera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film camera. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

RICOHFLEX-RM700 (1 unit only)


Riken/Ricoh produced low and high end Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) cameras in the 1950's and into the 1960's. The Ricohflex family are budget priced models with 3 element lenses that are geared together for focusing. The bodies are made from sheet steel with a thicker steel lens plate. Many models used the Riken shutter that would only flash sync at 1/50. Shutter speeds are limited compared to Rolleiflex's and Rolleicords of that era (most have only 1/25, 1/50, 1/100 and B). All have the "red window" method to stop on the next frame though Riken produced an Auto-Stop featurethat was factory installed on some cameras and could be user installed. They use push-on filters.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

LEICA R4s-RM2900 (1 unit only)



The Leica R4 family of Leica 35mm SLR cameras was launched in 1980. The camera design was a joint venture based on Leitz's co-operation agreement of 1972 with the Minolta Camera Co. Ltd.. The Copal Company developed the shutter. Minolta's version was launched in 1977 as the Minolta XD-11 in the US, the Minolta XD-7 in Europe and Minolta XD in Japan. The Leica R4 was made available in five versions; the Leica R4 Mot electronic in 1980, the Leica R4 in 1981, the Leica R4 chrome in 1982, the Leica R4s in 1983, the Leica R4s-2 in 1985, and a special limited edition Leica R4 in gold and brown skin was made available in 1984. Later, several more models have emerged from the same basic concept, mostly with improved electronic features like TTL flash metering and exposure modes.