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Ricoh XR-1

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1	2,032	Wed March 15, 2023

Recommended By	Average Price	Average User Rating
100% of reviewers	$32.00	9.00

Description:

Released 1977
A XR-1s version (released 1979) accepts a motor winder.
Also available as a re-badged Sears KS-1000

Shutter Speed: Bulb, 1s - 1/1000 sec
ISO: 12 - 3200
Viewing magnification: .088X
Diagonal Split-image spot in microprisim
Exposure Meter: TTL full open metering, center-weighted average light reading
EV Range: 3 - 18
Metal focal plane shutter
Battery: 2 S76 or equivalent (needed only for metering)
Synch Speed: 1/125 sec.
10 second Self-timer
Hot shoe
Depth of field preview button
Shutter release lock (with film advance lever)
Meter on/off switch (with film advance lever)
Battery check ring (around shutter release button)
Multi-exposure button
Dimensions: 139.9mm (width) x 91.3mm (height) x 48.0mm (depth) (Body only)
Weight: 550g

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F5000Man

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Registered: November, 2019

Posts: 1

Review Date: March 15, 2023

Recommended | Price: $32.00 | Rating: 9

Pros:	Rugged build/all mechanical. Copal metal shutter blind. Split prism.1/125 Flash sync.
Cons:	None that spring to mind.

Excellent all mechanical P-K mount camera. Very viable alternative to either a Pentax KX or K1000. Excellent 35mm SLR workhorse. 1/125 sync. speed is an improvement on the 1/60 offered by the KX and K1000, if you do any amount of flash work, either as fill-in, or in a studio. Has a depth of field preview button which the K1000 doesn't. Lacks the mirror lock-up lever of the KX, but I've not found that a source of any inconvienence. The meter doesn't work on my example, but I've never felt using a hand-held meter was ever a great handicap......

Can still be occasionally found at bargain-basement prices on E-Bay, presumably listed by house clearers, to whom they're just ' an old film camera'.