Ricoh Six

The Ricoh Six was a 6x6 horizontal folding camera. It had a tubular optical finder, a body release and an accessory shoe. The lens was an Orinar Anastigmat 80/3.5, and the shutter a Riken B-25-50-100. With a mask, it could also take 4.5x6 pictures.

It seems that it was made around 1952 or 1953 by Asahi Precision Industries (Asahi Seimitsu Kiki Kōgyō, 旭精密機器工業), a depending company of Riken, that was finally merged into Riken Optical Industries (Riken Kōgaku Kōgyō, 理研光学工業) in 1953.

It is said at Ricoh's corporate site that it was assembled from existing parts, especially for the PX shops of the occupying American army in Japan. It is possibly more common in the USA than in Japan.

Links

• Ricoh Six at Ricoh's corporate site, the characteristics table is for another camera
• The Ricoh Six at a photo.net post
• The Ricoh Six at medfmt
• A Ricoh Six at the All Japan Classic Camera Club site
• Folding cameras at nekosan, with a Ricoh Six