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The '''XR-1''' is a 1977 SLR from [[Ricoh]], introduced alongside the autoexposure [[Ricoh XR-2|XR-2]] as the company's first SLRs to use [[K-mount lens]]es. | The '''XR-1''' is a 1977 SLR from [[Ricoh]], introduced alongside the autoexposure [[Ricoh XR-2|XR-2]] as the company's first SLRs to use [[K-mount lens]]es. | ||
| − | The XR-1 requires two 1.5v silver-oxide batteries only to power its match-needle light meter, using [[CdS]] cells within the [[pentaprism]] housing. The vertically-traveling, metal focal-plane shutter is entirely mechanical. This offers speeds from 1 to 1/1000 sec. and a 1/125 [[flash sync]] speed. Unusually, there is a multiple-exposure function provided, using the "M.E" button on the rear of the camera, below the wind lever. There is a | + | The XR-1 requires two 1.5v silver-oxide batteries only to power its match-needle light meter, using [[CdS]] cells within the [[pentaprism]] housing. The vertically-traveling, metal focal-plane shutter is entirely mechanical. This offers speeds from 1 to 1/1000 sec. and a 1/125 [[flash sync]] speed. Unusually, there is a multiple-exposure function provided, using the "M.E" button on the rear of the camera, below the wind lever. There is a window above the lens aperture ring which allows the selected f/stop to be viewed through the viewfinder. |
| − | The 1979 '''XR-1s''' version is also able to accept a motor winder. | + | The 1979 '''XR-1s''' version is also able to accept a motor winder, and its ME button gains a lock against accidental use. |
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| Ricoh XR-1 image by Alf Sigaro (Image rights) |
The XR-1 is a 1977 SLR from Ricoh, introduced alongside the autoexposure XR-2 as the company's first SLRs to use K-mount lenses.
The XR-1 requires two 1.5v silver-oxide batteries only to power its match-needle light meter, using CdS cells within the pentaprism housing. The vertically-traveling, metal focal-plane shutter is entirely mechanical. This offers speeds from 1 to 1/1000 sec. and a 1/125 flash sync speed. Unusually, there is a multiple-exposure function provided, using the "M.E" button on the rear of the camera, below the wind lever. There is a window above the lens aperture ring which allows the selected f/stop to be viewed through the viewfinder.
The 1979 XR-1s version is also able to accept a motor winder, and its ME button gains a lock against accidental use.
Links
- Ricoh XR-1 manual and XR-1s from Mike Butkus' OrphanCameras.com
- Rebadged as the Sears KS 1000
- Ricoh advertisement announcing the XR-1 and XR-2 in the
December 1977 Popular Photography; scan courtesy voxphoto.
In Japanese
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| XR-1s variant, accepting autowinder image by bokina90 (Image rights) |
