Difference between revisions of "Ricoh XR Solar"
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*[http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ricoh/ricoh_xr_solar/ricoh_xr_solar.htm Ricoh XR Solar manual] from Mike Butkus' [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | *[http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ricoh/ricoh_xr_solar/ricoh_xr_solar.htm Ricoh XR Solar manual] from Mike Butkus' [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | ||
*[http://classiccameras-photography.blogspot.com/2011/02/ricoh-xr-solar.html XR Solar profiled] at [http://classiccameras-photography.blogspot.com/ Classic Cameras & Photography] | *[http://classiccameras-photography.blogspot.com/2011/02/ricoh-xr-solar.html XR Solar profiled] at [http://classiccameras-photography.blogspot.com/ Classic Cameras & Photography] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera/cameralist/XR-SOLAR.html Ricoh XR Solar] at [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/ Ricoh Japan] | ||
Revision as of 21:27, 26 September 2011
The XR-Solar should not be confused with the earlier Ricoh XR-S.
The XR Solar is an SLR for 35mm film offered by Ricoh. It seems to have been manufactured by Cosina who offered their own version of it, the E1 Solar; and it was also sold by Foto-Quelle as the Revue Solar 100. The Ricoh manual linked below shows a date of 1994.
Unlike the earlier Ricoh XR-S, the XR Solar does not offer autoexposure. The mechanical, vertically-traveling Copal shutter (used in numerous Cosina-built SLRs, and even the Voigtländer Bessa range) offers a top speed of 1/2000 sec and flash sync at 1/125th. The solar cells merely need to charge up a small capacitor, after which manual meter readings can be made with a momentary half-press of the shutter release. This causes + / O / – symbols to appear in a viewfinder LCD.
Links
- Ricoh XR Solar manual from Mike Butkus' OrphanCameras.com
- XR Solar profiled at Classic Cameras & Photography
In Japanese
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