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| − | US retail giant [[Sears]] offered this [[SLR]] for [[35mm film]] beginning in 1967<ref> it appears on [https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1967-Sears-Spring-Summer-Catalog/0775 page 775 of the Spring/Summer 1967 catalog], from [https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ MuseTechnical's Christmas Catalogs & Holiday Wishbooks]</ref> | + | US retail giant [[Sears]] offered this [[SLR]] for [[35mm film]] beginning in 1967.<ref> it appears on [https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1967-Sears-Spring-Summer-Catalog/0775 page 775 of the Spring/Summer 1967 catalog], from [https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ MuseTechnical's Christmas Catalogs & Holiday Wishbooks]</ref> It is a rebadging of the [[Ricoh Singlex TLS]]. The original version features a prominent Sears nameplate on the [[pentaprism]] and T•L•S with red dots separating the letters. (The manual and most of the catalogs style the model designation as "T.L.S.") |
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| + | The TLS uses [[stop down]] metering and accepts common [[42mm screw lenses]]. | ||
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| + | A restyled version from 1971<ref> it appears on [https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1971-Sears-Fall-Winter-Catalog/1273 page 1273 of the Fall/Winter 1971 catalog], from [https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ MuseTechnical's Christmas Catalogs & Holiday Wishbooks]</ref> adds a stylized SR (for Sears, Roebuck) in "atomic" script and puts a more discreet Sears nameplate at the bottom right of the camera's front. This style was also sold in black. | ||
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| − | * [https://www.cameramanuals.org/sears/sears_tls.pdf Sears TLS manual] from Mike Butkus' [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | + | * [https://www.cameramanuals.org/sears/sears_tls.pdf Sears TLS manual] from Mike Butkus' [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] |
| + | * [http://www.mattdentonphoto.com/cameras/sears-ricoh_tls.html Sears TLS] and Ricoh Singlex TLS at [http://mattsclassiccameras.com/ Matt's Classic Cameras] | ||
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US retail giant Sears offered this SLR for 35mm film beginning in 1967.[1] It is a rebadging of the Ricoh Singlex TLS. The original version features a prominent Sears nameplate on the pentaprism and T•L•S with red dots separating the letters. (The manual and most of the catalogs style the model designation as "T.L.S.")
The TLS uses stop down metering and accepts common 42mm screw lenses.
A restyled version from 1971[2] adds a stylized SR (for Sears, Roebuck) in "atomic" script and puts a more discreet Sears nameplate at the bottom right of the camera's front. This style was also sold in black.
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Links
- Sears TLS manual from Mike Butkus' OrphanCameras.com
- Sears TLS and Ricoh Singlex TLS at Matt's Classic Cameras
