Ricoh Teleca 240
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The Teleca 240 is a binocular half frame camera with fixed lens made in Japan by Ricoh from 1971. This was a joint project with Nichiryo International Corporation Ltd.: the Nichiryo Nicnon and Teflex are nearly identical.
The device is a pair of 7x50 binoculars with a Ricoh Auto Half E attached to one side. A beam splitter in the binoculars diverts the image to the camera. The camera does not include its selenium light meter cell or lens, so it does not retain the camera's automatic exposure: light metering requires an optional accessory lightmeter. It has clockwork motor film advance.
- Type: binocular camera
- Films: Half frame 16x24 on standard 135 film cassette
- Lens: Riken Rikenon f/3.5 / 165mm. This is equivalent to a 250mm telephoto on a full-frame 35mm camera.
- Shutter: Speeds 1/60, 1/125 and 1/250 sec
- Aperture: 1:3.5 - 1:11
- Focusing: manual focusing
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Links
- Ricoh Teleca 240 at subclub
- Examples sold at Westlicht Photographica Auction (now Leitz Photographica Auction):
- Nicnon serial no. 704230, with the Nicnon shoe-mounted lightmeter, sold at the 23rd auction, on 25 May 2013.
- Teleca serial no. 70101138, also sold at the 23rd Westlicht auction.
