Ricoh XR-1
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| Ricoh XR-1 image by Alf Sigaro (Image rights) |
The XR-1 is an SLR from Ricoh introduced in 1977 as the company's first SLR to use K-mount lenses, joined by the autoexposure XR-2.[1]
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. Both versions were sold by Sears in rebadged form as the KS 1000.
Notes
- ↑ See a Ricoh advertisement for the XR-1 and XR-2 in the December 1977 Popular Photography.
Links
- Ricoh XR-1 manual and XR-1s from Mike Butkus' OrphanCameras.com
- Ricoh advertisement announcing the XR-1 in the October, 1977, Popular Photography (Vol. 81, No. 4; pages 76–77).
In Japanese
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| XR-1s variant, accepting autowinder image by bokina90 (Image rights) |
