Yesterday, while Mark played a little poker with my boss David, I dropped by the Goodwill down in Auburn, where I bought an awesome Ricoh 500 for the steep price of $1.99.
The Ricoh 500, complete with Triggermatic Action Lever, was on the market back in 1957 -- before it had fully been decided where all the functions of a camera should go, and how they should work. The Triggermatic Action Lever -- used to advance the film -- is on the bottom of the camera. (#4). Cool. 
"The Triggermatic action lever is an outstanding feature of this miniature camera," the manual says. "The lever-pulling and shutter-releasing action is so rapid and smooth as to as to be a feature unequalled in other cameras."
So you can take bitchin' fast action shots like this: 
"The camera is a precision-build instrument that requires the greatest care and attention," the manual warns. It requires all kinds of feeding and special care, including this special caution: "When putting the camera in the case, set the distance at infinity."
Happy Snapping!
Monday, March 3, 2008
The Ricoh 500
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7 comments:
Cool! What kind of film does it take?
regular old 35 mm...
Coolio
does this mean you are developing your own film again? I have a little internal room in the house that used to be a second kitchen, I am thinking of turning it into a closet, but it could also be a dark room, it has the plumbing. Of course with digital cameras I don't need a dark room. cool find.
sweet.
A couple of weeks ago, Val told me they're discontinuing all poloroid film -- made me think about the old camera collection. I'm thinking aobut blowing $100 for film for the old poloroid -- which I used in the studio before digital. It's kind of a shame to lose the strange color quality poloroid provides ... I'd like to take a few last "instamatic" pix.
Cool museum piece baby, but load some film, take some pics and let's see what this sucker can do.
Heard they would open a polaroid factory in Austria! //Karl
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