Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS)
Equipment Type: Rangefinder
Equipment Brand: Ricoh
Equipment Model: 500 Rangefinder
Price (S$): 250 (neg)
Description:
For sale is a rarely available fully mechanical coupled rangefinder camera built in the 50s. Its lens is a sharp 5-element 'Riken Ricomat 4.5cm f/2.8'. Has an excellent Seikosha shutter with speeds from 1 sec to 1/500th. It has a rather unique bottom-mounted lever that's similar to Leica's "Leicavit". It's got a hot-shoe and small lever on the side of the shutter ring for 'X-M-V'.
Camera always kept in dry cabinet. In excellent cosmetic & working condition.
See:
http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Ricoh_500
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?Ricoh500.html~mainFrame
http://photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00Eo2D
Real Name: Lee
Contact Number: 9296 2445
Condition of Item (as per guidelines): 9
Warranty Status: -
Equipment Type: Rangefinder
Equipment Brand: Ricoh
Equipment Model: 500 Rangefinder
Price (S$): 250 (neg)
Description:
For sale is a rarely available fully mechanical coupled rangefinder camera built in the 50s. Its lens is a sharp 5-element 'Riken Ricomat 4.5cm f/2.8'. Has an excellent Seikosha shutter with speeds from 1 sec to 1/500th. It has a rather unique bottom-mounted lever that's similar to Leica's "Leicavit". It's got a hot-shoe and small lever on the side of the shutter ring for 'X-M-V'.
Camera always kept in dry cabinet. In excellent cosmetic & working condition.
See:
http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Ricoh_500
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?Ricoh500.html~mainFrame
http://photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00Eo2D
Real Name: Lee
Contact Number: 9296 2445
Condition of Item (as per guidelines): 9
Warranty Status: -
