Ricoh 500 info anyone?

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Rob

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Saw one of these today at my local camera shop.
It looked unused! I was amazed at the lack of any
lag in the shutter button. After using a GSN with a
half inch of travel, it was nice to feel that crispness.
Had a nice size shutter button also.
I could not find much about them other than they
were made about when I was, 1957.
I like the bottom wind mechanism, very fast and
you dont have to take your eye away from the
camera...Whats the story on these? Is the lens
any good? It was a F2.8. Its kind of pricey there
but should come down over time. They had a
perfect looking Himatic 9 for $30(eratic electric prob)
and a girl brought in a nice Minolta autocord for them
to tell her if it was working, it was...
Rob
 
This one I saw was the older 1957 model for sure.
Karen does not think very highly of the lens on this
version...
 
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