Ricoh FF-9

[Reilly]

I would appreciate any info members have about the Ricoh FF-9 which is a point and shooter. I purchased one for my father some years back ( about 10 or more ) and it tested out favourably when I played with it. It has now come into my vintage store but fails to work.-- A situation I would like to rectify since it is far from being a "Toy". I have the manual and have installed a new battery which shows up in the LCD as being all OK . According to the manual, when a film is inserted and the lens shield switch on the front is twitched the display should show it loading. Mine does not. Could this indicate that it is Brain Dead -- or am I? . Pity if it is so because cosmetically it is in as new condition. Is there some other switch located in a concealed location ? or should I try the standard flotation test ?

 

[btgc]

It should load film, display "film loaded" symbol in LCD and set frame counter to 1.
Did you load film as show in manual? Maybe it's not taken up by autoload system and brain considers "no film" situation.

 

[Reilly]

Well btgc, there is no such message in the LCD. Only a flashing exclamation symbol. So is it a gonner ?

 

[rogerzilla]

You have to pull the film leader across to the other side, then close the back. The manual is available online.

It's a great 35mm compact camera with a sharp lens and you can even shoot slide film on it, the exposure being pretty accurate. Best results are with Kodak BW400CN downrated to ISO 200 using some metal foil or DX recoding labels on the cassette.