Ricoh R1E

[chubasco]

My friend, Russ, (Kiron Kid) got me on this craze, and I'm really liking this
little camera:

some snaps from the first roll, Fuji Xtra 400:

pano mode

Reasonably wide at 30mm, macro, not, but close-focuses to 14" and has
pano mode. These shots were with flash defeated, but has spot metering
and a Super Night Mode I want to try very soon.

 

[FT2]

Can you still get these, and where? They used to be available from a Canadian clearance house for something like 30 dollars apiece. I should have bought 3 of them.

Mine needs some TLC, and has been through a lot of abuse, but still works. The lens is very sharp, somewhere behind the GR1 but still great.

No back light compensation other than flash.

 

[Russ]

Oh sure, blame it on me again. But yes, I suppose this one time, I am partially to blame. These little Ricoh P&S rigs usually have very nice and sharp lenses. I've hauled a couple of them up big walls (rock climbing) and the resulting Kodachrome 64 sldes are beautiful. 🙂

Russ

 

[chubasco]

Nice shot, Russ!

FT2, as it happens, I traded with a Canadian for this cam. Was that 30 Canadian dollars? Does it matter? lol

 

[chubasco]

Here are a few from a roll of Kodak Ultramax 400:

and a couple from a roll of Arista Premium 400, dev'd in HC-110B:

Thanks again, Russ, for finding this camera!

 

[BillBingham2]

The R1 is a great little camera, turned me on to the whole Ricoh Pro line. I used one for a few years with my first son till it "Jumped to the maple flow from the top of a TV". I moved to Bessas but moved back to Ricoh with the GRD I and loving it now with a GRD III. The film GR series of cameras is a true Photographers P&S.

B2 (;->

 

[btgc]

How is VF on this camera?

Ricoh is quite a company, I agree, and they did and do make great cameras. When I will get digital, I'll look at Ricoh 🙂

 

[chubasco]

B2, agree completely about the GR series, both film and digital. I hope to
land a GR1 one of these days, well, a Hexar AF wouldn't hurt my feelings
either, and love the work I've seen with the Ricoh GRD series.

BTGC, VF is nice and bright, and close-focusing has a shaded area that
you want to use when shooting close-ups, very handy.