Topcon Automatic R III

[yinyangbt]

Hello ! Any experience with this 1961 camera as a shooter ? how is the focusing?

 

[grapejohnson]

It's-a very EXACT-a

 

[grapejohnson]

I wish someone else would have actually replied to you in earnest, I feel like a turd for making a bad pun. One of the first cameras I ever used was a Topcon Auto 100, and the focusing screen wasn't very good, it was really hard to get a sharp in-focus image.

 

[pablo18]

Hello ! Any experience with this 1961 camera as a shooter ? how is the focusing?

Hello, I know this is a very old thread but I'll try. I'm trying to compile a list of serial numbers for the Topcon RIII camera and so far I've only found 11. In many cases, the number isn't legible in the photograph because the camera has a light meter mounted on it. I wanted to ask if you could provide your camera's serial number so I can add it to the list, if it's not inconvenient for you, of course. Thank you.

 

[David Murphy]

What a beauty! I've not owned one, but it appears to be an early Topcon model with the Exakta Bayonet mount which means there are tons of lenses for it, many of excellent quality. Hopefully your camera still works!