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Post by yashica1943 on May 21, 2021 12:50:38 GMT -5
Just purchased a Ricoh Singlex TLS in average condition. Not very exciting? But it has a Rikenon 55mm f 1.4 lens. The radioactive one with great reports on the image sharpness.
Also a Soligor 90-230 zoom which apparently is very common. Will keep the readers informed when it arrives! About 6 years ago one of my first film cameras when I started my current collection was the Sigma Mark One SLR which was a Singlex in new clothes. That really started me off & I then went on to Yashica, Konica, then Pentax & Nikon with others, now heavily into first generation Miranda (11 of) the latest a black EE-2 with an f 1.4 lens.
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Post by Rachel on May 22, 2021 10:05:57 GMT -5
Hi, this rang a bell with me. I just had a look in the back of one of my cupboards and amazingly found mine. I've no idea when I bought it, probably just as a novelty as it's the only Ricoh that I have. It just has the standard f1.7, 50mm Auto Rikenon lens. I don't think that I have ever run a film through it.
I was worried when I found that there was still a battery in it as I know that these button cells are prone to leakage. Luckily this one is intact. I had to fiddle around with it to see if it is still working and it seems that it is, even the metering. At least the meter needle moves. Maybe a camera to put a film through some time.The shutter sppeds seem reasonable as far as I can tell. The slow speeds seem appropriate. It's a metal bladed shutter. There are no light seals in the door, and it doesn't look as if there ever were, except at the hinge end where there are the remains of seals on body and door.
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Post by yashica1943 on May 23, 2021 5:50:10 GMT -5
Thaks for that. The first that I had heard of the Singlex was in about 1964 when I entered a large photo competition for 35mm slides run by a camera shop in Hampshire, England. I went to the final in a church hall and came second out of 85 finalists with the picture of a lily. The winner won a Singlex and I really wanted that camera as it was well out of my financial area at that time.
The prizes were presented by Jonathan Routh of the TV show 'Candid camera. I won an Ilford Sportsmaster (the camera with four focus buttons on the front) which I immediately sold to my uncle!
The TLS is a slightly later version.
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