Specifications

Type
SLR camera
Production
from 1967
Film
35 mm
Frame size
24 × 36 mm
Lens mount
M42
Shutter
Vertical metal focal-plane shutter, mechanical
Shutter speeds
1 s – 1/1000 s, B
Flash sync
1/125 s
Metering
TTL metering (CdS)
Focusing
focusing screen
Battery
PX625 · meter only
All batteries for Ricoh
Weight
720 g

Good to know

Without a battery, every shutter speed including B is still available, but the light meter does not work. [3]

The camera meters at working aperture; once you switch the meter off, the aperture opens fully again, provided the lens is set accordingly. [2]

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Sources

  1. RICOH IMAGING: Singlex TLS, historisches Produktarchiv
  2. Ricoh Singlex TLS: Bedienungsanleitung als HTML-Wiedergabe
  3. Ricoh Singlex TLS: Untersuchung und Reparatur eines Exemplars

Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know

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