Ricoh R1 Archives

21 January, 2022

28mm Point & Shoot Showdown – The plot widens… – By Daniel Rider

By Daniel Rider

After shooting for a while with 50mm and 40mm fixed lens cameras, I stumbled onto a Ricoh SLR and the old guy at the shop offered me a Pentax 28mm lens for cheap to go with the ...

14 August, 2018

Non-Destructive Hacking the Ricoh R1 for Full-Frame Wide-Angle Photography – By Howard Hurd

By HowardH

One of the coolest features of the Ricoh R1 (the less sought-after sibling of the fabulous GR1 series) is its panoramic feature. "Big deal", I hear you say, "Loads of 35mm film ...

12 February, 2016

Ricoh R1 Review (Rollei Prego Micron) – An overlooked achiever – by Benn

By Benn Murhaaya

While I was visiting San Francisco in September last year, my friend Arachide presented me with handful of cameras. Those were his thrift store finds. I am still amazed by what ...

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Chris Giles on 5 Frames from a cheap and simple camera – and a very rare one too
Thanks Tony I understand that contact prints were commonly used back then, so the little 4.5 x 6cm print would…
Chris Giles on 5 Frames from a cheap and simple camera – and a very rare one too
Thanks Gary I found a little more information on the Danish Photohistorical Society site https://share.google/OUqgJZ3qy9pwPkJge It looks like a box…
Geoff Chaplin on Olympus XA2 and Cosina CX-2 – In the Zone
Ditto Gary's comment on the B17. I didn't spot what emulsion/development you used. Nice images and especially compositions all the…

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