Film winding lever of a RICOH SLR camera!

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Today we continue our series on film winding levers for SLR cameras!

This time we will look at the film winding lever of a RICOH SLR camera released in 1978.

Function of the film winding lever!

The function of the film winder lever is to prepare the film for the next shot after the shutter is released by using your hand to move the lever to advance the film to the next frame.

RICOH XR500 (Reference product)

This black-colored film manual SLR camera, released 45 years ago, has a steel base and plastic parts in one part.

The film winding lever is located on the top surface of the body. Like most film SLR cameras, the film winding lever is located near the shutter speed dial, shutter button, and film counter.

There is a winding lever shaft next to the film counter, which rotates by moving the lever to advance the film to the next frame in conjunction with the film counter.

The lever itself has a steel base, and the part that operates the lever is made of plastic.
The part is designed with a combination of straight and curved lines.

The design uses curved lines for the parts that touch the hand and straight lines for the rest.

You can see that there is a considerable difference in height from the shaft portion of the lever to the tip.

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