2023-04-09

Self-timer for RICOH’s film SLR camera !

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This is a series of articles introducing film SLR camera self-timers!

Today we would like to show you a self-timer from a Ricoh manual focus film SLR camera released in 1978.

What is a self-timer?

Self-timer is a mechanism that allows you to release the shutter after a short period of time when taking a picture.
This function is mainly useful when you want to take a picture of yourself by yourself or when you want to take a group photo including the photographer!

RICOH XR500 (Reference product)

This is an XR500, released in 1978.

The self-timer has a lever next to the lens mount on the shutter button side.

The lever is designed as a long trapezoidal extension and is marked with a circular white mark. The circle on the rotating shaft section has plated accents.

To use the self-timer, you can change the direction of the lever by moving it to any position counterclockwise with your hand, as shown in this image.
For the XR500, this is the 10 o’clock position on the clock.

Then, when the shutter release button is pressed, the shutter lever begins to move clockwise.

Then the shutter is released.

In this issue, we introduced the self-timer of Ricoh’s manual focus film SLR camera released in 1978.

We would like to continue to cover Ricoh’s film SLR cameras in the future.

I will continue to write about Ricoh’s film SLR cameras in the future, and I hope you will look forward to reading my column as I find out more about the detailed features and designs of film SLR cameras that interest you!

Thank you for reading my column today.

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