Manufactured about 1967 by Ricoh Company Ltd. of Japan. A 35mm SLR, it used a universal screw mount Auto Rikenon 55mm f/1.4 lens and had TTL CdS match-needle metering. It has a metal, vertical travel focal-plane shutter capable of speeds from 1 sec to 1/1000 sec plus �B� (Bulb). The viewfinder screen had a center microprism focusing aid. To accommodate flash photography, it has a snap on accessory shoe (shown here) and the left end of the camera has both an �X� sync and a �M� sync PC flash connector. This example in chrome.
See also: www.butkus.org/chinon/ricoh
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