I honestly don't know, a lot of cameras at that time were based on something else and I did not found many info online about it. Thanks for the compliment and subscription!
You've made me going on auction portals... Horrible! 🤣🤣🤣 But no worries, I resisted the temptation 😉 However, when my ME-Super stops working, I might obtain another camera exactly this way...
:D :D :D Resist! :D Actually is really fun to get camera listed as spare parts and learn to fix them. But... it's a lot of time and a very good humility lesson :)
@@LuigiBarbanoI would love to do that, but with zero experience or knowledge what to do and what certain parts the internals do sound a bit difficult, but fun!
@@LuigiBarbano That's true, but unfortunately my first attempt made a 60 degrees turn where I ripped out a working lens from a broken rangefinder and and slapped it into a helicoid adapter... It's working fine and I guess it's a free lens for my digital camera now? lol
There are a lot of people right now starting with film. They never used it and want to just give it a try to see if they like it or not. A lot of them are young with not much money, let say they have a budget of some $100 bills. In that case the cheapest camera is perfect because they can buy film and develop it. A roll of Black and White developed at home has a price around $10. For each $100 bill saved on the camera is 360 photographs taken. If they like it after 20-30 rolls they can invest in a better camera. If they don't they can resell the camera at the same value and had an experience and lesson learned. BTW, the camera I bought fo 2.5 euros, for a beginner, has the same results as a $600 Pentax LX or a $3000 Leica. If you are learning to drive and your goal is to do the first 200 miles of your life, a used Fiat 500 has the same value as a Lamborghini. Except for the pussy magnet... that is all another value :D
Wasn’t this Ricoh based on a Cosina body?
Great work by the way! Loved the video and subbed
I honestly don't know, a lot of cameras at that time were based on something else and I did not found many info online about it.
Thanks for the compliment and subscription!
You've made me going on auction portals... Horrible! 🤣🤣🤣 But no worries, I resisted the temptation 😉
However, when my ME-Super stops working, I might obtain another camera exactly this way...
:D :D :D Resist! :D
Actually is really fun to get camera listed as spare parts and learn to fix them. But... it's a lot of time and a very good humility lesson :)
@@LuigiBarbanoI would love to do that, but with zero experience or knowledge what to do and what certain parts the internals do sound a bit difficult, but fun!
@@hozunon there is always a first time :)
@@LuigiBarbano That's true, but unfortunately my first attempt made a 60 degrees turn where I ripped out a working lens from a broken rangefinder and and slapped it into a helicoid adapter... It's working fine and I guess it's a free lens for my digital camera now? lol
@@hozunon If it's not a 180 degree turn that is a tactical plan change the brought to victory and not a retreat! ;)
With the price of film, developing and printing.... the cost is not the camera. I don't want the cheapest SLR
There are a lot of people right now starting with film. They never used it and want to just give it a try to see if they like it or not. A lot of them are young with not much money, let say they have a budget of some $100 bills. In that case the cheapest camera is perfect because they can buy film and develop it.
A roll of Black and White developed at home has a price around $10. For each $100 bill saved on the camera is 360 photographs taken. If they like it after 20-30 rolls they can invest in a better camera. If they don't they can resell the camera at the same value and had an experience and lesson learned.
BTW, the camera I bought fo 2.5 euros, for a beginner, has the same results as a $600 Pentax LX or a $3000 Leica.
If you are learning to drive and your goal is to do the first 200 miles of your life, a used Fiat 500 has the same value as a Lamborghini. Except for the pussy magnet... that is all another value :D