Ricoh

Explore 6 Ricoh vintage camera models — specs, production history, reviews, and market values in the VTA archive.

Cameras

• GR Digital (2005) — A compact digital camera launched in 2005 as the first digital model in Ricoh's GR series. This page has detailed specs and production dates.
• GR Digital II (2008) — A compact digital camera with a 10-megapixel sensor and 28mm-equivalent lens, designed for street photography. Includes detailed specs and production dates.
• GR Digital III (2009) — A digital compact camera with a fast 28mm equivalent lens and 10-megapixel CCD sensor, released in July 2009. Find full specifications here.
• GR Digital IV (2011) — A compact digital camera released in 2011, notable for use in aerial photography and street imaging. Covers detailed specs and production dates.
• GR1 (1996-2001) — Designed with street photographers in mind, it combines advanced optics with discreet portability. Full specifications and review.
• KR-5 (1975-1982) — The Ricoh KR-5 is an entry-level 35mm single-lens reflex (SLR) camera introduced in 1975 as part of Ricoh’s expansion into the K-mount SLR market
• Singlex (1962-1967) — The Ricoh Singlex was Ricoh’s first 35mm SLR camera with interchangeable lenses, marking the company's entry into the SLR market.
• Singlex TLS (1967-1972) — However, it was not the first Ricoh SLR with TTL metering—earlier models like the Ricoh TLS 401 (1966) already featur. Full specifications and review.
• XR-2 (1977-1982) — Featuring aperture-priority automatic exposure and a robust mechanical design. Full specifications and review.
• XR-7 (1981-1985) — Notable for its early implementation of automatic exposure programming. Full specifications and review.

Compact

• AF-60S — The Ricoh AF-60S is a 35mm compact autofocus camera from the late 1980s — part of a large family of visually similar Taiwanese-made Ricoh compacts that
• Auto 35 (1960) — Ricoh Auto 35 (1960) — the first of Ricoh's spring-loaded 35mm compacts, with a 40mm f/2.8 Riken lens, fixed focus, and selenium auto exposure.
• G600 — Ricoh G600 ruggedised compact digital camera (2008). Waterproof to 1m, drop-proof to 1.5m, 10.3MP CCD, 5x zoom, rubberised body with glove-friendly controls.
• LX-25 — The Ricoh LX-25 is a simple, plastic-bodied 35mm fixed-focus point-and-shoot from the early 1990s — released, as far as one source records, in August
• One Take Easy II — Ricoh One Take Easy II, an obscure 1980s 35mm point-and-shoot. Known specs are thin: 35mm f/4.5 lens, four ISO settings, built-in flash and meter.
• RW-1 — Ricoh RW-1 (1993–c.1994): a weather-resistant 35mm point-and-shoot compact with 34mm lens, autofocus, panorama mode, and red-eye reduction. Thin documentation but a cult following.
• RZ-800 — Ricoh RZ-800 (1991) — compact autofocus 35mm zoom camera with 38-80mm f/4.5-6.4 lens, 5-beam AF, macro mode. Sold as Shotmaster Zoom Super and other names.
• Steky — Ricoh Steky III — a little-documented 16mm subminiature camera from Riken Optical, c. 1950, part of the post-war Japanese Steky series.

Other Models

• G500 — Ricoh G500 — a gel-ink printer (and possibly a camera) whose identity remains unresolved; pigment inks, part 402282, G700 overlap.
• RS-1060C — Ricoh RS-1060C 2x SCSI CD-R drive — sturdy, quiet, track-at-once only. Period reviewers called it fine for demos, poor for audio mastering.
• RS-1420C — Ricoh RS-1420C — external 2X CD-R recorder with 2MB buffer, quad-speed CD-ROM reading, Intel/Mac compatible. The mid-'90s studio burner.