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I am buying a Ricoh Singlex TLS from ebay. (I know, not always the best way to purchase camera equipment, but I only dropped about $50 bucks for the body and the lens.) I don’t know much about this camera except that it takes Pentax-type screw mount lenses. I need to know if anyone knows what this camera takes as far as flashes. In the picture of the camera, I can’t see a hot shoe. Is there a terminal that a flash can be connected to? I would really appreciate some help here. Thanks, Amanda Before you buy.
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I am buying a Ricoh Singlex TLS from ebay. (I know, not always the best way to purchase camera equipment, but I only dropped about $50 bucks for the body and the lens.) I don’t know much about this camera except that it takes Pentax-type screw mount lenses. I need to know if anyone knows what this camera takes as far as flashes. In the picture of the camera, I can’t see a hot shoe. Is there a terminal that a flash can be connected to? I would really appreciate some help here. Thanks, Amanda
It’s a good solid, heavy body, reliable, shutter 1-1000, vertical travel metal shutter. Nice short "throw" on the advance lever allows for fast picture taking. Through the Lens metering, averaging, CdS, stopdown mode for meter operation. If the meter’s broken, everything else still works, needs no battery for any other function, manual/mechanical film transport, stopdown, and shutter. Will accept any 42mm "standard" Pentax/Praktica/Ricoh/Yashica/Vivitar et cetera screwmount lens. No hotshoe. There are accessory shoes available that clip on, held by the viewfinder frame. Standard pc type socket for plugging in electronic flash cable. Use the one marked "x" not the one marked "FP." If you can’t find a clip-on shoe, find one of those flash holder brackets that hold the flash to the side and connect to the camera using the tripod socket on the bottom. For $50, you did just fine, as long as the shutter is good. EJKowalski
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I have acquired a mint, in the box, Ricoh Singlex TLS. Everything seems to be working perfectly. I would like to know what sort of battery I should get for it. Does it use a mercury battery?
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I have acquired a mint, in the box, Ricoh Singlex TLS. Everything seems to be working perfectly. I would like to know what sort of battery I should get for it. Does it use a mercury battery?
It uses EPX625, a mercury battery. There is a Duracell 625A that is the same size, but the EPX625 is a 1.35 volt battery and the 625A is a 1.5 volt. I must presume that it would not give accurate readings. There is a Canadian source for mercury batteries – some posters depend on them.
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<< I have acquired a mint, in the box, Ricoh Singlex TLS. Everything seems to be working perfectly. I would like to know what sort of battery I should get for it. Does it use a mercury battery? Cool. That was my first 35mm SLR . . .
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