Ricoh 35FM

[merciful]

I've got a chance to buy a black Ricoh 35FM (Rikenon 35/2.8 lens), but I can't find any mention of it anywhere. If anyone's familiar with the model, I'd like to hear anything you've got to say.

[Jocko]

A Chinese user had the same trouble finding information - but posted some pictures which may give an impression of potential performance (not quite up to the usual Ricoh standard, perhaps?) -

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-TW&u=http://www.dc543.net/next-topic-36941.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRicoh%2B35FM%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%2 6safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN
and at
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-TW&u=http://www.dc543.net/viewtopic-38901.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRicoh%2B35FM%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%2 6safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN

Cheers, Ian

[merciful]

Ah, thanks much, Ian. I couldn't tell much from the photo the local seller has posted; now I see its a guess-focus rig. Already have my mum's Trip 35 for that, so I guess I'll pass.

It's a pretty little camera in black, though.

[Ducky]

It looks like a cheap, non-rf, version of the 500G.

http://www.e-sell-arkansas.com/oops18.jpg