Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/24
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>Ricoh Shotmaster Zoom 105 Plus
>
>I bought one for my son 5-6 years ago for about $350, then bought three
>refurbs locally two years ago at $100 each - one for another son, one for my
>dad, and finally one for me. Lens is fast and very sharp - beautiful 16x20's
>and last year I enlarged a "snapshot" of a USCG helicopter and local fire
>dept fire boat to 20x30. The three prints are hanging at the CG HQ, Fire
>Dept and Eureka City Hall.
>
>Best feature of the Ricoh is the fixed 28mm focal length, along with zoom of
>38-105mm (f3.6-f5.6). At 28mm it is a slow lens but very sharp, too. I also
>like that the film winds all the way to the end as soon as loaded, then
>winds back into the cassette as you shoot. In quiet situations, you just get
>a quick 2 seconds of rewinding when the last shot on the roll is done. Have
>you ever tried to stop a P&S auto rewind of 36 frames grinding away in a
>church or theater?!
>
>It also has some nice adjustments for night time use and about my only
>complaint is a sometimes balky autofocus. Just find something slightly more
>contrasty at the same distance and lock focus by pressing slightly on the
>shutter.
>
>Anyway it has served me remarkably well. My other cameras are all Leicas and
>Hasselblads, plus a Yashica T4 P&S - shirt-pocket tiny, but with a great big
>heart in that wonderful Zeiss 35 T* lens. So it's a tough camera crowd to
>get along in. The Ricoh Shotmaster Zoom 105 Plus would make a really
>flexible travel camera. I noticed there are a couple on eBay right now, and
>some refurbs may still be available at camera stores. I'm hanging onto mine.
>
>Gary Todoroff
>Tree LUGger
but you cannot use it for FOM2 ;-)
Cheers
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Alastair Firkin
http://www.afirkin.com
http://www.familyofman2.com
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