Ricoh 35 Flex user manual, instruction manual

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The RICOH 35 FLEX is the most advanced fully automatic lens shutter, SLR camera. It is easy to use and highly dependable. It has been made possible by the high experience level, excellent technical standards, and modern automated assembly lines of RICOH CO., LTD. Every camera is shipped to distributors and dealers only after having passed rigorous inspection so that it can satisfy your demands for performance, precision and durability.

Designations of Camera Components

(1) Shoulder strap buckles
(2) Exposure meter window
(3) Film counter
(4) Shutter release button
(5) Cable release socket
(6) Film rewind crank
(7) Film speed scale window
(8) Shutter speed scale window
(9) Diaphragm scale window
(10) Distance scale

(11) Focusing ring
(12) Diaphragm adjusting knob
(13) Shutter speed adjusting knob (14) Film rewind button
(15) Tripod mount
(16) Back cover lock
(17) Flash terminal
(18) View finder eye-piece
(19) Accessory shoe mount
(20) Film lever take-up
(21) Cassette spindle
(22) Film chamber
(23) Light shield plate
(24) Sprocket

(25) Film take-up spool
(26) Film slot
(27) Film pressure plate
(28) Cassette positioning plate (29) Film speed dial

• Photographing Procedure

1. Load camera with film.
2. Set ASA (DIN) speed dial at the speed of your film.
3. Set shutter and diaphragm at "A".
4. Take up film.
5. (a) Look into finder and decide on composition. At the same time, bring camera into focus. (h) Make sure that exposure meter pointer is not on the overexposure or underexposure warning mark.
6. Press shutter button. www.4butkus.org
7. When film is finished, rewind it into the cassette.

• How to load Film

Use 35 mm film sold in cassettes. When loading film, keep it out of direct sunlight.
1. Pull back cover lock and open back cover.

2. Draw out film rewinding crank and load new film.

3. Push in crank in such a manner that film rewinding crank spindle fits into the groove of cassette spindle. If crank does not fit in well, turn crank slightly right and left while pushing it.

4. Turn film take-up spool gear right and left to make film insertion slot face upward.

5. Draw out the free end of film and insert it firmly in take-up spool slot in the direction indicated by arrow.

6. Take up film while being careful to keep upper and lower sprocket teeth properly meshed with film perforations. www.4butkus.org

7. Close back cover after having made sure that film take up functions properly.

8. The film counter will be in "S" position. Since the first few frames of film are likely to have been exposed during the loading operation, repeat film take-up and shutter release until film counter indicates

• How to advance Film
1. Turn film take-up lever until it reaches the point where it cannot be moved further.
2. Release lever, and it will return to its original position.
3. The above operation advances film by one frame. At the same time, shutter is set.
4. When film has been advanced an shutter set, mark in finder disappears.

• How to make sure that Film is being taken up
Look at film rewinding crank while taking up film. When film is being taken up properly, crank turns correspondingly. www.4butkus.org

• How to Determine Exposure

Setting ASA (DIN) Speed Dial
Set ASA (DIN) speed scale at the speed of your film. Marks between figures on film speed scale indicate the following speeds:

Adjusting Exposure
Set diaphragm adjusting knob at "A" (automatic). Make sure that shutter adjusting knob, too, has been set at "A" by this operation. Since adjusting knobs are of an automatic setting type, shutter adjusting knob should be automatically set at "A" when diaphragm adjusting knob is set at "A". www.4butkus.org