Ricohl Mod. IIB EXTREMELY RARE Vintage 127 - Film Camera (Serial No. 4478)
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Ricohl Mod. IIB EXTREMELY RARE Vintage 127-film Camera (Serial no. 4478)
"The Ricohl IIB has an interchangeable lens using a specific screw mount, with 40mm diameter, 32 threads per inch and 27.9mm flange to film distance. Very few examples have been observed so far, and the only observed serial number is in the 44xx range. The Ricohl is still mentioned in a government inquiry listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943, with no specification of a model name.&n...bsp;The standard lens of the Ricohl IIB is a collapsible four-element Neutar 50mm f/3.5, seemingly made by Riken itself. It is probable that no other lens was made for the camera."
Due to age, shutter speed is a little lazy and inaccurate. There is haze and some floaters in the lens, but these issues can easily be fixed. The leather has faded in color, and there is minor paint loss on the sides of the camera, but otherwise the body is in good condition. There are no tears or folds in the shutter. Viewfinder has no dust. Hot shoe is missing three screws, but is still attached. The screws that lock the back to the camera have been stripped, so it can be tricky to get the back OFF the camera. [LOC#Case14]On Jun-05-19 at 10:06:14 PDT, seller added the following information:**PLEASE DISREGARD THE COMMENT ABOUT STRIPPED THREADS** There is NOTHING wrong with the bottom of the camera, there was a miscommunication when the listing was created. The mount on the bottom of the camera is 3/8 instead of 1/4. It can be adapted to fit ANY tripod with a 3/8 to 1/4 bushing adapter. Please reach out with any questions!
"The Ricohl IIB has an interchangeable lens using a specific screw mount, with 40mm diameter, 32 threads per inch and 27.9mm flange to film distance. Very few examples have been observed so far, and the only observed serial number is in the 44xx range. The Ricohl is still mentioned in a government inquiry listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943, with no specification of a model name.&n...bsp;The standard lens of the Ricohl IIB is a collapsible four-element Neutar 50mm f/3.5, seemingly made by Riken itself. It is probable that no other lens was made for the camera."
Due to age, shutter speed is a little lazy and inaccurate. There is haze and some floaters in the lens, but these issues can easily be fixed. The leather has faded in color, and there is minor paint loss on the sides of the camera, but otherwise the body is in good condition. There are no tears or folds in the shutter. Viewfinder has no dust. Hot shoe is missing three screws, but is still attached. The screws that lock the back to the camera have been stripped, so it can be tricky to get the back OFF the camera. [LOC#Case14]On Jun-05-19 at 10:06:14 PDT, seller added the following information:**PLEASE DISREGARD THE COMMENT ABOUT STRIPPED THREADS** There is NOTHING wrong with the bottom of the camera, there was a miscommunication when the listing was created. The mount on the bottom of the camera is 3/8 instead of 1/4. It can be adapted to fit ANY tripod with a 3/8 to 1/4 bushing adapter. Please reach out with any questions!
