Ricoh 519 Deluxe (FiveOneNine)

Ricoh Five.One.Nine image by David Donnadieu (Image rights)

The Ricoh 519 Deluxe (Five.One.Nine) is a 35mm film rangefinder camera with fixed lens made in Japan by Ricoh introduced in 1958.

SpecificationsEdit

• Lens: Riken Optical Rikenon f 1.9 / 4.5cm - 6 elements in 4 groups (Made by Tomioka Optical)
• Shutter: Seikosha MXL, Speeds 1 - 1/500 sec + B
• Aperture: 1:1.9 - 1:16
• Exposure: Light Value system with external light meter (The Light Value system was first adopted in Japan on the Ricoh 500)
• Focusing: manual focusing with help of coupled rangefinder
• Dimensions: 140mm x 83mm x 67mm
• Weight: 670 g

Ricoh Five.One.Nine image by David Donnadieu (Image rights)

Links Edit

• Ricoh 519 DeLuxe on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand