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I am on my 4ht, the latest being an R5 following a pleasurable experience with an R3. My daughter still uses the I7 which is a vest pocket format. Quality is great but the macro and the 28 - 200mm lens are features I like to the R3/5 "David J Taylor" wrote in message k... jeremy wrote: [] I've owned 2 Ricoh cameras, the RDC-5000 & RDC 5300, since 2000, and they have given excellent results. They were feature-laden for their time. Ricoh may have an image problem in the US. They have been rebadging their cameras as Rollei in this market. Thanks, Jeremy. I just got an R5 and wondered why the brand wasn't better known. It works very well considering its size the the 1/2.5- inch sensor. My GF has been very pleased with her R4 which she bought after taking me to look at a shortlist of models from different manufacturers. My experience with several Ricoh film cameras (GR1v, GR10, GR21) encouraged me to take them seriously, and when trying out the options in the shop it blew away the alternatives (other cameras with a reasonably wide end to their zooms, and a price about £50-100 either side of the Ricoh.) Peter -- Ken Ashcroft |
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"jeremy" wrote in message news:FbMxh.2601$yI1.2410@trndny01... I think that Ricoh had associations in the minds of consumers of being a "second tier" manufacturer--somewhat like Vivitar. That might explain why their cameras are being distributed under the Rollei name in the US. Vivitar was a distributor of photographic items, not a manufacturer. |
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"Doug Robbins" wrote in message I think that Ricoh had associations in the minds of consumers of being a "second tier" manufacturer--somewhat like Vivitar. That might explain why their cameras are being distributed under the Rollei name in the US. Vivitar was a distributor of photographic items, not a manufacturer. You mean that the famous Vivitar 283 was really made by some basement outfit, whose name we shall never know? RichK |
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"Doug Robbins" wrote in message ... "jeremy" wrote in message news:FbMxh.2601$yI1.2410@trndny01... I think that Ricoh had associations in the minds of consumers of being a "second tier" manufacturer--somewhat like Vivitar. That might explain why their cameras are being distributed under the Rollei name in the US. Vivitar was a distributor of photographic items, not a manufacturer. So? Vivitar sold cameras under its own name, regardless of who made them. |
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"RichK" wrote in message . .. "Doug Robbins" wrote in message I think that Ricoh had associations in the minds of consumers of being a "second tier" manufacturer--somewhat like Vivitar. That might explain why their cameras are being distributed under the Rollei name in the US. Vivitar was a distributor of photographic items, not a manufacturer. You mean that the famous Vivitar 283 was really made by some basement outfit, whose name we shall never know? RichK Yep. |
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