Ricoh KR-10
Ricoh KR-10
Another well-built, no-nonsense, and under-estimated camera. Solid and heavy body, good speeds selection: B to 1000 to auto, metal curtain, and K-mount, ready for a power winder. Nothing more to ask for an entry-level camera. It seems to share the body with the KR-5. Similar to the KR-5 it takes to pull the winding handle past the red dot, to fire the shutter. In addition to the speeds offered on the KR-5, there is an auto mode and an X mode used to shoot without batteries. The red light in front was eliminated but its housing is still there. As with the other Ricoh cameras, there is a blank nameplate on the prism, assumingly where rebrands can be marked.
Also offered under CR-10, XR-1000S, A-100.
Ricoh KR10 current value
Ricoh KR-10 Manual
| List number | 4727 |
| Brand | Ricoh |
| Format | 35 mm |
| Style | KR-10 |
| Introduced | 1980 |
| AKA | CR-10, XR-1000S, A-100 |
| Country | Japan |
| Type | SLR |
| Body material | Metal |
| Mode | Auto / manual |
| Weight, gr, W/O lens | 550 |
| ASA range | 12-1000 |
| Kit lens | 1.2/50 |
| Filter size | 52 mm |
| Lens mount | K mount |
| Mount size | |
| Aperture | 1,7 – 16 |
| shutter | Focal plane vertical metal |
| Light meter | TTL, manual override |
| Winder | Lever |
| Lock | Yes |
| Speeds | B X |
| DOF preview | No |
| Exposure lock | No |
| Exposure compensation | Yes |
| Shoe | Hot |
| External sync | X |
| Sync speed | 125 |
| Timer | Mechanical |
| Battery | A76 2ea |
| Battery style | Button |
| Battery voltage | 1.5 |
| Other | Power winder ready |
I have an old RICOH KR 10_M with tripod, leather case ,Achiever Tz250flash with coloured glass,22_3.5Lensewith manuals.The battery housing is corroded and the metal contacts are cactus.Is the camera worth anything to a collector?
Ricoh cameras were never collectable, save for a few early models. The KR10 M is a later model, electronically controlled, which is unattractive to the collector. Battery mount corrosion can be easily cleaned. In cameras of that era, the lens could be worth something.