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Movie Friday: The Ricoh Mycrystal is a wild see-through 35mm movie digicam: Digital Pictures Evaluation
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Do you’ve got $650 burning a gap in your pocket and a need to have one of many extra distinctive 335mm point-and-shoot cameras we’ve ever seen? If that’s the case, this Ricoh Mycrystal being offered by Japan Digicam Hunter is simply the digicam you’ve been in search of.
As its identify suggests, this distinctive digicam includes a clear physique that showcases the varied gears and mechanisms inside this 35mm movie digicam, all with out exposing the movie due to an enclosed storage and advance space. It was made by Ricoh in collaboration with Japanese toy producer Bandai again in 1993 and other than a couple of itemizing on eBay, it doesn’t seem as if there are a lot of of those cameras floating round, doubtless because of the truth it was solely launched in Japan.
The system runs on a pair of ‘AA’ batteries, features a built-in flash and even includes a four-level movie velocity selector for ISO 100, 200, 400 and 1000 movie shares. The digicam includes a 35mm lens, nevertheless it isn’t clear what the presumably-fixed aperture is.
Though its $650 asking worth is steep in comparison with the few you may discover throughout public sale websites, this one seems to be in near-mint situation and even consists of the unique field. In the event you’e , you may head on over to the Japan Digicam Hunter web site and inquire about buying it.
