For Sale Ricoh Diacord L

[cptrios]

This is a pretty well-regarded, if somewhat unsung TLR. It's not the greatest copy - when I got it, the shutter was a bit sticky, so I cleaned it off and in the process a) ripped up the front leatherette and b) broke off the flash sync wires. Both are easily fixable if you feel like! Also, there's a blemish on the back of the rear element that I can't quite identify, but could be etching from a small former patch of fungus. I can't take a good picture of it for the life of me, but it doesn't seem to affect photos. The higher shutter speeds are slightly slow, and the meter responds to light but is in no way accurate. I don't have the caps, either!

$70 including shipping and PP fees.

 

[Kino]

I have the 1956 Ricohflex Diamond M "Dia M" camera and would put it up against a Yashicamat 124G or even a Rolleicord any day of the week.

This is the 1957 Richoflex Diamond L "Diacord or Dia L" and it's basically the same camera with a MXL shutter and a top speed of 1/500th.

Put leather on it and soldier the wires back on, you'll have a sleeper MF TLR that is crazy good.

 

[cptrios]

I love the two-lever focusing mechanism and the focusing screen is nice and bright, but I can't stand the aperture and shutter speed having that EV-linkage system. Annoying!

 

[GRHazelton]

My Brother Dean had a Diacord, but without the meter; sadly it was stolen. It gave excellent results, and the focus mechanism is really convenient, as opposed to the knob of Yaschicamats, or Rolleis. My Minolta Autocord has a somewhat similar focus mechanism, also more convenient, IMO, than a knob. I don't need another TLR, or I might buy it.