{"id":14221,"date":"2015-03-27T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T14:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=14221"},"modified":"2015-03-26T22:40:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T05:40:39","slug":"ricoh-rz3000-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=14221","title":{"rendered":"Ricoh RZ3000"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RicohRZ3000-0619\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Also know as the Ricoh\u00a0Shotmaster 130 Super<\/p>\n

I’ve written about this camera previously<\/a> but there are a few unique details that I haven’t mentioned.<\/p>\n

The auto backlight control is coupled to the focus system, if a backlit subject is greater than 20 feet away it will adjust the exposure alone but if the subject is closer it will use fill flash, nice and automatic.<\/p>\n

In Super Night Shot mode if you are taking a portrait the camera will first focus to infinity and take an exposure for up to 2 seconds it then closes the shutter refocuses on the subject and takes a second exposure with flash, if there is no subject within 6m then the camera just takes the long exposure without the second flash image.<\/p>\n

The RZ3000 can adjust exposure for light levels in the range of 3.5EV to 17EV.\u00a0\u00a0 (EV 3.5 with ISO 400 film would be something like candle light or a night scene with lights)<\/p>\n

Originally listed at around $300 in 1996 the RZ3000 can now be had for less than the cost of a roll of film, although this fate is not unique to it.\u00a0 If it wasn’t for the complete depreciation of these cameras I couldn’t hope to have this much fun.<\/p>\n

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