Ricoh auto 66 determining shutter speed and aperature

[charles_gravely]

I have an old Ricoh auto 66. Shot a roll of film through it - works

fine - even the meter seems about right.

 

The exposure is set entirely with EV numbers. That is - match needle

with an EV dile. There appears to be no opportunity to select

shutter speed and aperature separately.

 

Anybody using this camera? Am I missing something here? Is there a

way to figure out what the apperature setting is and thus figure out

the shutter speed etc.

 

Thanks

Charles

[siu_fai_au1]

It's great to hear that a fellow Auto 66 owner is using his, since I have never used mine.

 

You can select aperture but shutter speed is fixed at flash sync (probably 1/30s). Next to that (and B) it is program only. I'm not aware of any program charts for the Auto 66.

 

Siu Fai

[charles_gravely]

Thanks Siu Fai,

 

It's fun to use this camera every once and a while. Does your meter still work. This one sure seems to work - numbers are fairly close to what I get with my handheld meter.

 

That's good info that you can select the aperature at flash sync. This was exactly the kind of info I was looking for since I can clearly see there is an aperature dial but it only engages with flash sync and 'B'.

 

I will fire off a roll at flash sync and see if I can hand hold it. Hey it's all in good fun anyway!

 

Maybe somebody on this forum will come up with a chart for the EV program.

 

Thanks again.

Charles

[siu_fai_au1]

Charles, the meter in my Auto 66 seems to be accurate as well. But I haven't tried it with film.

 

There are literature available that shows the program characteristic of the Rollei Magic, but non of the Auto 66, as far as I am aware of. The Magic program curve is definately not linear.

 

Have fun with your Auto 66.

 

Siu Fai

 

PS: I also have the Ricohmatic 44 (4x4cm similar model), but unfortunately my sample has a dead meter.