Ricoh XR-1 35mm Single Lens Camera

hey there I'm blind this is my photo show welcome today's topic the RICO XR 1 also known as the Pentek excuse appendix the Sears KS 1000 this camera was I was marketed under both names this is an excellent choice for a budget sleeper 35-millimeter camera Rico is a budget brand Rico made entry level budget cameras when in Pentax mount in the 1970s they had the the TLS or the sink lex TLS or something like that in universal thread mount and then when when Pentax switched over to that came out rico introduced in 1978 to SLRs this one the XR one and its companion the XR to the xr2 was electronic this was mechanical today if you're shopping for a 35-millimeter SLR i highly encourage you to go mechanical not electronic when the electronics on these old cameras fail that's it they're done you now own a paperweight the mechanical cameras are more likely to be able to be fixed again there's no s