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What you mean is digital film camera. Digital film roles are are similar like digital tape?

Thank you very much for this video! The lens on my GR1s just stopped working and I will try to fix it following the steps you described.

I recently bought a Ricoh GR10, I put a new battery in it and the lens comes out by itself but when I touch the Mode buttons on the LCD screen you can't see anything. I also don't see any info in the viewfinder. Although I have tried the flash and if it works just like the lens it focuses. I haven't put a roll on it because I don't know if I can take photos without choosing the values. Can I take photos myself?

Hi Evan, thank you for the great video and help! My second hand GR10 started to make funky things after only a few rolls.. The flash doesn‘t fire anymore, but with that I can live.. Unfortunately half of my rolls are empty, because the apeture blades wont open. Winding and focussing seem to work fine, but when i press the shutter the blades keep closed.. Any idea what to do?

Would you say that the camera will survive a small rain shower or is every drop of water fatal?

Hey Evan, I'm having spacing/advancing issues, but I also have an issue where the advance knob locks up, and the only way to get to the 1 position is to fire the shutter and repeat this until it gets to the 1 position. I also noticed on the faulty film back it doesn't have a little pin sticking out, like the others. Would this be the culprit?

Beore calibracion must to clean the 2 fotocell ,in large time the glass of this is opaque ,and the pentaprism too. Un saludo from Spain. 😊

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Looks great. I will get one soon. Thank you. ❤

Vielen Dank! Sehr interessantes Video! Tolle Kamera! Das einzige, dass mich vom Kauf abhält, ist das Halbformat. Ist es irgendwie möglich die Kamera von Halbformat auf Vollformat zu ändern?

Kudos from a working analog camera technician! I've been curious about the internals on this. Your hunch about the shutter is correct: The winder gearing should be charging the small shutter in the lens assembly (while also advancing the film) but exposure duration is controlled by the electronics, so the whole exposure system is mechanically-charged electronically-timed. Would love to see more camera repair content on youtube, keep it up!

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Your video justify everything TKO said in the development story, definitely worth checking out too

after watching this, I don't feel it's overpriced anymore. my only gripe with this camera is that it should have gotten a sharper lens. even the original Pen F from the early 60's shoots sharper than the 25mm chosen for this

It's a pity they didn't let you change one part and it becomes a regular 35mm format instead of half format ( can't take slides as it is).

I don't think this is how the variable resistors work in the ME Super. The bottom dial will adjust the speed of the shutter in auto mode while the upper resistor adjusts only the LED readout. Another way to put it is that the lower dial will change the speed and the LED that is lit up, while the upper will only change the LED that is lit up. This is confirmed in the service manual.

can you make do a fix for the super back where the light meter always says over and after rotating to a different ISO it wants you to LT exposure

Thanks for the informative video

I'm very surprised that there is no chassis and that the casing indeed is an integral part of the structure. Looks like a very cheaply build camera, using injection mouldings to provide the strength of the camera, just like those cheap point and shoot cameras of the 90s. They must make a huge profit from each camera.

Someone has plenty of money to burn!

I am not sure if those fingers are for focusing. They might set the intensity of the flash. I don't have the schematics to verify this, but if the flash intensity is set by distance it can be used for flash fill photography.

Great video. I'm about to get this camera and it's good to know that Pentax / Ricoh had repairability in mind when manufacturing this camera.

so cool thabk you

Wonderful video. It makes you appreciate even more the effort Pentax put into this camera.

Excellent and informative video, thanks. I'm pretty sure I could take one apart too. Getting it back together again would, in my case, be the tricky part 😂

Wonderful video. So many armchair yootoobers are saying this camera feels cheap and plasticky. If only they saw all the care in materials and design that goes into the 17.

Cool teardown! I am surprised to see point-to-point wiring made a comeback. I was anticipating flex cables and some JSTs, like modern cameras. Curious, is the top shell all plastic, or is it a plastic insert into a stamped metal cover? I bet they are using metalized plastic like fujifilm.

Interesting to see electronic shutter and mechanical film advance separated like that. Can't help to wonder if it would make possible to modify the camera for the Lomo style double exposure, at least in theory. Probably would require reprogramming some of the on-board logic. Thanks for the teardown and explanation, it was a joy to watch. Edit: turns out the double exposure is possible and actually quite simple using the film rewind button at the bottom as explained by Analogue Wonderland in their video.

If only they would have gone for a proper rangefinder or fully manual camera I would have bought it. But it does not seem to be a bad camera and I think there's plenty of people who'll have a ton of fun with it.

Fascinating. I’m not one to call that camera overpriced. Thank-you. The audio was very clear.

But did it still work once you put it back together? 😅🙂 Thanks, been waiting for a teardown

All plastic, but it looks the same I have on the DA*55/1.4, that doesn't feel cheap at all. The top and bottom plate might not be brass but they seem to get the job done and they look good. A lot of people for that price wanted a Pentax 67 III with a 105/2.4, and quickly point out a list of 40 years old used cameras that you can get with the same amount of money. What you are really paying here is the lens that looks like a little marvel from the shots I've seen, a good mechanical design that leans towards repairability, and metal parts where they matter (all the rewinding mechanisms and gears). Honestly I'm not at all a fan of the AF lens with manual presets, but my guess is that it shares part of the design with a future full AF camera, who knows, maybe full frame too?

This is such a good video, thanks a lot for your job!

did you determine a purpose for the washers on the front plate under the leatherette? assembly locators maybe?

Well done! It can be repaired for next 10 years at least supported by PENTAX!

Looks like a very nice camera. I know from a couple of the photography blogs I like, they have been pessimistic of the camera initially and then found they liked it - especially when they saw the resulting images.

I really want that mat for lens repair... which one is it??

Production cost $65 worth $105.

Looks very well engineered. Hope sells well.

Proper respect! Thank you for sharing this.

So in theory it'd only be a small step to giving this camera interchangeable lenses. ??

Come on. Just a somewhat funny looking half frame camera. Not even half as small. A tear down? What’s so very special except the date of production? Who needs it, when you don’t want to make a statement to others?

Cool video, i have always wonder have do old cameras stamp the date on the film? I think it must a litle digital clock whith small ligh bulbs or small led in this old style camera and a lens for focusing maybe, and of course the clock built in mirror. I think that will be super interesting to make a video about.

very helpful, thank you!

I very much appreciate this tear down video. I figured Pentax designed it to be serviceable when I noticed no use of Torx screws (or the like), only flathead or Philips. I own one and have so far shot about 8 rolls of 36 with it. Aesthetically, it has me taking pics that I probably wouldn’t take with any other type of camera. Of course I could say that about any camera, but there really is something special about the way it’s been designed. I’m not an engineer, just a picture taker, and I like the pictures I’m taking with it. I also don’t get all the vitriol being thrown at the pricing of this item. Camera companies aren’t charities and there are definitely more evil things to fund or support in this world than half-frame film cameras.

Neat. Looks like a great camera.

Thank you for nice video Evan!

very nice to see how it screams quality craftsmanship within the camera itself. it looks so clean and organized. i have no doupt this camera will work for decades after purchase. Also, you inadvertantly possibly made the best repair guide for anyone in the future to look for. Seriously, i look for such teardowns if i can't find good service manuals and this invents the wheel before anyone else needs to. Great video!

After watching so many videos about this camera, i feel this is really the best one. No more opinions, just facts. Very well done and thank you

Weird mix of ribbon cables and hand-soldered individual wires. It looks well-made, but not necessarily well-designed…