I inherited a P&S camera from a relative.
"You're into taking pictures, right? Here's this old camera I don't use anymore. I got a digital so I don't need this old film thing anyway."
It's a Ricoh FF-7D. "D" for Date model. 35mm F/3.5 autofocus lens. Built-in flash. Has some modes: panorama, night shot, multiple exposure, TV, continuous shooting and interval. The TV mode, according to the 4 little photocopied pages from the manual, is for "taking pictures from a TV screen." No kidding! The interval mode is for taking picures at set intervals it says. I'm wondering what market segment this camera was aimed at. Your usual compact doesn't do multiple exposures or "interval" photography. It also has what appears to be a mid-roll rewind button on the bottom near the tripod socket. You can't manually deploy the flash, though. I guess you'd have to block the meter with your hand or something to fool it into thinking it's dark.
So my question: is this a decent little camera or was she unloading her junk onto me? Anyone know of these cameras? I've never shot Ricoh, and their website doesn't even list film cameras. Oh, and the battery was $14. Ouch! Should I dump this thing or what? And where do I get a manual?
This thing feels solidly built but the romance ends there. Its pretty clunky in the hand and the AF is so slow it's not really worth it. The film wind is as noisy as my old worn-out EOS 650. The controls are less than intuituve, etc... I want to hate it but I was looking for a little snapshot camera to pack around with me. What have I got here?