Way back in 1973 I wanted to get into SLR
photography. I was the yearbook photographer and the school-issued
Yashica-D wasn't cool enough. My mentor (shown in the picture
above photographing a frog) had an Asahi Pentax but
that was a little out of reach for my budget. A friend had a
RICOH
TLS-401 and defended it fiercely. I had a Hanimex Praktica
Nova 1B.
RICOH Singlex TLS Manual
He suggested I get the SINGLEX
TLS. So I did. Mine was a chrome version
of the same camera shown in the picture at the top of this page. I later sold that camera for what I
paid for it and purchased a Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic II. But
that's another story. This camera was acquired much later when I
back-filled some of the cameras I have owned and opted to get the
relatively more uncommon black version of the SINGLEX TLS. It has
a later lens mounted that I purchased to use with my Pentax Stereo
attachment.
