Possibly they are??? link makes it even more confusing to me..... hope they don't do that with Pentax?

Edit: Just downloaded the GXR brochure they are equivalents
The 28-300mm is actually 4.9mm - 52.5mm which isn't as
impressive. Pentax already make CCTV lenses with similar
FL's

Seems unbelievable that cars once came with heaters as an EXTRA!!!!
I think the Hillman Imp or possibly a Citroen was the last!!

At least they came with starting handles if the cold flattened the battery

Citroen GS from the 70's was about the last with a starting handle

Looks like one, but I don't think the lens is anything special at
least not judging by these photos: link

If anyone has one of these, it's reported to be sharper wide open with a decent UV filter on the front. (112mm I think).

One thing that concerns me about Ricoh is their poor selection of FL's for lenses for the GXR link They don't seem capable of thinking beyond lenses for 35mm film cameras and even when they made 35mm SLR's their range wasn't very good and most of the lenses were poor.

For the GXR they have:
28mm
50mm
24-85mm
24-72mm
28-300mm

All 35mm??? plus to cap it all for a very expensive camera tele and wide conversion lenses???

They also show only one lens on the Map for 2012??

Excellent Tomioka made lens not to be confused with the Chinon
50mm, which hasn't got the same character.

The price seems low.... usually £60+ on ebay.

The Reflecta is the same lens.... one on ebay for £129
link

Monopods are a waste of time.... they rotate too easily
A bipod would be better

You are not supposed to post auction links on here!!

Someone was probably watching that after spending months tracking
it down and you've just killed off any hope they had of getting
a bargain.

Too big a name to lose. I am surprised CZ didn't take an interest
in them and move back into cameras.

Most of the shops that have gone also would have owed money to
the lens manufacturers/importers?

"Here lies Alfred Stieglitz. He lived for better or for worse,
but he's dead for good."

When Ansel Adams was asked what he would like for an epitaph he
replied: I think Alfred Stieglitz's epitaph.... he told me what
he wanted, and that would be ideal.