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Ricoh L-20 Date — fixed-focus 35mm compact with built-in date-imprint flash

The Ricoh L-20 Date is a simple 35mm compact from Ricoh's L series of budget point-and-shoots, built for buyers wanting automatic film loading and winding without paying for autofocus. The dateback variant imprints the date onto each frame, a common add-on for family-snapshot cameras of its era.

It carries a fixed 35mm lens at f/4.5, three elements in three groups, fixed-focus from 1m to infinity with an infinity switch rather than autofocus. The shutter runs at a single mechanical 1/125 second with automatic exposure, and a CdS cell lights a red LED in the finder to warn of low light. ISO 100, 200, 400 and 1000 are supported; the flash recycles in about 6 seconds, reaching roughly 1.2-3.1m.

As a fixed-focus, fixed-aperture design the L-20 Date trades creative control for simplicity: no focusing ring, no aperture selection and no self-timer, just compose within the 80%-coverage finder and shoot. The low-light LED is the only cue the photographer gets before the shutter fires.

These show up used as inexpensive, uncomplicated film compacts, so it is worth checking that the date imprint still works, that the shutter fires cleanly at its single speed, that the flash recycles and fires, and that the finder and lens are free of haze before running a test roll.