Yashica Electro 35

Item

Model name
Electro 35
Brand
Yashica
Camera type
Item manufacturing year
Description
Compact rangefinder camera made of metal.

Sports a high quality Yashica Japan YASHINON-DX 1:1.7 f=45mm lens.
Copal Elec shutter enables speeds in a linear range from 30 seconds up to 1/500th of a sec.
Film sensibility ranges from 25 to 1000 ASA – similar to later Electro 35 GSN models.
Automatic parallax correction in the viewfinder, and LED indicators for overexposure and slow speeds (red and yellow respectively).

Automatic exposure with aperture value priority. The adequate speed is selected using a CdS cell using a TR164 mercury battery. An adapter is mandatory to use the camera today.

The serial number of this item probably dates it to 1968.
Film format
Picture size
Fixed lens
Maximum aperture
Minimum aperture
16
Focal length
Minimal focus distance
80cm
Lens diameter
Item sets
Cameras collection