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Yashica 35 YK User manual
User manual for Yashica 35 YK. 16 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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35 mm roll film
20 or 36 exposures per roll
24 36 mm size negotive
Block ond White or Color
T o u n l o c k B o c k C o v e r o f t h e c o m e r o , p u l l t h e S l i d e L o c k u p
o n d t h e h i n g e d B o c k C o v e r w i l l o p e n
P l o c e o n e w r o l l o f 3 5 m m f i l m i n t h e f i l m c h o m b e r , o n d p u s h
t h e F i l m R e w i n d K n o b d o w n t o s e t t h e c o s s e t t e i n p l o c e
G e n t l y d r o w o u t t h e f i l m l e o d e r f r o m t h e c o s s e t t e . T h r e o d t h e
f i l m l e o d e r i n t o t h e s l o t o f t h e T o k e - u p S p o o l M o k e s u r e t h e
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T h e L e n s A p e r t u r e c o n t r o l s t h e o m o u n t o f l i g h t t h o t w i l l
p o s s t h r o u g h t h e l e n s o n t o t h e l i g h t - s e n s i t i v ef i l m . Y o s h i c o Y K ,
w i t h i t s Y o s h i n o n l e n s , o f f e r s o p e n i n g s o t f , 2 . 8 , 4 , 5 . 6 , 8 , $$c 4 f s.6
l l & 1 5 . N o t i c e t h o t t h e l o w e r t h e n u m b e r , t h e l o r g e r t h e
o p e n i n g . F , 2 . 8 i s t h e l o r g e s t o p e n i n g , o n d f ' 1 6 t h e s m o l l e s t .
T o s e t t h e l e n s o p e n i n g , m o v e t h e A p e r t u r e C o n t r o l R i n g t os e t t h e d e s i r e d n u m b e r o p p o s i t e t h e w h i t e d i o m c n d m o r k . $$I t l j t 6
The shutter speed confrols the duroiion of the exposure. Shutter speeds on your Yoshico YK with its fine
C o p o l S h u r t e r o r e 1 1 2 5 , l / 5 0 , l i l 0 0 , l / 3 0 0 o f o s e c o n d o n d ' 8 ' .
'B' s?ning is for toking pictures with on exposure longer thon l/25 second. Use o Tripod orThe
'B'. '8'Broce when using When you press ihe Shutfer Releose Bulton on the setting, the shutter stoys open
until you releose the pressure on the button. lt is odvisoble to set ihe shulter speed before you cock the
s h u t t e r o f o l l t i m e s .
C o m e r o m o y b e H o n d H e l d Use o Tripod or Broce
A v e r o g e P i c t u r e s A c t i o n P i c t u r e s Time Exposure
t B '
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E x p o s u r e m e o n s f i n d i n g t h e r i g h t c o m b i n o t i o n o f l e n s - o p e n i n gl ' o p e r t u r e ) o n d s h u t t e r s p e e d i n r e l o t i o n t o t h e
s e n s i t i v i t yr A S A ' o f y o u r f i l m . . A S A i n d i c o t e s A m e r i c o n S t o n d o r d A s s o c i o t i o n. F o r e x o m p l e i f y o u o r e u s i n g
o f i l m o f A S A 1 0 0 X X t y p e , s e n s i t i v i t yy o u r c o r r e c t e x p o s u r e w i l l b e o c c o r d i n g t o t h e f o l l o w i n g t o b l e ,
DAYLIGHT EXPOSURE TABLE
Your shuiter speed will be l,'t 00 with operture numbers shown below.
Ctoudy^-Dullor Bright Sun Hozy Sun Cloudy-Brighr' Open Shode (4;
L i s h t S u b i e c t s l ) f l l 6 I / ' l l l l 8 1 1 5 . 5
Averoge Subiects i2r llll fl8 t15.6 tl4
Dork Subiects (3) ll8 t15.6 fl4 112.8
( I ,; Light Subiects: Distont londscopes, neor-by people with seo, beoch ond snow scenes in the
bockground
t 2 ) A v e r o g e S u b i e c t s ' N e o r - b y p e o p l e , h o u s e s , g o r d e n s , b u i l d i n g s o n d p l o c e s n o t i n t h e s h o d e .
Advisoble to use this closs when lighl ond dork obiects ore in obout equol proportions.
i 3 ) Dork Subiects : People in dork clothing; trees, flowers, onimols ond lorge buildings.
r 4 ) Open Shode : Subiects shoded from the sun but lighted by o wrde oreo of open sky. The less
the open sky ihe lorger the lens opening.
l f y o u o r e u s i n g O N A S A 5 0 f i l m , y o u w i l l m o k e o l o r g e r l e n s - o p e n i n go r l o w e r y o u r s h u t t e r s p e e d ( 1 , / 5 0 \
W h e n i n d o u b t , f o l l o w t h e f i l m m o n u f o c t u r e r ' sr e c o m m e n d o t i o n so, n d y o u w i l l b e ossured of good pictures.
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W h e n y o u f o c u s t h e c o m e r o o n o s u b i e c t t h e r e i s o c e r t o i n d i s t o n c e
i n f r o n t o n d b o c k o f t h e s u b i e c t w i t h i n w h i c h o t h e r o b i e c t s w i l l o l s o
o p p e o r s h o r p , T h i s i s k n o w n o s t h e " D e p t h - o f - F i e l d " , o n d i t v o r i e s w i t h
t h e l e n s o p e r t u r e , t h e s m o l l e r t h e o p e r t u r e t h e g r e o t e r t h e D e p t h - o f -
F i e l d : i t i s m u c h l o r g e r o t f ' l 6 t h o n o t f , 2 . 8 . T h e D e p t h - o f - F i e l ds c o l e
w i l l b e f o u n d o n t h e l e n s m o u n t , u n d e r t h e w o r d " Y o s h i c o " i n t h e f r o n t
p o r t o f t h e c o m e r o . Y o u w i l l n o t i c e t h o t o n e i t h e r s i d e o f t h e f ' 2 . 8
f i g u r e i s o s i m i l o r s e t o f n u m b e r s w h i c h r e p r e s e n t t h e l e n s o p e r t u r e s .
W h e n t h e c o m e r o i s f o c u s e d o n y o u r s u b i e c t , l o o k f o r t h e o p e r t u r e y o u
o r e u s i n g o n e i t h e r s i d e o f t h e s c o l e t o d e t e r m i n e t h e D e p t h - o f - F i e l d .
T h u s , i f t h e c o m e r o l s f o c u s e d o t l 0 f e e t o n d t h e l e n s o p e r t u r e i s f , 8
t h e D e p t h - o f - F i e l d o r e o i n w h i c h o l l o b i e c t s o r e s h o r p r 1 5 f r o m o b o r - r t7
f t . r o l 8 f t .
Y o u c o n o l s o u s e t h e D e p t h - o f -
F i e l d t o u s ? y o u r Y o s h i c o Y K o s
o f i x e d - f o c u s c o m s r o . l n t h i s
c o s e s e t t h e D i s i o n c e S c o l e t o
' y e l l o w2 0 f t . f i g u r e s o n d t h e
l e n s o p e r t u r e t o f ' 8 . Y o u w i l l
n o t i c e o n t h e D e p t h - o f - F i e l dt h o t
o n y t h i n g f r o m I I f e e t t o i n f i n i r y
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I n it io lly , y o u w i l l f i n d o y e llo w filte r id -.o l fo r b rin g in g o u t clo u ds in londscope pictur es ond for gener ol
uses. An UV filter is suitoble for color photogrophy ond olso to protect the lens. As you become more
odvonced, you moy wont to use vorious filters, such os oronge, green, etc., for different effects. Your
comero deoler will give you the complete informotion.
Notice
Be sure to reploce the lens Cop. When your comero is not in use. Keep
your comero owoy from dust ond moisture. For cleoning the lens surfoce,
to remove dust or dirt, olwoys wipe very lighily by using cleon gouze or
lens cleoning cloih. Do not wipe lens with o dirty hondkerchief. When
you ore not using your comero for o long period do not leove the shutter
set. In such coses ploce the Lens Cop over the lens to ovoid exposure,
ond releose the shutter.
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REVIEW:
As soon os possible ofter you purchose your Yoshico YK,
fill in the informotion required below. Keep this booklet in
l . Select your exposure combinotion o sofe ploce. In cose of loss or theft this informotion will
prove voluoble in recovering the comero.
2. Set The lens opening (Aperture)
3. Set the shutter speeo
Y o sh icq YK S e riol Num ber
4. Advonce the film
5. Compose your picture through the Yoshico YK Lens Number
view-finder
6. Toke the piclure Purchosed ot
(Nome of Film)
(Address)
Dote of PurchoseView original page 16From the M. Butkus archive. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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