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Yashica 35M Yashica 35 Model M User manual
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( 5 ) C l c s e t h e b o c k c o v e r b y p r e s s i n g i t w i t h y o u r f i n g e r s
u n t i l i t l o c k s i n t o p c s i t i o n . P r e s s t h e S h u t t e r R e l e o s e
B u t t o n . .
( 6 ) R e p e o t t w i c e t h e o p e r o t i o n o f o d v o n c i n g t h e f l l m ,
p r e s s i n g t h e S h u t t e r R e l e o s e B u t t o n .
t / ) N o w o d v o n c e t h e f l l m o g o i n o n d s e t l h e f i g u r e ' l ' i n
t h e E x p o s u r e C o u n t e r D i o l o p p o s i t e t h e w h i t e l i n e
t u r n i n g t h e D i s c i n t h e d i r e c t i o n o f t h e w h i t e o r r o w ,
o n d t h e c o m e r o i s r e o d y f o r t o k i n g t h e f i r s t p i c t u r e .View original page 6Page 7 · Read text
LIGHT VALUE SYSTEM SHUTTER
L V S - L i g h tV o l u e S c o l e o r E V S - E x p o s u r eV o l u e S c o l e S H U T T ESRP E E ,D B . I . 1 , 1 2 1. 1 4 . l l g .
os it is sornetimestermed is o system of exposure t i 1 5 . l / 3 0 . 1 1 6 0 . 1 1 1 2 5
s e t t i n g i n c o r p o r o t e d i n t h e s h u t t e r . W h e n t h e L V S 1 1 2 5 0 . 1 / 5 0 0
o r E V S r e o d i n g f r o m o n e x p o s u r e m e t e r ( w i t h L V S
L E N SC P E N I N G, F I . 9 2 . 8 4 5 . 6 8 I Iscole) is tronsferred to the LVS shutter, the operture
o n d s h u t t e r s p e e d w i l l b e s e t c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h e 1 6
m e t e r r e o d i ng t o g i v e t h e c o r r e c t e x p o s u r e . T h e L I G H TV A L U E' 1 - 1 7
A p e r t u r e o n d S h u t t e r o r e l i n k e d t o g e t h e r , t h e r e f o r e ,
t h e o p e r o t i o n i s s i m p l i f i e d i n o b t o i n i n g t h e c o r r e c t
e x p o s u r e f o r a r r l c o m b i n o t i o n o f o p e r t u r e o p e n i n g
o n d s h u t t e r s p e e d o t s m o l l o p e r t u r e s f o r d e p t h - o f -
f l e l d o r h i g h e r s h u t t e r s p e e d s f o r o c t i o n w i t h o u t
refiguring exposure.
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BUILT-'N EXPOSURET(IETER.
T h e n e w Y o s h i c o 3 5 M , w i t h b u i l t - i n l i g h t m e t e r ,
m e o s u r e st h e i n t e n s i t y o f t h e o v o i l o b l e l i g h t
o n d h e l p s y o u d e t e r m i n e t h e p r o p e r e x p o s u r e ,
e o s i l y o n d o c c u r o t e l y . T h e b u i l t - i n e x p o s u r e
m e t e r o n d e x p o s u r e s e t t i n g s y s t e m o f y o u r
Y o s h i c o 3 5 M c o s i s t s o f t h e f o l l o w i n g e l e m e n t s:
o . P h o t o C e l l , l o c o t e d d i r e c t l y b e h i n d t h e
L i g h t G q t h e r i n g W i n d o w .
b . E x p o s u r e V o l u e , w i n d o w .
c . E x p o s u r e V o l u e , s c o l e .
d . F i l m S p e e d A d i u s t m e n t K n o b .
e . I n d i c o t i o n N e e d l e .
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HOW TO USE THE YASHICA 35M
EXPOSURE READ'NG STSTEil
S e t t h e p r o p e r f i l m s p e e d ( n S n o r D I N ) i n t h e s m o l l
w i n d o w , j u s t i n f r o n t o f t h e F i l mS p e e d A d i u s t m e n tK n o b .
A r m t h e c o m e r o ( P h o t o C e l l ) o t t h e s u b i e c t , t h e r e d I n d i -
c o t i o n N e e d l e w i l l t h e n s h o w t h e p r o p e r L i g h t V o l u e
s y s t e m n u m b e r . T h e n u m b e r s h o w n b y t h e n e e d l e i s t h e n
s e t o n t h e L V S r i n g o f t h e s h u t t e r ( t h e o u t e r m o s t r i n g )
o p p o s i t e t h e r e d t r i o n g l e , b y t u r n i n g t h e L V S r i n g . T h e
c o r r e c t l e n s o p e r t u r e o n d s h u t t e r s p e e d h o v e n O w b e e n
o u t o m o t i c o l l y o n d o c c u r o t e l y o d i u s t e d , s i m u l t o n e o u s l y .
N o t e , I n t h o s e c o s e s y o u f l n d t h e ! n d i c o t i o n N e e d l e
i n o p o s i t i o n h o l f w o y b e t w e e n o r e d z o n e o n d
o w h i t e z o n e ' f o r i n s t o n c e , b e t w e e n 8 o n d 9 ,
o d i u s t t h e L V S r i n g s o t h e r e d t r i o n g l e o f t h e
s h u t t e r i s h o l f w o y b e t w e e n 8 o n d 9 o n t h e L V S
r l n g '
N o t e : l f y o u d e s i r e t o i n c r e o s e o r d e c r e o s e t h e d e p t h
o f f i e l d f o r o p o r t i c u l o r e x p o s u r e , i t w i l l b e
n e c e s s o r yf o r y o u t o t u r n t h e i n n e r r i n g ( C o u p l -
i n g R i n g ) o f t h e s h u t t e r t o o d i u s t t h e l e n s o p e r -
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CONVENTTO'VAI EXPOSURE
SETT'NG
Exposure reodings from exposure meler con olso be set in lhe convenlionol monner with the LVS
shulter on the YASHICA 35M to the desired shutler speed ond operture (f. stop) which corre-
sponds io the meter reoding.
Individuol setting of fhe shutler speed ond operture (f. stop) ore done in the following steps:
l. Turn the LVS Ring ond set the desired operture (f. stop) number opposite to the bose of
the red triongle on ihe depth-of-field scole.
2. Hold the Coupling Ring beiween your fingers ond stop it from rotofing when lhe LVS Ring
is turned.
3. Agoin, turn fhe LVS Ring ond set lhe desired shutler speed opposile lo the operture (f. stop)
number. Remove lhe fingers from the Coupling Ring.
4. Cock the shutter ond odvonce lhe film wilh one stroke of the Film Advonce Lever, ond you ore reody to toke the picture. I
LVS Rins
C oupling
R ing
R e d
T r iangle
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EXPOSURE
E x p o s u re m e o n s f i n d i n g t h e rig h t co mb in o tio n o f le n s-o p e n in g (o p er tur e) ond shufier speed in r elotion to ihe
sensifivity (ASA) of your film. (ASA indicotes Americon Stondord Associotion). For exomple if you ore using
o film of ASA I 00 (XX type) sensitivity. your correct exposure will be occording to the following toble ,
DAYLIGHTEXPOSURETABLE
Your shutterspeed will be l/100 with operturenumbersshown below.
l_T,'.,1
Lisht Subiects (t ) r 116 f t 1 1 fl8 ) tls.e
Averoge Subiects (2) f 111 rl8 Ils.6 il4
Dork Subiects (3) | ttA f 15.6 fl4 f 12.8
( I ) Light Subiecrs : Distonr londscopes, n e o r-b y p e o p le with seo, beoch ond snow scenes in the
b o c k g r o u n d .
\ 2 ) A ve r o g e S u b i e c t s r N e o r-b y p e o p le , h o u se s, g o rd e n s, b u ildings ond ploces not in the shode.
A d v i s o b l e t o u s e t h i s clo ss wh e n lig h t o n d d o rk o b ie cts or e in obout equol pr opor tions.
( 3 ) D o r k S u b i e c l s : P e o ple in d o rk clo th in g ; tre e s, flo we rs, onim ols ond lor ge buildings.
( 4 ) O p e n S h o d e : S u b i ects sh o d e fro m th e su n b u t lig h te d b y o wide or eo of open sky. T he less
t h e o p e n s k y t h e l o rg e r lh e le n s o p e n in g .
lf y o u ore u s i n g o n A S A 5 0 film, yo u will mo ke o lo rg e r le n s-o p ening or lower your shutter speea ( t/so) .
When in d o u b t , f o l l o w l h e f ilm mo n u fo ctu rcr' s re co mme n d o tio n s,ond you will be ossur ed of good pictur es.
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Ii
When you focus lhe comero on o subiect there is o certoin distonce in
. fro n i o n d b o ck o f th e su b ie ct u ' ith in which other obiects will olso oppeor ',,;
sh o rp . Th is is kn o wn o s th e "De p th -of- F ield". ond it vor ies with the lens d
op e rtu re , th e smo lle r th e o p e rtu re th e gr eoter the Depth- of- F ield; it is m uch
' l o rg e r o l f : 1 6 th o n o t f ' I .9 .
DEPTH The Depth-of-Field scole will be found on, the lens mouni in the front port *
of th e co me ro . Y o u will n o tice th o l on either side of the f ' 1.9 figur e .is
O F
o similo r se t o f n u mb e rs wh ich re p re s ent the lens oper tur es. :i
FIELD When the comero is focused on your subiect, look for the operrure you
ore u sin g o n e ith e r sid e o f th e sco le to deter m ine the Depth- of- F ield.
Th u s, if lh e co me ro is f o cu se d o t I 0 feet ond the lens oper tur e is L 8,
th e De p th -o f-Fie ld (o re o in wh ich o ll obiects or e shor p) is fr om obout 7 ft.
to l8 ft.
You con olso use the Depth-of-Field to use your Yoshico 35M os o fixed-
focus comero. In this cose sel the distonce scole to 20 ft. (yellow figures)
- on d th e le n s o p e rtu re to f : 8 . Y o u will notice on the Depth- of- F ield thot
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CAMER,A IDENTIFICATION
As soon os possible ofter you purchose your Yoshico 35M. flll
R E V I E W : in th e in fo rmo tio n re q uir ed below. Keep this booklet in o
sofe ploce. In cose of loss or theft this informotion moy
o Set the film emulsion speed 6irove voluoble in recovering the comero.
in the window.
b Reod the light volue on the
YASHIGA35M Setiall{umber exposure meler.
c Turn the LVS Ring ond set
the LVS number opposite the YASHII{0Nf : 1.9 45mmlens ]lumber
red triongle.
d Cock the shutter
PURGHASEDat
e Compose your picture through (N om e of F ilm )
the viewfinder.
f Tqke the picture.
g Advonce the f ilm for the (Address)
next exposure.
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