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Yashica 72-E User manual
User manual for Yashica 72-E. 24 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Brand
- Yashica
- Model / document
- Yashica 72-E
- Document type
- User manual
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 24
- File size
- 1.8 MB
- Category
- Film cameras
- Document date
- Not specified in catalog
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The YASHICA 72-E uses' standard easette 35mm black & white or eolor fi,hm. No speeiar fi,lm is neeessara. Negative is 18mrux24mm, with 20 and 36 exposure rolls aielding 40 and 72 negatiaes, re- spectively.View original page 3
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l. After reodingthe LV numberin the exposuremeter,set
this LV numberin the smollwindow on the Shutter Speed
Control Ringby turningthe ApertureControl Ring.
2. Compose your piclure within the bright line frome in
the viewfinder. Ploce your subiect in the cenfer of fhe
frome. For close ronge photogrophy (under 3 feet or I
meler) frome your sudiect within the inner linesin the bright
line frome.
3. Your picture quolity will be bodly offected by even the
slightestcomero movement. Hold your comero very steody
when tokingpicture. Use o tripod for shulterspeedsslower
thon l/30 sec.
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ffi ef ter rhe film hos been looded in
the comero, turn the Film Counrer Diol
with your finger clockwise ond set 40
or 72 (in the FilmCounter Diol) opposire
the red dot (in the comercrbody).
36 Exposureroll 20 Exposure roll
"%,No* the comero is reody for the
first picture.View original page 10Page 12 · Read text
3. Now oim the Light Gothering
Window of the exposure meter ot the
subiect, mokingsure thot it is directed
ot the light reflected from the most
importont port of the picture oreq.
4. Scenicviews ore properly meosured
for exposure by pointing the exposure
meter downword to meosure the light
reflecled from the moin point of inter-
est (see photo). lf pointed toword
the mountoin-top,under-exposurewill
result due to m'eter meosurementof sky
brightnessonly.
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SPECIALLIGHTINGCONDITION
Bockllghrlng
Except for speciol effect, such os silho-
uettes, bocklightedsubiecfs,the reoding
should be token from the shodow oreos
shown in the occomponyingillustrotion.
Core should be foken to bring the meter
sufficientlyclose to the subiect so lhot
the moin source of light does not in-
fluence the reoding.
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LVS-IIGI{T VATUESCALE
Assumingthe LVS reoding from the ex-
posure meter is 12, turn the Aperture
Control Ring unlil the figure l2 oppers w in the LV IndicotorWindow. lf smoller
operlure or higher shutter speeds ore
desired, turn the Aperlure ond Shutter +
Speed Control Ring together ond set
the requi'edopertureopeningor shutter
speed opposite the red triongle.
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CABLE RETEASE& SELF.TIMER
A stondordscrew-intype Coble Releose
or o self-timercon be fitted to your
YASHICAZ2E. Screw rhe coble releose
into the socket provided on the Shuffer
R e l e o s eB u t t o n . Y o u r c o m e r o d e o l e r
w i l l s u p p l y t h e p r o p e r c o b l e r e l e o s eo r
s e l -f t i m er f o r y o u r c o m e r o .
CARE OF YOUR YASHICA 72.E
Be sure to reploce the Lens Cop when 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 it verY lightly by using cleon gouze or lens cleoning cloth. Do not
wipe iens with o dirty hondkerchief.
When you ore not using your comero for o long period do not leove shuler set.
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CAMERA IDENTIFICATIO
As soon os possible ofter you purchose your Yoshico 72-E, fill in the
informotion required below. Keep fhis booklel in o sofe ploce. In
cose of loss or theft this informotion moy prove voluoble in reocvering
lhe comero.
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