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Yashica A User manual
User manual for Yashica A. 19 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Yashica
- Model / document
- Yashica A
- Document type
- User manual
- Language
- English
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- 19
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- 3.9 MB
- Category
- Film cameras
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THIS IS YOUR YASHICA
A precision instrument copoble of
bringing you some of the finest
photogrophs you've ever token.
Pleose reod the following poges
coref ully. Follow the eosy, step-
by-step recommendotions.
To fully exploit oll the odvontoges of your Yoshico
To foke better pictures with more confidence
To mointoin the flowless operolion of the comeroView original page 3Page 6 · Read text
Io remove lhe comero for film www.butkus.uslood- Spreod the sides of the cose opori
ing roise fhe two metol lock Slides. ond lift lhe comero free.
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Just snoD off lhe boliom
when removing the eniire
front element of the corrv
ing cose.
Your Yoshico comero comes complele with o
deluxe, leolher evereody cose. While the
comero is in the cose, oll working ports ore
visible crnd reody to use. All .ou need to
www.butkus.us do is open the bock-snop ond lrft the top of the cose forword.View original page 6Page 7 · Read text
120 size film
l2 pictures per roli
in the populor 2lt1x 2 1,4 sizo
Block-ond-White or Color
(l) To unlock bock cover, turn lhe tripod socket in the
direction morked '0' Then open the Bock Cove'
by swinging it out.
(2) Remove the Toke-Up Spool in the lower Film
Chomber by pulling out the Lower Film Spool Locking
Spring.
r3) Ploce the Toke-Up Spool in lhe Upper Film Chomber
by pulling out f he Upper Film Spool Iocking Spring.
Ploc-. o new roll of size 120 film in the Lower
Film ChomberView original page 7Page 8 · Read text
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(5) Gently drow out the film (7) To close lhe Bock Cover, turn
leoder. Threod the film leoder the lock in lhe 'C' direction
inlo ihe wider slot of f he (clockwise) until if stops.
Toke-Up Spool in the Upper
Film Chomber, then turn the (8) Corefully ond genlly lurn the
Film Winding Knob. Moke sure Fil;n Winding Knob until the
thot the film leoder is oloced Film Counter Window shows
evenly. number 'l '. You ore now
reody to toke the first picture.
(6) Turn the Film Winding Knob
three or four limes so ihot
the film leoder is held securely
on the Toke-up Spool.
Coution , When looding or unlooding film, slond in o rhodow-
never in strong, direct sunlight.View original page 8Page 9 · Read text
(l) Open the Viewfinder Hood by
lifting rt ot bock. Press lhe
Viewfinder Hood down lo
close it.
(2) Set ihe lens Aperlure Control
lever to the desired number
on the lens Aperiure Scole.
(3) Set lhe Shulter Speed Diol on
the required speed fo the
Shuller Soeed Indicofor.
(4) Push down the Shufter Cocking
lever Be sure not to chonge
Shutter Speed offer fhe shulter
is cocked "
(5) Now gently releose the
Shufter by pressing lhe
Shutter Releose Button.
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Assures more occurolc focusing.
@ Roise the Mognifying Gloss
by pressing lhe fronf of the
Focusing Hood Cover inword,
holding the Focusing Hood so
lhot it does nol close.
When using the Mognifying
Gloss, ploce your eye os close
to f he Mognifying Gloss os
possible.
@ Alwoys moke sure thot you
hove first lowered fhe Mogni-
fying Gloss before closing the
Focusing Hood
Sight your subieci through
the Soortsfinder Window.
Depress the Focusing Hood
Cover until it clicks into
ploce. Lift fhe Yoshico to Push the Releose Butlon
your eye level. wheo close it.View original page 10Page 11 · Read text
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A stondord, overlop-iype Coble
As you become more proficient Releose con be fitted to your
ot toking pictures, you will wont Yoshico. Simply unscrew the
fo ocquire occessories thot in- Shutter Releose Ring ond screw
creose lhe versotility of your in the Coble Releose. Your
Yoshico. One of the first occes- comero deoler will supply lhe
sories you will wont will be o proper Coble Releose for your
flosh unit. comero.
Your Yoshico is reody ond woiting.
Synchronizotion for flosh is built-
iri. A stondord PC connector
plugs into the flosh terminol. Your
comero deoler will be glod to
supply fhe proper flosh oltochment
for your comero.Your Yoshico A offers X synchro- \
nizolion for short peok bulbs - ]SM ond SF ond for Electronic
F losh.
SEtF.TI'NER
To be otloched to the Shutter
Releose Bulfon ofter unscrew.
ing lhe Shutler Releose Button
Ring. lt enobles you to toke
self-porlroils, group picfures
with you in them, which gives
you omple time to move from
behind the comero into the
To colculole exposures for flosh piciure. Noturolly. the comero
piclures, follow lhe bulbs monu- must be mounted on o triood
focturers simple recommendotions. or broced on o support.View original page 11Page 13 · Read text
In oddition lo focusing, there ore two other bosic odiustments on ony fine comero : the LENS
APERTURE or OPENING ond the SHUTTER SPEED
The Iens Aperture controls the omount of light thot will poss through the lens onto ihe light.
sensitive film. Your Yoshico-A, with its Yoshimor lens, offers openings ol t : 3.5 4 5.6 8
ll t6 22
C)O fll f16 f22 f3.5 t4 $f5.6 f8 h$$
Notice thot the lower the number, the lorger the opening. F 3.5 is the lorgest opening, f t 22
the smollest.
To set the lens opening, move the Aperture Control Lever to the desired number on the
Aperture Scole.
The Shutter Speed conlrols the durotion of the exposure. Shutter speeds on your Yoshico-A
with its fine Copol Shufter ore 1f25, 1150, 11100, l/300th of o second ond B.
The 'B' setting is for foking piclures with on exposure longer thon l,/25 second. Use o i'
Tripod or Broce when using B. When you press the Shutter Releose Button on fhe 'B' +
setting the shulter stoys open until you releose pressure on the button.
It is adoi"oble to set the shutter tpnnl bnfore you the shutter at oll ti*e" "o"h r]
Comero moy be Hond Held Use o Tripod or Broce
Action Time
Averoge Pictures Pi ctu res Exposure
|125 |l50 r/roo r /300 'B'View original page 13Page 14 · Read text
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Exposure meons finding lhe right combinolion of lens-opening (operture) ond shutler speed
in reloiion to the sensifivity (ASA) of your film. (ASA indicotes Americon Stondord Associo-
fion). For exomple, if you ore using o film of ASA 200 (TRI-X type) sensitivity your correcl
exposure will be occording to lhe following loble '
DAYLIGHT EXPOSURE TABTE
Your shuttei speed will be l/l 00 with the operture numbers shown below.
Brishr Sun norv srn ctoudv.Brishr I I l.tJil'l;?:: i;,
light Subiect (l) | flzz
Averoge Subiects (2) | fl22 | .fll6
Dork Subiects (3) | .flt6 | fltt fl| | .fls.6
(l) light Subiects: Distoni londscopes, neor-by people with seo, beoch ond snow
scenes in the bockground.
in gordens, ond ploces people. Subiects buildings houses, not Averoge l2l ' Neor-by oboul dork oblects ore in light ond this closs when Advisoble shode. to use the
equol proportions.
(3) Dork Subiects : People in dqrk clothing ; trees, flowers, onimols ond lorge
buildings.
(4) Open Shode: Suiecls shoded from the sun but lighted by o wide oreo of open
sky. The less lhe open sky the lorger the lens opening.
lf you ore using on ASA 100 film, you will moke o lorger lens-opening or lower your
shutler speed l/50 sec.
But if you neue- uant to make a mistake, use an exposure rneter. Be sure to consult
yout local caflLeru dealer.View original page 14Page 15 · Read text
tor low obiects resl
the Yoshicq on the
grounJ.
When fences or olher ob.
slructions ore in your woy
you con hold your Yoshico
over heod, focusing ond
viewing from below.
Hold the comerq steody, then
genlly, push fhe Shutter
Releose Butlon.
Sleody lhe comero
on youl knee when iJse lhe Sportsfinder fortoking o piclure loking picture on lhe eyefrom o lowar level. level.View original page 15Page 16 · Read text
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When you focus the comero on o subiect there is o cerloin distonce in front ond bock of the
sublect within which other obiects will olso oppeor shorp. This is known os the " Depfh-of'
Field ", ond it vories with the lens operture. The smoller fhe operfure lhe greoter fhe Depth.
of-Field; il is much lorger ot I222 thon ot f ' 3'5.
At the focusing knob is o scole which will indicote the Depth-of-Field when the comero ts
o'ocused ot vorious disfonces. You will notice thoi on eilher side of lhe f :3.5 figure is
limilor set of numbers which represent lens operlures When the comero is focused on yout
;ubject look for the operlure you ore using on either side
of fhe scole to delermine the Deplh-of-Field. Thus, if fhe
comero is focused ot I 0 feet ond the lens operfure is f , 8
the Depth-of-Field (oreo in which oll obiects ore shorp) rs
from obout 8 ft. to I 3 ft
You con olso use the depth-of-field scole fo use your Yoshico
os o fixed-focus comero. In this cose set lhe infinity mork
on the disfonce scole opposile the lens operlure being used
lf the operture is f : 8 you will nolice thot oll obiecls
f rcm o.oul 25 teet to infinity wrll be shorp.View original page 16Page 18 · Read text
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REVIEW :
q Selecf your exposure combi-
nof ion
b Set the lens opening (operture)
c Set the shutter speed
d 'Cock' the shutter
c Focus on the ground gloss
screen
f Compose (on the ground gloss
. or through the sportsfinder)
s Toke the picture
h Advonce the filmView original page 18From the M. Butkus archive. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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