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Yashica CDs YEM-55 User manual
User manual for Yashica CDs YEM-55. 8 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Yashica
- Model / document
- Yashica CDs YEM-55
- Document type
- User manual
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
- File size
- 0.4 MB
- Category
- Light meters
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YASHICA EXPOSURE METER Model: YEM 55
HOW TO USE THE YElrr s s
l. Turn the ASA ( Oll.t ) Seiling Knob until rhe index
number of rhe film in use oppeors in rhe ASA
(block figure) or DIN (red figure) window ond rhis
index number is opposite the smoll white index
line ( Ottt-red index line). F ilm speed rotings 'ore
furnished .on instruction sheet pocked wirh stondord
brqnds of film.
2. Pointing lhe meler ot rhe subiecl, press fhe ON/OFF
Switching Knob locqted ct rhe side of the m eter ond
3et it "ON" posilion. The exposure indicotor needle
will swing to the righr qnd when it hqs come to o
complele slop, molch the indicotor needle wirh the
upper guide needle by turning the Knurled Setting
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the3. Should the indicotor needle regisler less thon
rhe EV vqlue 9 ( ASA I OO), then must switch lo
"[OW" light ronge. To chonge the high ond low scqles,
move the High/Low Setting Lever to the left unril rhe
letter "L" oppeqrs in ihe High ond Low Indicotor Window.
4. You moy now set your comero by using ony combinqtion
( f srop) ond shufter speeds os of lens-openings
l'' ' indicoted. ''''2 fiufllt>
CHECKING THE BATTERY CONDITION
Under normol condifions, fhe mercury bottery (Mollory
Rfif - 625, Generol No.6 25 or equivolgnt) supplied with
thelhe meter hos o life of oboul two yeqrs. Check
Presscondition of the bottery occosionolly'os followsi
the Bottery Ghecker Button locoled of the bockside of
redfhe meter. lf the indicotor needle swings to leff
zone, fhe bottery strenglh is nol sufficient to operote
the meter qnd should bewww.butkus.usrePloced.View original page 5Page 7 · Read text
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SPECIF ICATIO}*5:
lleosuring R.onge:
Film Sensitivity Scole AS A 3 lo t 2OOO
DIN 6 to 42
Exposure Time Scole 5() s€G. lo l, 2OOO sec.
Lens Aperfures I/l to t/32
tighr Vo lue Scole O !o | 9
Movie Scole I to 64 ( E, | 6, 92 ond 64,
High Sensirivity Ev I O lo Ev I 9
Low Sensiriviry Ev o to E\f I O
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iCAUTION Your YASHICA YEftl 55 is o fine precision inslrumenf ond should be hondled os guch, ovoid shock especiolly dropping the meter, os it moy couse o breokdown of fhe internol mechonism.View original page 8
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