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Yashica LM User manual
User manual for Yashica LM. 19 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Yashica
- Model / document
- Yashica LM
- Document type
- User manual
- Language
- English
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- 19
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- 4.7 MB
- Category
- Film cameras
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To remove the comero for film lood- Spreod the sides o'f the cose oporf
ino roise the two metol Iock Slides. ond lift tne comero free.
Just snop off the boitom
when removing the eniire
froni element of the cor-
rying cose.
Your Yoshico comero comes complete with
o deluxe, leother evereody cose. While
the comero is in the cose, oll working ports
ore visible ond reody to use. All you need
to do is open the bock-snop ond lift the
top ot the cose forword.View original page 6Page 7 · Read text
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120 size film
l2 pictures per roll
in the populor 2t1 'x 2t, size
Block-ond-White or Color
il) To unlock bock cover, turn the tripod socket in the
o'ireciion morked 'O'. Then open the Bock Ccver
by swinging it out.
Remove the Toke-Up Spocl in rhe Iower Film Chomber
by pulling out the Lower Film Spool Iocking Spring.
(3) Ploce the Toke-Up Spool in the Upper Film Chomber
by pulling out the Upper Film Spool Locking Spring.
l4l Ploce o new roll of size 120 film in the Iower Film
Chomber.
Gently drow out the fllm leoder. Threod the fllm
leoder into the wider slor cf rhe Toke-Up Spool in
the Upper Film Chomber, f hen turn f he Fiim Windino
Knob. Moke sure thot the film leoder is ploced evenly-.
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(6) Turn the Film Windinq Knob until the orrow on lhe
film itself is odjocent to the red trionole on ihe
comero body. Reploce the comero bock ond lock it
in ploce.
To close lhe comero bock cover, turn the tripod-
socket in the cirection morked " C ".
When the bock cover is closed ond locked, the
letter " S " oppeors in the Film Counf er \A/indow
outomolicolly.
(9) Turn the knob until the number " 1 " oppeors in the
window. You ore reody for your flrst picture.
After toking o picture, push the Film Repleose Butlon
oncj turn the Film Winoinq knob so thot the Film
Counter WinCow shows the next number. The Film
Wioinng Knob will lock outomoticolly.
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(l ) Ooen the Viewfinder Hood
by lifting it ot bock. Press
the Viewfinder Hood down
to close it. Roise the lower cop ond lcld. bock on its l"inge. Turn the
upper coP counter clockwise
ond remove.
Set ihe Lens Aperture Control
Lever to the desired number
on the Lens Aperf ure Scole.
(3) Set the Shutter "rvSoeed on
the Shutter Speed Scole.
ul Push down the Shutter Cock-
ing Lever. Be sure not to
chonge Shutter Speed ofter
the Shutter is cocked.
Now gently releose the Shut-
ter by pressing lhe Shuiter
Releose Button. See orrow
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Assures more occurole focusing,www.butkus.us
( I I Roise the Mognifying
Gloss by pressing the front
of the Focusing Hood Cover
inword, holding the Focusing
Hood so thot ii does not
cl ose.
When using the MognifYing
Gloss, ploce your eye os
c lose to t h e M og nifYin 3
Gloss os possible.
l2l Alwoys moke sure thot
you hove first lowered the
Mognifying Gloss before
closing the Focusing Hood.
Sighf your subjecl through lhe Spcrlsfinder Window.ffi
(A) Depress the Focusing www.butkus.us Hood Cover uniil it clicks
into ploce. Lift the Yoshico
to your eye level.
(B) Push the Releose Butfon
when closing it.View original page 10Page 11 · Read text
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/ ,/' ':,i.1;r; The Self-timer, for tokirg
\ Il self-portroits or group I pictures, gives you obout
8 seconds to get into the
pi cture.
(A) Coution I IJL: sttre
Io tttttT't' I ltc .s-t'ttclt nttti -
zul.iott s!:l(cl.0r to tltc
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SLl/-71,,,r','. (B) Then set the speed. .uFlb'-^,-
cock the shutter ond move
the Self-timer in the direc-
tion shown by the orrow.
Your Ycshico LM offers M-X synchronizotion
Selector Nl X m Position
A stondord, overlop-type Cocle
Bulb used Medium Peok Short Peok Medium Peok Releose con be fitted to your
Yoshico. Simply unscrew the
t Shulter Releose Ring ond screw Shutter Speed Any Speed I 50 or slower. "r;t :'t:;:,,:Yr|"t ' in the Coble Releose. YourDo not use Short Peok Bulb with " M " Synchronizotion. comero deoler will supply the
Move the selector to X position when using Electronic Flosh. proper Coble Releose for your
Your comero deoler will be glod to supply the proper flosh ot- comero. See obove nirtrrre
tochmeni for your comero.
As you become more proficienl ot toking piclure, you will wont to ocquire occessories thot increose
l5e versotilitY of your Yoshico. One of the flrst occessories you will wcnt will be o flosh unit.
Ycur Yoshico is reody onC woiting. Synchronizotion for flosh is built-in. A stondord PC connector
plugs into the flosh terminol. The bottery cose slips into the Accessory shoe or ottoches io the comero
vio on orm thot screws into ihe tripod socret.View original page 11Page 13 · Read text
Your Yoshico LM wilh its built-in exposure meter meosures lhe
light ond helps you determine the proper settings, eosily ond
ropidly.
There ore three bosic elemenis to the exposure meter.
o. light Gothering Window
b. Light Reoding Window
c. Sliding Selection Scole.
How fo use built-ln exposurc melcr
First you check your filn ASA speed.
Open the proteclive cover of the Light Goihering Window by
pressing the Exposure Meter Releose Bulton. (Fig. ll
Point the Light Gothering Window to the obiect you wish to
photogroph. (Fig. 2)
The needle of the Light Reoding Window swings to indicote
ihe required number (key numberl (Fig. 3l
Then slide the 'f ' scole until the key number oliSns with your
film ASA soeed. Now look ot the two lower scoles ('f ' ond
'T') so thot you con get proper setlings. (Fig. 4)
www.butkus.us The Zero Sel Screw. When no light folls on the li3ht Gothering
Window, the needle should noturolly register exoctly on 'O'.
lf it doesn't, o slight odiustment of the Zero Sef screw with o
smoll screwdriver will bring it to Zero. Don't 'tomper ' with
the set screw unnecessorilY.View original page 13Page 15 · Read text
In oddition to focusing, lhere ore two other bosic odiustments on ony fine comero: the LENS
APERTURE or OPENING ond rhe SHUTTER SpEED.
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The lens Aperiure controls the omount of light thot will poss through the lens onto the light-
sensitive film. Your Yoshico-l-M, with its Yoshikor lens, offers openings ot f:3.5 4 5.6 8 ll
OO16f 3.522 i4 $f5.6 $$$$f8 ftl f16 f22
Notice thot the lower the number. lhe lorger the opening. F 3.5 is the lorgest opening,
f :22 the smollest.
To set ihe lens opening, move the Aperture Control lever to the desired number on the
Aperiure Scole.
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The shutter Speed controls the durotion of the exposure. Shutter speeds on your yoshico-tM
with its fine copot Shuler ore 1,1f2, tls, 1110, tl2s, 1lso,l/100, l/30oth of o second ond B.
The ' B' setting is for toking pictures with on exposure longer thon I second. Use o
Tripod or Broce when using B. When you press the Shutter Releose Button on the 'B'
setting the shutter stoys open until you releose pressure on tne button.
It is advisable to set the shutter.speed before you cock the shutter at all times.
Comero rn:y be Hond Held Use o Tripcd or Broce
Action Time
Averoge Pictures Pi ctu res Exposure SIow speeds
1125 tl50 11100 .B' I sec 1/2 l,/SView original page 15Page 17 · Read text
ffi When you focus lhe comero on o subiect there is o certoin distonce in front ond bock of fhe subiect within which other obiecis will olso oppeor shorp. This is known os lhe "Depth- of-Field ", ond it vories with the lens operture. The smoller the operture the greoter the Depth-of-Field; it is much lorger ot f :22 thon ot f :3.5. At the focusing knob is o scole which will indicote the Depth-of-Field when the comero is focused ot vorious distonces. You will notice thot qn either side of the f : 3.5 figure is o similor set of numbers which represent lens opertures. When the comero is focused on your subiect look for the operture you ore using on eithbr side of the scole to determine the Depth-of-Field. Thus, if the comero is focused ot l0 feet ond the lens operture is f:8 the Depth-of-Field (oreo in which oll obiects ore shorpl is from obout 8 ft. to 13 ft. You con olso use the depth-of-field scole to use your Yoshico os o fixed-focus comero. In this cose set the infinity mork on the distonce scole opposite the lens operture being used. lf the operture is f:8 you will notice thot oll obiects from obout 26 leel to infinity will be shorp.View original page 17
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