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Yashica M-II User manual
User manual for Yashica M-II. 20 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Yashica
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- Yashica M-II
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- English
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@ Synchro Terminot @ Tripod Socket @ T ok i n g L e n s (f l2 . B 45mml @ Self-timer Lever @ Cossette Srpoorring Shoft @ Film Rewind Releose Button @ F i n d e r E y. - p ie ce @ LvS Rins €D Film Gore @ Shutter Speed Control Ring @ F i l m Sp e e d A d iu st ing Knob @ Cross Coupling R i n g @ Sprocket @ Lens Op"ning Sc o l e @ T o k e-u p S p o o l @ Depth-of-Field S c o l e @ F i l m P re ssu re P lo t e @ Distonce Scote @ S l i de L o ck Re le o se Button @ MX Synchro-selector @ Focusing Lever @ Film Position M o r kView original page 4
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( | I To unlock the bock cover, slide the Releose Button in the
direction of orrow (to the morking 'O'l pressing it, ond the
hinged bock coyer will swing open.
35 mm roll film
( 2 1 P u l l o u t t h e F i l m R e w i n d i n g K n o b , o n d i n s e r t o n e w r o l l o f 20 or 36 exposures per roll
24x 36 mm size negotive 35 mm film in the film chomber.
Block ond White or Color ( 3 I Gently drow oul the film leoder f rom the cosette. Threod
the film leoder into the slot of the Toke-up Spool.
| 4 | Advonce the film with one stroke of the Advonce Lever, ond
moke sure the perforotions in the film ore threoded to the
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LVS-Light Volue Scole or EVS-Exposure Volue Scole os it is
sometimes termed is o system of exposure setting incorporoted in
the shutter. When the LVS or EVS reoding from on exposure meter
(with LVS scole) is tronsferred to the LVS shutter, the operture
ond shutter speed will be set corresponding to the meter reoding
to give the correct exposure. The Aperture ond Shutter ore linked
together, therefore, the operotion is simplified in obtoining the
correct exposure for ony combinotion of operture opening ond
shutter speed ot smoll opertures for depth-of-field or higher shutter
speeds for oction without refiguring exPosure.
SHUTTERSPEED: B , l , | 2 , | 4 , 1 , 8 ,
t l t s , 1 , 3 0 , 1 t 6 O ,
1lt 2s, 1 , 2 5 O , 1 , 5 0 0 ,
s e c .
LENS O P E N I N G z f 1 2 . 8 , 4 , 5 . 6 , 8 , l l ,
1 6 ,
L I G H T VALUE , 2 - 1 7
YASHICA
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The new Yoshico 35 M-ll, with built-in light meter, meosures
the intensity of fhe ovoiloble light ond helps you determine
the proper exposure, eosily ond occurotely. The built'in
exposure meter ond exposure setting system of your
Yoshico 35 M-ll consists of the following elements.
ol Photo Cell, locoted directly
beh nd the Light Gothering
W i n d o w .
bl Exposure Volue Window.
c) Exposure Volue Scole.
dl Film Speed Adiustment Knob.
el Indicotion Needfe.
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HOW TO USE THE YASHICA 35 M.II
EXPOSUREREADING SYSTEM
S e t t h e p r o p e r f i l m s p e e d ( a S l o r D l N l i n t h e s m o l l
w i n d o w , i u s t i n f r o n t o f t h e F i l m S p e e d A d i u s t m e n t
K n o b . A i 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 s h o w n b y t h e n e e d l e i s t h e n
set on the LVS ring of the shutter (the most outer ring)
o 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 i n d t h e I 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 i 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 y f 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 l 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 t u r e t o t h e d e s i r e d o p e n i n g .
1{r
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t . Turn the LVS Ring ond set the desired
operture (f . stopl number opposite to the
bose of the red triongle on the depth-of-
field scole.
2 . Hold the Coupling Ring between your
fingers ond stop it from rotoing when the
LVS Ring is turned.
Exposure reodings from exposure meter cqn olso 3 . Agoin, turn the LVS Ring ond set the
desired shutter speed opposite to the
be set in the conventionol monner with the LVS operture (t. stop! number. Remove the
fingers from the Coupling.
shutter on the YASHICA M-ll to the desired shutter 4 . Cock the shutter ond odvonce the film
speed ond operture (t. stop) which corresponds with one stroke of the Film Advonce
Lever, ond you ore reody to toke the
to the meter reoding. picture.
LVS Rins
Coupling Ring IJ
Red
Diomond l:A strl
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The single windorv co rbines the vlewfinder-rongefinder,
which enobles you to quickly sight, focus ond frome
ihe picture you wish to toke. The extro lorge
viewing window feotures o bright line f rome indicoting
cleorly the field of the 45 mm lens. When you
compose your picture within this f rome you ore
ossured of getting the some picture you ore seeing
through the viewfinder. When looking through the
viewfinder, the smoll circle oppeoring in the middle
is the ronge-finder of the superimposed imoge type
of focusing. To focus, sight the smoll circle to the
subiect ond move the Focusing Lever until the two
imoges overlop ond f orm one cleor imoge. The
comero is now in focus. Porollox or discreponcy between whot the
lens ond viewfinder see is corrected
outomoticolly in the Yoshico M-ll. The
Yoshico M-ll, with o tilting prism, f ully
coupled to the ronge-finder positively
corrects for porollox ond insures thot the
imoge on the film is identicol to whot seen
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Your Yoshico 35 M-ll offers M-X sync oni otion
S e l e c t o r
M X X P o s i t i o n
B u l b U s e d M e d i u m P e o k Short Peok Medium Peok
1 , 1 2 5o r S l o w e r I / 5 0 o r Shutter Speed Any speeds ( W h e n u s i n g S l o w e r
I s e l f t i m e r )
Do not use Short Peok bulb with "M" Synchronizotion. Move
the selector to X position when using Electronic Flosh. your
comero deoler will be glod f o supply the proper flosh
ottochment for your comero.
As you become more proficient qt toking picture, you will
wont to ocquire occessories thot increose the versotility of
your comero. One of the first occessories you wont will be
o flosh unit.
Synchronizqtion for flosh rs built-in. A stondord FC connector
plugs into the flosh terminol. The bottery cose slips into the
occessory shoe or ottoches to the comero with on orm thot
screws into the tripod socket.
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The single stroke film odvonce lever A\ stondordstol coble releose con
hos the odvontoges of tronsporting ber€ fittedfit' to your Yoshico.
the exposed film, cocking the Screwcrew the Coble Releose into
shutter for the nexl exposure, ond there socketso provided on the
olso preventing double exposure. shutterhutter Releose Button. Your
Ropid sequence pictures ore possible comeroomero deoler will supply the
by quick operotion of the Film properrlOPOr coble releose for your
Advonce Lever. The Self -timer, f or toking c omeroo .
The Yoshico 35 M-ll Film Advonce self-portroits or group pictures,
gives you obout 8 seconds toLever employs o fine, precision
get yourself into picture.
mechonism constructed to provide
(Al Coution ! Be sure to move
yeors of trouble-free performonce. the synchronizotion selector
Like ony instrument it should be to the X position when
treoled with core ond respect. lt using self -timer.
is importont thot one complete (Bl Then set the speed, ond
smooth stroke be given until it move the Self-timer in the
direction shown by thesfops.
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A f t e r t o k i n g o f u l l r o l l o f f i l m , i t i s n e c e s s o r y t o r e w i n d t h e f i l m
i n t o t h e c o s e t t e o r c o r t r i d g e b e f o r e r e m o v i n g t h e e x p o s e d f i l m f r o m NOTE :
t h e c o m e r o . Toword the end of the
l . P r e s s t h e f i l m r e l e o s e b u t t o n w h i c h l o c o t e d o n t h e u n d e r s i d e o f f i l m y o u w i l l f e e l o
t h e c o m e r o . l t n e e d n o t b e h e l d i n p o s i t i o n . s l i g h t r e s i s t o n c e . B u t
2 . F l i p u p t h e f i l m r e w i n d c r o n k h o n d l e t o t h e h o r i z o n t o l p o s i t i o n o n d continue turning the re-
w i n d i n t h e d i r e c t i o n o f t h e o r r o w . wind cronk until the
3. When the film is completely rewound into the cosette, open the f i l m p u l l s o w o y f r o m
b o c k c o v e r b y p r e s s i n g t h e S l i d e L o c k R e l e o s e B u t t o n i n t h e t h e s l o t o n t h e T o k e - u p
d i r e c t i o n o f t h e o r r o w . P u l l u p t h e r e w i n d c r o n k s h o f t o n d r e m o v e s p o o l .
c o s e t t e .
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When you focus the comero on o subiect there is o certoin distonce in f ront ond bock of the subiect within which other obiects will olso oppeor shorp. This is known os the "Depth-of-field", ond it vories with the lens operture, the smoller the opeture the greoter the Depth-of-field, it is much lorger ot tll6 thon f 12.8. The Depth-of -field scole will be f ound on the lens mount in the front port of the comero. You will notice thot on either side of the f2.8 figure is o similor set of numbers which represent the lens opertures. When the comerq is focused on your subiect, look for the operture you ore using on either side of the scole to determine the Depth-of-field. Thus, if the comero is focusing qt 7 feet ond the lens operture is f /8, the Depth-of-field (oreo in which oll obiects ore shorp) is f r o m o b o u t 4 I I . t o 2 0 t t . You con olso use the Depth-of-field to use your Yoshico 35 M-ll os o fixed-focus comero. In this cose set the distonce scole to 20 tt. ond the lens operture to f lg. You will notice on the Depth-of-field thot onything f rom obout I I f eet to infinity will be in focus.View original page 18
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As so o n o s p o ssib le o fter you pur chose your Yoshico 35 M - ll
REVIEW: fill in th e in fo rmo tio n requir ed below. Keep this booklet in
q Set the film emulsion speed o so fe p lo ce . In co s e of loss or ihef t this infor m otion m oy
p ro ve vo lu o b le in re cover ing ihe com er o.
in the window.
Reod the light volue on the
exposure meter. YASHICA35M-ll Serialllumber
Turn the LVS Ring ond set
the LVS number opposite
YAsllll{Ollt12.8 45 mm Lens}lumbor
the red triongle.
d Cock the shutter.
e Compose your picture PURCHASEDat
througilr the viewfinder. (Nome of Firm)
f Toke the picture.
g Advonce the film f or the
n.ext exposure. (Address)
IIATEof PURCIIASE
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