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Yashica Rapide User manual
User manual for Yashica Rapide. 22 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Yashica
- Model / document
- Yashica Rapide
- Document type
- User manual
- Language
- English
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- 22
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- 6.1 MB
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- Film cameras
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@ ASA Film Speed Serting Diol
(D Film Rewind Releose
@ Tripod Socket
@ Film Rewind Cronk
@ Bock Cover Releose Bor
@ Viewfinder Eye-Piece
@ Bock Cover
@ Bock Cover Lock Bor
@ Cqsette Supporting Shoft
@ Film Gote
@ Toke-Up Spool
@ Film Pressure Plote DN:ou=butkus.org,Date:cn=Mike2022.02.05signedButkus,email=mike@butkus.org,by15:36:34Mikeo=ButkusButkus-05'00'camera manuals,c=USMike Butkus DigitallyView original page 6Page 8 · Read text
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4. Advonce the film with one stroke of the Film
Advonce Slide, press the shutter releose ond
odvonce film once more.
Check film ond moke sure film is securely fostened
to toke-up spool ond oligned with spool flonges.
5. Close the bock cover ond press with the fingers
until it locks into position.
Repeot the operotion of odvoncing the film,
pressing the shutter releose twice.
6. The figure I will now oppeor in the Exposure
Counter Window, indicoting thot the comero is
now reody to be sei to toke its first picture.
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The bright frome of the RAPIDE's viewfinder
incorporotes on ouxiliory frome for use when
loking o picture of the 'Close-up' position.
The solid frome be used for distonces bet-
ween 'P' ond infinity. Use the short corner
lines to outline the scene for the 'C' (0.8 ml,
I ond 1.5 m distonces. The 'P' corresponds
to 2m.
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The Yoshico Ropide, with built-in light meter,
meosures intensity of the ovoiloble light ond
helps you determine lhe proper exporure
eosily ond occurotely. The built-in exposure
setling syslem of your Ropide consists of the
following elements :
o. Photo Cell
b. Exposure Reoidng Window
c. Exposure Volue Scole
d. Exposure Indicotor NeedleView original page 10Page 11 · Read text
HOW TO USE RAPIDE EXPOSURE
READING SYSTETI
Set the proper fllm speed (ASA), found
on the instruction sheet pocked with film, fl
by turning the film speed diol either left
or right until this number is opposite the ,l
white indicotor line. Now oim the Light www.butkus.usGothering Window of the photo cell ot ffi
the subject, moking sure thot ihe meter
reods fhe light refected from the most
importont port of the picture oreo. The
red indicotor needle will then point to
one of the shoded sections with its
corresponding Light Volue number. This
number is then set in the LVS window in
the LVS ond Aperture Ring.
NOTE : In those coses when the lndicotor Needle points to one of the I
dividing lines between LV zones,
odiust the LV Ring so thot ihe I
red line indicotor is holf -woy
between the two zone numbers.View original page 11Page 12 · Read text
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I The RAPIDE incorporotes o simple, click-stop
focusing ring colibroted in meters for ropid
f ocusing.
The RAPIDE focuses from 0.8 meter (31 7/z"l to
infinity.
Disionces engroved on the focusing ring ore 'C'
(0.8m1, l, 1.5, 'P' 12m), 3, 5 ond inflnity.I
I To focus, turn the focusing ring until the distonce
f rom comero to subiect is opposite the RED
index line.View original page 12Page 15 · Read text
TAKING FTASH PICTURES
Your Yqshicq RAPIDE offers M-X rynchronizotion
Seleclor Position Mlx x
Bulb used Medium Peok Short Peok Medium Peok
l/30 or slower (when
Shutler Speed Any Speed iI t/oo o, srower u3lng 3elt'rlmeil
Do not use Short Peok bulb wilh "M" synchronizolion.
Move the selector X position when using Electronic Flosh.
Your comero deoler will be glod to supply the proper flosh
ottochment for your comero.
Synchronizotion for fosh is built-in. A slondord FC connector
plugs into the fosh terminol. The fosh unit slips into the
Accesrory Shoe or ottsches to the comero with s brocket thot
rcrews into the tripod sockel.View original page 15Page 17 · Read text
t. After the totol number of exposures 4. When the film is completely rewound
permitted hove been token, the film into the cosette, o slockening of tension
must be rewound into the cosette. on the rewind cronk will be felt.
2. To do this, first push the rewind relesse 5. Open the bock cover by pulling out
OVER ond DOWN. on the Releose Bor ond remove the
3. While continuing to hold the releose film. Once fllm is removed f rom the
bution in the depressed position, unfold comero, ii should be processed os soon
the rewind cronk ond turn in the os possible, especiolly so in lhe cose
direction of orrow. of color.
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Initiolly, you will find o yetlow fllter (Y2) ideol for brlnging out clouds in londscope
pictures qnd for generol uses. An UV filter is suitoble for color photogrophy ond olso
to protect the lens. As you become more odvonced, you moy wont to use vorious
filters, such os orqnge, green, etc., for difierent effects. Your cqmero deoler will give
you complete informotion.
i NOTICE ;
, Be sure to reploce the lens cop when the
i comero is not in use. Keep your cqmero
o*oy from dust ond moisture. For cleoning i
I the lens surfoce to remove dust or dirt,
I olwoys wipe it very lightly by using cleon Il I gou.e or lens cloth. Do not wipe lens with q
airty hondkerchief. When you qre not using i + f or o long period, do not I your comerq
I leove the shutter cocked.View original page 19Page 20 · Read text
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REVIEW CATiERA IDENTIFICATION'
l. Set the ASA film speed diol to the As soon os possible ofter you purchose your Yoshicq speed of the film in use.
2. Toke o reoding with the exposure Ropide, fill in the informotion required below. In cose
meter, preferobly one or two feet of loss or theft, this informotion moy prove voluqbre from the subiect.
a I 3. Reod the light volue number indicoted in recovering the comero.
by the needle.
i 4. Turn the light volue scole ring until
this number is visible in the LVS
window, YASHICA RAPIDE Seriol Number
5. Check shutter speed setfing for speed
desired lf reset, resei the light
volue number in the light volue YASH|NON 112.8 28nm Lens No.
window.
6. Cock the shutter by operoting the
film odvonce slide. PURCHASED ot
FIRM) 7. Compose your piclure through the (NAME OF
viewfinder inside the bright frome.
8. Toke the picture by pressing fhe
shutter releosc.
9, Advonce the film f or the nexl (ADDRESS)
exposure only if you plon to toke
qnother within o few minuies. DATE of PURCHASEView original page 20Page 22 · Read text
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YASHICA RAPIDE z+xlBmm
lens: YASt|ilt0t{ t Z.g 2gmm
Shutter : Copaf Sy t,r-llboo sec.
Built-in Exposure Meter
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