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'''Yashica''', as a division of [[Kyocera]], had begun a [[Kyocera#Autofocus_35mm_SLR | new series]] of SLRs which left behind the earlier [[Contax/Yashica lenses | C/Y lens mount]] in favor of a [[Kyocera Yashica AF lens | new lens series enabling autofocus]]. | '''Yashica''', as a division of [[Kyocera]], had begun a [[Kyocera#Autofocus_35mm_SLR | new series]] of SLRs which left behind the earlier [[Contax/Yashica lenses | C/Y lens mount]] in favor of a [[Kyocera Yashica AF lens | new lens series enabling autofocus]]. | ||
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While the styling has been redone in a more harmonious fashion, in many ways this was a simplified 230-AF, not a "Super" one.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sXZg3MYTQXIC&pg=PA16&dq=%22Yashica+230-AF+Super%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9gLnzosv-AhVTrokEHUZgBiQQ6AF6BAgEEAI Herbert Keppler's "SLR Notebook" in the March, 1992, ''Popular Photography''] notes some of the omissions. (Vol. 99, No. 3; pages 14, 16, 20).</ref> It does include a integrated pop-up flash, and a new focus-limiter setting which can improve focus speed when the subject distance is approximately known. | While the styling has been redone in a more harmonious fashion, in many ways this was a simplified 230-AF, not a "Super" one.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sXZg3MYTQXIC&pg=PA16&dq=%22Yashica+230-AF+Super%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9gLnzosv-AhVTrokEHUZgBiQQ6AF6BAgEEAI Herbert Keppler's "SLR Notebook" in the March, 1992, ''Popular Photography''] notes some of the omissions. (Vol. 99, No. 3; pages 14, 16, 20).</ref> It does include a integrated pop-up flash, and a new focus-limiter setting which can improve focus speed when the subject distance is approximately known. | ||
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* Manuals for the[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/yashica/yashica_230-af_super/yashica_230-af_super.htm Yashica 230-AF Super] or the [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/yashica/yashica_270af/yashica_270-af.htm Yashica 270 Auto Focus] at Mike Butkus's [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | * Manuals for the[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/yashica/yashica_230-af_super/yashica_230-af_super.htm Yashica 230-AF Super] or the [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/yashica/yashica_270af/yashica_270-af.htm Yashica 270 Auto Focus] at Mike Butkus's [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | ||
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Yashica, as a division of Kyocera, had begun a new series of SLRs which left behind the earlier C/Y lens mount in favor of a new lens series enabling autofocus.
After the US magazine Consumer Reports had given the older Yashica 230-AF a top rating (just as it was discontinued), the Yashica 270 Auto Focus was quickly brought to market—evidently near the end of 1991.[1] In fact, the North American name was simply Yashica 230-AF Super to take advantage of this existing publicity.
While the styling has been redone in a more harmonious fashion, in many ways this was a simplified 230-AF, not a "Super" one.[2] It does include a integrated pop-up flash, and a new focus-limiter setting which can improve focus speed when the subject distance is approximately known.
Notes
- ↑ Popular Photography's "SLR Notebook" column for December, 1991 (with a press deadline several months earlier) announced the camera but had not yet obtained one. (Vol. 98, No. 12; page 206. The camera is advertised on page 23.)
- ↑ Herbert Keppler's "SLR Notebook" in the March, 1992, Popular Photography notes some of the omissions. (Vol. 99, No. 3; pages 14, 16, 20).
Links
- Manuals for theYashica 230-AF Super or the Yashica 270 Auto Focus at Mike Butkus's OrphanCameras.com
