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The '''Dental Eye''' was an [[SLR]] for [[35mm film]]. It was a camera for medical and scientific applications, made by [[Yashica]] based on one of its SLR bodies but with fixed lens. The [[lens barrel]] included a macro ring light flash around the lens' front element.
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The '''Dental Eye''' cameras were a series of specialized [[SLR]]s for [[35mm film]] from [[Yashica]], later [[Kyocera]]. These designs replaced the '''Oral-Eye''' series of cameras that was adapted from the [[Yashica Electro 35|Electro 35]] and distributed by dental equipment company Tokyo Shizaisha.
  
*Yashica Dental Eye (original), 55mm f/4.0 lens. Lever film advance.
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The design was optimized for medical and scientific applications, adapting a Yashica SLR body but with a fixed macro lens. The lens barrel included a ring-light flash, around the lens' front element.
*Yashica Dental Eye II, 100mm f/4.0 lens. Motorized advance.
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None of the Dental Eye models can be focused to infinity. They operate only in the close-focus range, down to 1:1 magnification.
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*Yashica Dental Eye (original), 55mm f/4.0 lens. Lever film advance. Farthest focus is 1:10 magnification.
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*Yashica Dental Eye II, 100mm f/4.0 lens. Motorized advance. Farthest focus now 1:15 magnification.
 
*Yashica Dental Eye III, 100mm f/4.0 lens. Restyled, smaller body. Motorized advance and rewind.
 
*Yashica Dental Eye III, 100mm f/4.0 lens. Restyled, smaller body. Motorized advance and rewind.
  
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*[http://www.lomography.com/magazine/reviews/2009/09/10/yashica-dental-eye-no-longer-for-the-teeth Dental Eye review] from [http://www.lomography.com/magazine/reviews Lomography magazine reviews]
 
*[http://www.lomography.com/magazine/reviews/2009/09/10/yashica-dental-eye-no-longer-for-the-teeth Dental Eye review] from [http://www.lomography.com/magazine/reviews Lomography magazine reviews]
  
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[[Category:Yashica|Dental Eye]]
 
[[Category:Yashica|Dental Eye]]
 
[[Category:Japanese 35mm SLR]]
 
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[[Category: Medical cameras]]

Revision as of 09:01, 31 October 2013

The Dental Eye cameras were a series of specialized SLRs for 35mm film from Yashica, later Kyocera. These designs replaced the Oral-Eye series of cameras that was adapted from the Electro 35 and distributed by dental equipment company Tokyo Shizaisha.

The design was optimized for medical and scientific applications, adapting a Yashica SLR body but with a fixed macro lens. The lens barrel included a ring-light flash, around the lens' front element.

None of the Dental Eye models can be focused to infinity. They operate only in the close-focus range, down to 1:1 magnification.

  • Yashica Dental Eye (original), 55mm f/4.0 lens. Lever film advance. Farthest focus is 1:10 magnification.
  • Yashica Dental Eye II, 100mm f/4.0 lens. Motorized advance. Farthest focus now 1:15 magnification.
  • Yashica Dental Eye III, 100mm f/4.0 lens. Restyled, smaller body. Motorized advance and rewind.

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