Difference between revisions of "Yashica Dental Eye"
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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. | 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 (original), 55mm f/4.0 lens. Based on the [[Yashica FX-3]], Lever film advance. Farthest focus is 1:10 magnification. Aperture is mechanically linked to focus distance. |
*Yashica Dental Eye II, 100mm f/4.0 lens. Motorized advance. Farthest focus now 1:15 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. Produced from 1997-2006 | *Yashica Dental Eye III, 100mm f/4.0 lens. Restyled, smaller body. Motorized advance and rewind. Produced from 1997-2006 | ||
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*[http://www.butkus.org/chinon/yashica/yashica_dental_eye/yashica_dental_eye.htm Manual for Dental Eye III] from Mike Butkus' [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | *[http://www.butkus.org/chinon/yashica/yashica_dental_eye/yashica_dental_eye.htm Manual for Dental Eye III] from Mike Butkus' [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | ||
*[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] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.cvatik.com/log/2018/4/3/camera-oddities-yashica-dental-eye-dental-80s-medical-camera] Shows Dental Eye with FX-3 markings | |
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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. Based on the Yashica FX-3, Lever film advance. Farthest focus is 1:10 magnification. Aperture is mechanically linked to focus distance.
- 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. Produced from 1997-2006
Links
- Manual for Dental Eye III from Mike Butkus' OrphanCameras.com
- Dental Eye review from Lomography magazine reviews
- [1] Shows Dental Eye with FX-3 markings
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