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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 II and 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] | ||
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| Yashica Dental Eye (original) image by Mark O'Brien (Image rights) |
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 were 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's 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,[1] 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
Notes
- ↑ An early Dental Eye still labeled FX-3 is shown on Steven Gindler's blog; archived at the Wayback Machine.
Links
- Manual for Dental Eye II and III from Mike Butkus' OrphanCameras.com
- Dental Eye review from Lomography magazine reviews
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