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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 were adapted from the [[Yashica Electro 35|Electro 35]] and distributed by dental equipment company Tokyo Shizaisha.
  
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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 lense's front element.
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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's front element.
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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. Based on the [[Yashica FX-3]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190703160418/http://www.cvatik.com/log/2018/4/3/camera-oddities-yashica-dental-eye-dental-80s-medical-camera An early Dental Eye still labeled FX-3] is shown on Steven Gindler's blog; archived at the [https://web.archive.org/ Wayback Machine].</ref>  lever film advance. Farthest focus is 1:10 magnification.  Aperture is mechanically linked to focus distance.
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*Yashica Dental Eye II, 100mm f/4.0 lens. Motorized advance. Farthest focus now 1:15 magnification.
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*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.lomography.com/magazine/reviews/2009/09/10/yashica-dental-eye-no-longer-for-the-teeth review]
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*[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]
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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]
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Latest revision as of 05:56, 14 November 2023

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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

  1. ↑ An early Dental Eye still labeled FX-3 is shown on Steven Gindler's blog; archived at the Wayback Machine.

Links


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Yashica Dental Eye II kit
image by Rolf F. (Image rights)
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Dental Eye II date back
image by Hemant Sekhri (Image rights)
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Dental Eye III
image by yashicasailorboy (Image rights)
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