Yashica FX-103 Program

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The Yashica FX-103 Program is a 35mm SLR camera from Kyocera.

The camera uses interchangeable lenses with the C/Y mount. It has an electronic quartz timed, vertical travelling metal focal-plane shutter with speeds from 16s to 1/1000 in auto mode or 1 to 1/1000 in manual. There is a Bulb mode and the flash sync is at 1/100 a sec.

It features a TTL center-weighted metering system. It uses a silicon photo diode with a measurement range 3 to 18 EV (ISO 100, with f/1.4 lens). The film speed setting range is at ISO 12 to 3200. Exposure modes can be changed include (P) Program AE; (HP) High-speed Program AE; (AE) Aperture-priority; Manual exposure; TTL auto flash and manual flash modes. Exposure compensation is available with a range of + 2 to -2 EV.

The viewfinder contains has a 95% view with a 0.86x magnification. 15 red flashing LED's on the right side for shutter speed indicators with over and under exposure. It's a eye-level pentaprism 95% field of view and a magnification of 0.86x. It uses a LED based display for the shutter indicators with correct exposure, oven and underexposure. The focusing screen matte with a horizontal split-image/microprism collar to aid focusing.

Film is advanced manually with a advance leaver, film rewind is with a flip up crank, but it can also use the Contax 139 Winder II. The film counter is upwards counting and resets automatically when the back is opened. The back has a memo holder used as a film reminder. It is powered by two LR44/SR44 batteries.

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Links

• Yashica FX-103 Program manual (html) at Mike Butkus' Orphan Cameras