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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/yashica/yashica_flash_o_set/yashica_flash_o_set.htm Yashica 35 Flash-O-Set II manual] at Mike Butkus' [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Orphan Cameras]
 
* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/yashica/yashica_flash_o_set/yashica_flash_o_set.htm Yashica 35 Flash-O-Set II manual] at Mike Butkus' [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Orphan Cameras]
 
* [http://flickr.com/photos/sydneywalker/2321143778/ Photo of Flash-O-Set] on Flickr by SydneyWalker (earlier model than the Flash-O-Set II, with the meter cell above the lens)
 
* [http://flickr.com/photos/sydneywalker/2321143778/ Photo of Flash-O-Set] on Flickr by SydneyWalker (earlier model than the Flash-O-Set II, with the meter cell above the lens)
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11880 Flash-O-Set], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11879 Flash-O-Set II], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11878 Flash-O-Set II] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11880 Flash-O-Set], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11879 Flash-O-Set II], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11878 Flash-O-Set II] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
  
  

Revision as of 10:27, 18 May 2017

The Flash-O-Set is a 35mm viewfinder camera with selenium cell-controlled auto-exposure. It was made in Japan by Yashica. Its distinctive feature is a built-in flashbulb holder, for which there is an ejector button on the lower front, and a flash exposure table on the back. The Flash-O-Set has a general look similar to the Yashica rangefinder cameras.

There are two models; the original - introduced in 1961 has the light meter cell above the lens and the name plate below the bulb ejector. The meter cell of the 1962 Flash-O-Set II is mounted around the lens, and the manual shows that the camera seems to have been supplied with a neutral-density filter - which would cover the meter cell as well as the lens - for use in very bright conditions.


Specifications

  • Lens: Yashinon 40mm f4, fixed focus
  • Shutter: fixed 1/60
  • Metering: Selenium cell
  • Flash: built-in AG-1 bulb holder + x-sync PC socket
  • Power: type Y-10 15 volt battery for firing flash bulbs


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