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The J-3 was succeeded by the [[Yashica_J-5|J-5]] the following year. | The J-3 was succeeded by the [[Yashica_J-5|J-5]] the following year. | ||
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| + | *[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/yashica/yashica_j-3/yashica_j-3.htm Yashica J-3 User manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] | ||
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The Yashica J-3 is a 35mm film SLR camera introduced in 1963. It was an update of the Penta J, but incorporating a more conventional top shutter release and introducing a semi-coupled CdS light meter as a feature incorporated into the camera rather than using add-on light meters. This arrangement is very similar in layout to the contemporary Minolta SR-7, with the light meter placed on the left side of the body and measurements taken through a small bull's-eye lens (not through the primary camera lens). The meter included high and low measuring ranges, and the user must manually transfer the suggested aperture setting to the lens. The meter is powered by a mercury battery.
The J-3 retained the cloth focal plane shutter, with speeds from 1/2 to 1/500 second, and the two flash sync ports of the Penta J. The J-3 included a new self-timer lever on the face of the camera body.
The J-3 was succeeded by the J-5 the following year.
