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The camera is entirely mechanical and all settings must be made manually. The readout range of the light meter is coupled to the shutter speed dial, but the settings of the shutter and aperture must be set manually. The camera uses a standard M42 screw mount, with "automatic" aperture (meaning that the aperture is held wide open when the shutter is wound, then automatically closes down to the selected aperture when the shutter is released). The camera includes a self-timer, and PC sockets for both electronic (X synch) and flashbulb (FP synch) flash units. There is no hot shoe but the camera includes a removable accessory shoe that can be used to attach standard flash units. | The camera is entirely mechanical and all settings must be made manually. The readout range of the light meter is coupled to the shutter speed dial, but the settings of the shutter and aperture must be set manually. The camera uses a standard M42 screw mount, with "automatic" aperture (meaning that the aperture is held wide open when the shutter is wound, then automatically closes down to the selected aperture when the shutter is released). The camera includes a self-timer, and PC sockets for both electronic (X synch) and flashbulb (FP synch) flash units. There is no hot shoe but the camera includes a removable accessory shoe that can be used to attach standard flash units. | ||
| − | The camera has a cloth focal plane shutter that supports speeds from 1/2 to 1/1000 of second, and bulb mode. The standard lens with the camera is the excellent Yashinon 55mm f/1.8 lens, and an f/1.4 lens was also available as an option. Original list prices in 1964 were $175 with the f/1.8 lens and $225 with the f/1.4 lens. | + | The camera has a cloth focal plane shutter that supports speeds from 1/2 to 1/1000 of second, and bulb mode. The standard lens with the camera is the excellent Yashinon 55mm (marked 5.5cm) f/1.8 lens, and an f/1.4 lens was also available as an option. Original list prices in 1964 were $175 with the f/1.8 lens and $225 with the f/1.4 lens. |
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The Yashica J-5 was the third in the "J" series of Yashica 35mm SLR cameras (following the Penta J and J-3). Introduced in 1964, it followed the J-3 but preceded the release of the J-4. It features a built-in CdS cell light meter, with two light reading ranges, high and low. The light meter is powered by a standard mercury button cell (no longer available for sale in the US).
The camera is cosmetically similar to the Minolta SR-7 of 1962, but of course it differs in some details, notably in the lens mount. Both cameras include a battery powered light meter with readouts coupled to the shutter speed setting. As with the Minolta, the CdS sensor meters through a separate bull's eye lens at the left side of the camera, not through the primary camera lens. Meter readings are taken while pointing the camera at the subject and looking down at the meter readout on top of the camera.
The camera is entirely mechanical and all settings must be made manually. The readout range of the light meter is coupled to the shutter speed dial, but the settings of the shutter and aperture must be set manually. The camera uses a standard M42 screw mount, with "automatic" aperture (meaning that the aperture is held wide open when the shutter is wound, then automatically closes down to the selected aperture when the shutter is released). The camera includes a self-timer, and PC sockets for both electronic (X synch) and flashbulb (FP synch) flash units. There is no hot shoe but the camera includes a removable accessory shoe that can be used to attach standard flash units.
The camera has a cloth focal plane shutter that supports speeds from 1/2 to 1/1000 of second, and bulb mode. The standard lens with the camera is the excellent Yashinon 55mm (marked 5.5cm) f/1.8 lens, and an f/1.4 lens was also available as an option. Original list prices in 1964 were $175 with the f/1.8 lens and $225 with the f/1.4 lens.
