Difference between revisions of "Yashica Samurai 4000iX"

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This camera was built in 1998 by [[Kyocera|Kyocera Corporation]], Japan. It has a wide zoom range from 30 to 120mm. The shutter is electronic, with speeds from 3 sec. to 1/500 sec. Its design is derived from that of the bigger [[Kyocera#Half frame (17×24mm) autofocus SLR|Yashica Samurai]] [[half-frame|35mm half-frame]] [[SLR]]s which both resemble camcorders of the 1990s. But the 4000ix is just a viewfinder camera, a modern fully automatic [[compact camera]] that uses [[APS]] film.
 
This camera was built in 1998 by [[Kyocera|Kyocera Corporation]], Japan. It has a wide zoom range from 30 to 120mm. The shutter is electronic, with speeds from 3 sec. to 1/500 sec. Its design is derived from that of the bigger [[Kyocera#Half frame (17×24mm) autofocus SLR|Yashica Samurai]] [[half-frame|35mm half-frame]] [[SLR]]s which both resemble camcorders of the 1990s. But the 4000ix is just a viewfinder camera, a modern fully automatic [[compact camera]] that uses [[APS]] film.
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Revision as of 17:20, 6 August 2011

This camera was built in 1998 by Kyocera Corporation, Japan. It has a wide zoom range from 30 to 120mm. The shutter is electronic, with speeds from 3 sec. to 1/500 sec. Its design is derived from that of the bigger Yashica Samurai 35mm half-frame SLRs which both resemble camcorders of the 1990s. But the 4000ix is just a viewfinder camera, a modern fully automatic compact camera that uses APS film.