Yashica 270 Autofocus
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| All sides of the 270 Auto Focus image by Vagn Sloth-Madsen (Image rights) |
Yashica, as a division of Kyocera, had begun a new series of SLRs which left behind the earlier C/Y lens mount in favor of a new lens series enabling autofocus.
After the US magazine Consumer Reports had given the older Yashica 230-AF a top rating (just as it was discontinued), the Yashica 270 Auto Focus was quickly brought to market—evidently near the end of 1991.[1] In fact, the North American name was simply Yashica 230-AF Super to take advantage of this existing publicity.
While the styling has been redone in a more harmonious fashion, in many ways this was a simplified 230-AF, not a "Super" one.[2] It does include a integrated pop-up flash, and a new focus-limiter setting which can improve focus speed when the subject distance is approximately known.
Notes
- ↑ Popular Photography's "SLR Notebook" column for December, 1991 (with a press deadline several months earlier) announced the camera but had not yet obtained one. (Vol. 98, No. 12; page 206. The camera is advertised on page 23.)
- ↑ Herbert Keppler's "SLR Notebook" in the March, 1992, Popular Photography notes some of the omissions. (Vol. 99, No. 3; pages 14, 16, 20).
Links
- Manuals for theYashica 230-AF Super or the Yashica 270 Auto Focus at Mike Butkus's OrphanCameras.com
