Yashica Lynx 1000
Yashica Lynx 1000. image by mpbaron (Image rights) |
Yashica Lynx 1000 |
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Dates: 1960 Variants: Camera Type: 35mm rangefinder system Focusing: manual Rangefinder: coupled Lens mount: fixed Shutter: Copal SV blade shutter Exposure meter: Selenium cell Exposure modes: manual ASA/ISO range: 10-800 Shoe: cold shoe Synchronized: x-sync X sync speed: all speeds TTL Flash: no Motor drive: no Battery: no Weight: |
The first 35mm rangefinder camera in the Lynx series from Yashica, this 1960 model was still using a selenium meter. (Several years later, Yashica replaced the 1000 with the Lynx 5000 using a CdS-cell meter, as well as introducing the Lynx 14 variant, with its imposing f/1.4 lens.)
For a leaf-shutter camera, this model's top 1/1000 sec. speed was unusual and ambitious. (On the f/1.4 models, the larger glass aperture to uncover makes this impossible.)
Links
- Lynx 1000 User manual at Butkus.org.
- Yashica rangefinder chronology by Yashica guy, including the Lynx 1000
- Repair tips at yashica guy
- Yashica Lynx 1000 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
- Comparison of the Lynx 1000 and Lynx 5000 by fotostevia on Flickr.