Yashica Lynx 14E
Yashica replaced the selenium meter of the Yashica Lynx 1000 with a CdS cell when it introduced the Lynx 14 and Lynx 5000 in 1965.The standout feature of the Lynx 14 was a massive Yashinon 45mm F/1.4 lens, with a 58mm filter thread. The Lynx 14E is physically similar, but with a small revision to the meter circuit, which adds an over/under display in the viewfinder, rather than the top-deck meter readout of the earlier model. The front panel noted this as "IC" (for integrated circuit) which was a first in this model. The top speed of the leaf shutter is 1/500.
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Specifications
- Maker: Yashica
- Dates: Lynx 14 in 1965, Lynx 14E in 1969
- Camera Type: 35mm rangefinder camera
- Focusing: manual, with coupled rangefinder
- Lens mount: fixed
- Shutter: Copal SV leaf shutter from B to 1/500
- Exposure meter: CdS
- 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: PX625A (for model 14) or PX640A (for model 14E)
Links
- Yashica Lynx 14E manual at Mike Butkus Orphan Cameras
- Article by M. Feuerbacher
- a Yashica rangefinder chronology, including the Lynx 14 by Yashica guy.
- Yashica Lynx 14E on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
- Yashica Lynx 14E at Stephen Gandy's CameraQuest
