1 - 22 of 22 ads for "yashica" within Non Digital CamerasSony point and shoot digital still camera DSC-W800 has 20.1 megapixel super HAD CCD image sensor, 5x optical zoom with...Explore Old Camera, Camera Hunt, and more!Camera PhotographyCamerasClassicPhotographyFor TheThe O'jaysJDM von Weinberg , Jun 21, 2011; 01:41 a.m.Yashica Samurai X3.0 (1987 or 1988) Yashima Seiki K.K. 八洲精機株式会社Kadlubek Nr. YAS1970I don't know how I got here exactly, but for some odd reason I got temporarily attracted to the 'swoopy' and flashy styling of the early "bridge cameras". This post continues this minor obsession, one which costs little to indulge these days./wiki/Yashica ) even claim that the Yashica Samurai x3.0 of 1988 was the "first bridge camera" ( "1988 erschien mit der Halbformatkamera Yashica Samurai X3.0 die erste Bridgekamera") . Modern Photography "Picks" from December of 1988. JDM von Weinberg , Jun 21, 2011; However some list the Samurai as being from 1987 instead of 1988, although US introduction was definitely late 1988 and early 1989.

A 1987 date for the Samurai would reinforce the "first bridge camera" claim, but the Ricoh Mirai ( http://photo.net/modern-film-cameras-forum/00Yk4S ) and Chinon Genesis ( http://photo.net/modern-film-cameras-forum/00YqZO for a discussion of a later model ) were also introduced in 1988, among others. The Mirai, the Genesis, and the Samurai also share "futuristic" styling that was clearly in the "air" at the time, even including the Colani Canon prototypes and the Canon T90 and the early EOS cameras. side and front of Yashica Samurai x3.0JDM von Weinberg , Jun 21, 2011; and the left side and the interior Other side and interior worksJDM von Weinberg , Jun 21, 2011; There's little point to my summarizing what already exists on a number of sites in terms of the technical details on the Samurai x3.0. The quotations are from that source, with my annotations in brackets. "Yashica Samurai X3.0(1988) The Samurai X3.0 was the first model of a series of ergonomic (built-to-fit-the-hand for one-hand operation), half-frame, "bridge" SLRs that Yashica manufactured beginning in 1988.

It is a true SLR camera which makes it stand out from many point-and-shoot cameras, as does its half-frame format. [Actually, it's not really supposed to be "one-handed", see the image below from the Samurai manual of how to hold the camera ] The zoom covers a useful range -- 25-75mm in half-frame, which gives an image size approximately the same as a 35-105mm zoom in full-frame. The lens is threaded for a standard 49mm filter, and gives effective f-stops from f3.5 at wide angle to f4.3 at telephoto. [the 25mm - 75mm 1:3.5 - 4.3 is a Kyocera] The viewfinder has an adjustable diopter to fit sharpness to the user's vision. Shutter speeds range from 2 sec. to 1/500 sec. The shutter speeds and aperture are automatically set by the camera, and there are no manual settings. But there is a built-in flash which can be turned off, turned on, or left to operate in various automatic modes. [An optional hot shoe attachment was also available] The exposure, film advance and focusing are strictly automatic.

The standard model is black, but the control buttons came in different colors, such as red, grey and green. Various accessories were available, such as wide and tele lens converters, cases, straps, etc.Flat Tire Repair Auburn Al [/wiki/Yashica_Samurai_X3.0 (a grip on the right side and a lens hood) ]Bulldog Mix Puppies For Sale Ontario Uses one CR5 battery. Rv Rental Kane County IlThere are several "sub-models". The most common is the left-handed version. There was also a clear, fully functioning model for demo purposes. Last, but not least was the Grand Prix 88, often called the gold version -- but it just has a gold shutter release and lens cap. eft hand draped over the top does the wide-to-tele zoom buttons, and the right hand does the shutter release (which has a focus lock, tooJDM von Weinberg , Jun 21, 2011; 01:49 a.m.

I'm not so sure about the often referred to "left handed" version of the camera. I'd think that even a left-handed person could use the right finger for tripping the shutter, etc, but then I'm fairly ambiguous/ambidextrous myself. Of over 7,000 illustrations found by Google™, none that I could see were left handed in the sense of being reversed side-to-side like the following flipped image. flipped Samurai - has anyone got a picture of the real thing? Other useful articles are at http://www.3106.net/photo/cam1069.htm and http://www.3106.net/photo/cam1069.htm .The camera has a vertical format that makes the horizontal ("landscape") view the camera default, and makes the whole thing look more like a movie camera than a still camera. Yashica apparently liked this, and the initial Samurai evolved into a number of descendants such as the Samurai X4.0 and the Samurai 4000ix, an APS camera. Still later, there was a Yashica Samurai 2100DG 2.14MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom.

The film actually winds up in the camera, from the cassette to a take-up reel with automatic loading (see the illustration of the interior above). The original list price in 1988 was US $535, but I got mine in good working order with a fresh battery for under $20 on eBay. I did find an older repair estimate from a site that no longer seems to be active of $114, so replacement seems a better option at the moment.At the risk of being banal, I'm afraid that I have once again visited the central part of my campus. The open space in the center of campus. The monumental ceramic sculpture is by N. Vergette called "Here" from 1974. The bottom picture shows walkways through the non-rectangular "quadrangle." When the campus was undergoing its initial expansion, they put in some obvious walkways, and then put in new sidewalks where the students had left paths through the lawn. Center of campusJDM von Weinberg , Jun 21, 2011; The second pair is a small Japanese garden on the east side of the 'quad'.