Specifications
- Type
- Viewfinder camera
- Production
- 1979–1982
- Film
- 35 mm
- Frame size
- 24 × 36 mm
- Lens
- Yashica Lens 38 mm f/2.8
- Shutter
- Leaf shutter, mechanical
- Shutter speeds
- 1/60 s – 1/360 s
- Metering
- separate meter cell (not through the lens) (CdS)
- Exposure modes
- program
- Focusing
- zone focusing (estimated distance)
- Film speed
- ISO 25–500
- Battery
- 1× EP-675R / RM-675R, 1,35 V
- Weight
- 280 g
Good to know
Without a battery: in auto mode, the shutter release locks when the battery is dead. [1]
In auto mode, the shutter release locks when there isn’t enough light; in that case, the manual tells you to switch to flash photography. [1]
The film is advanced with a knurled thumbwheel at the bottom left of the camera back. [2]
Sources
- Yashica ME-1: Bedienungsanleitung und technische Daten
- Deutsches Kameramuseum: Yashica ME-1
- History of Yashica/Contax/Kyocera cameras, Übertragung einer Herstellerübersicht von 1993
- Peter Wellners Kameramuseum: Yashica ME 1
Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know
