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Yashica Rapide
Specifications, film and matching parts.
- Type
- Half-frame camera
- Production
- from 1961
- Film
- 35 mm
- Weight
- 540 g
Camera
- Type
- Half-frame camera
- Production
- from 1961
- Weight
- 540 g
Film
- Film
- 35 mm
- Frame size
- 18 × 24 mm
- Film speed
- ISO 10–800
Lens
- Lens
- Yashinon 28 mm f/2.8
- Focusing
- zone focusing (estimated distance)
Shutter
- Shutter
- Leaf shutter, mechanical
- Shutter speeds
- 1 s – 1/500 s, B
Exposure
- Metering
- separate meter cell (not through the lens) (Selen)
No battery needed: you can take pictures without one, and the selenium light meter works without one too. [2]
Pulling the leather strap advances the film and cocks the shutter. [1]
To take a meter reading, point the metering window on top of the camera at your subject, then set the exposure value it shows by hand. [1]
Sources
- Lippisches Kameramuseum: Yashica Rapide
- CameraCollector: Yashica Rapide
- Yashica Half Frame Cameras: Yashica Rapide
- 52cameras52weeks: Yashica Rapide
Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know
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