Yashica [SEP] dissolved or abolished
brand in competing with Nikon, Canon, and Minolta for the semi-professional SLR camera market.
In 1979, Yashica introduced a new inexpensive 35mm consumer SLR, the FX-3, intended for entry-level buyers. Like all Yashica manual-focus bodies, the affordable FX-3 featured a C/Y lens mount that would also accept Carl Zeiss T* lenses. This simple, lightweight manual-exposure SLR camera sold well, and with minor revisions, stayed in production until 2002.
In October 1983, Yashica
were introduced. These variants both switched to two PX640 batteries instead of a single PX625 in order to drive a more sensitive light sensor with a higher voltage. The galvanometer of the light meter was replaced with two indicator lights, showing when the exposure was "over" or "under".
See also.
- Yashica Electro 35 - A later series of rangefinders with aperture priority auto exposure
External links.
- Yashica 35mm Rangefinder Chronology & Specifications II by Yashica Guy
- Yashica Lynx 14 by Karen