Yashica P-mini...or Super?
Sept 27, 2021 11:34:16 GMT
on Sept 27, 2021 11:34:16 GMT
Posted: Sept 27, 2021 11:34:16 GMT
This is the Yashica P-mini - essentially a J-mini with a Panoramic facility.
Yashica P-mini Date-back
Although described as a fixed focus camera, this actually has the ability to focus on distant objects by using the slider beneath the lens which places the camera into its Panoramic mode. It has two shutter speeds, 1/60s and 1/125s, and an auto flash. The Yashica lens is the well-regarded 32mm f3.5, comprising 4 elements in 3 groups. Later versions of the P-mini used lenses of lower specification.
This camera is slightly confusing to me as it has a date-back. If it followed the convention of its J-mini sibling, this would be designated 'Super' for the inclusion of such a back; this was factory fitted and not a later add-on. Other Yashica P-mini cameras exist without a date-back as does the Kyocera P-mini which was sold mostly in Japan.
The P-mini was produced in Hong Kong in 1990.
Yashica P-mini Date-back
Although described as a fixed focus camera, this actually has the ability to focus on distant objects by using the slider beneath the lens which places the camera into its Panoramic mode. It has two shutter speeds, 1/60s and 1/125s, and an auto flash. The Yashica lens is the well-regarded 32mm f3.5, comprising 4 elements in 3 groups. Later versions of the P-mini used lenses of lower specification.
This camera is slightly confusing to me as it has a date-back. If it followed the convention of its J-mini sibling, this would be designated 'Super' for the inclusion of such a back; this was factory fitted and not a later add-on. Other Yashica P-mini cameras exist without a date-back as does the Kyocera P-mini which was sold mostly in Japan.
The P-mini was produced in Hong Kong in 1990.
