Yashica L AF
Jul 14, 2022 13:22:50 GMT
on Jul 14, 2022 13:22:50 GMT
Posted: Jul 14, 2022 13:22:50 GMT
This camera has amazed me for its image quality - it is exceptional. The camera is Yashica's L AF, an excellent P&S camera with automatic AF and exposure.
Yashica L AF
The lens is a Yashica 32mm f3.5 comprising 4 elements in 3 groups; it produces images of great contrast and exemplary sharpness. Its IQ is a pretty decent match for the superb T-series of Yashica cameras sporting Zeiss glass.
It offers auto-exposure and auto-AF with programmed shutter speeds from 1/30s -1/450s. The flash is linked to the auto-exposure system and will fire in low light; it can not be disabled. The self-timer can be cancelled at any moment during the 9 second count-down. The camera is designed to work with DX-coded film in the range ISO100-1000; when non-DX film is used, the camera defaults to ISO100.
Build quality is very good; with the battery (2CR5) and film loaded, the weight is 337g (almost 12 ounces). It handles easily, the viewfinder is bright and there is a marked focusing point in the centre, between the picture frames (parallax correction marks are also provided) and this is also where the metering is aimed. It's not quite spot-metering but it means that primacy is given to the subject in the central focus area, regardless of the light elsewhere. This can be a real bonus if, for example, you want to focus on something which is surrounded by very bright light as the subject will always be correctly exposed; an average metering system would be thrown by the strong surrounding light but this heavily centre-weighted auto-exposure gets it right every time.
When you consider the price being obtained for the Yashica T-series, this cheap alternative has to be considered a very serious contender.
There is a L AF-D version which includes a Date-Back but like the majority of Yashica's date-backs, the calendar stops at 31 December 2019.
Yashica L AF
The lens is a Yashica 32mm f3.5 comprising 4 elements in 3 groups; it produces images of great contrast and exemplary sharpness. Its IQ is a pretty decent match for the superb T-series of Yashica cameras sporting Zeiss glass.
It offers auto-exposure and auto-AF with programmed shutter speeds from 1/30s -1/450s. The flash is linked to the auto-exposure system and will fire in low light; it can not be disabled. The self-timer can be cancelled at any moment during the 9 second count-down. The camera is designed to work with DX-coded film in the range ISO100-1000; when non-DX film is used, the camera defaults to ISO100.
Build quality is very good; with the battery (2CR5) and film loaded, the weight is 337g (almost 12 ounces). It handles easily, the viewfinder is bright and there is a marked focusing point in the centre, between the picture frames (parallax correction marks are also provided) and this is also where the metering is aimed. It's not quite spot-metering but it means that primacy is given to the subject in the central focus area, regardless of the light elsewhere. This can be a real bonus if, for example, you want to focus on something which is surrounded by very bright light as the subject will always be correctly exposed; an average metering system would be thrown by the strong surrounding light but this heavily centre-weighted auto-exposure gets it right every time.
When you consider the price being obtained for the Yashica T-series, this cheap alternative has to be considered a very serious contender.
There is a L AF-D version which includes a Date-Back but like the majority of Yashica's date-backs, the calendar stops at 31 December 2019.
