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on May 26, 2020 16:41:47 GMT
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In the early Yashica SLR range that had metering, I think there were only 2 models that had a more traditional match-needle readout in the viewfinder. The TL Super and the TL-E had needle metering, with all the others having electronically driven pass/fail lights and/or arrows in opposite directions to indicate under or over exposure. Later bodies had digital LED/LCD light readouts, but for the sake of this question, I'd consider them to be in the same category as needles, since they also give you a series of contiguous visual values.
The question is... were there ever any of the early (metal bodied) rangefinders that had full match-needle readouts in the viewfinder that provided continuous updates on exposure values?
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on Jun 2, 2020 23:17:26 GMT
Posted: Jun 2, 2020 23:17:26 GMT
I've got most of my Yashica rangefinders boxed up, but the three that are in the "To Repair" drawer have top mounted meter readouts, and are uncoupled. I think most of them were like that before the LED readouts appeared.
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on Jun 4, 2020 17:34:20 GMT
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Thanks PF. From what I have have to physically check, and the manuals I've gone through so far... that seems to be the norm. The only rangefinders that breaks that pattern seems to be the G1 and G2, but I'd consider them to be far more 'modern' electronic designs and beyond the classic era.
I wondered about the non-coupled metered models, and whether the engineers ever had a lightbulb moment that put all the info inside one window.
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on Jun 8, 2020 3:42:55 GMT
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I don't think I've ever seen a viewfinder readout of a non-coupled meter in a rangefinder of any brand. Doesn't mean that it hasn't been done though.
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on Jun 9, 2020 17:22:58 GMT
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It was more wishful thinking on my part, and curiosity about what may have happened within the brand. Yashica seemed to have chosen a yes/no approach when it came to any of their electronically metered cameras - SLR or rangefinder - than displaying needle meters at all. When I read through the manual for the ME1 while doing some research, and seeing the needle, it struck me that at least some of the coupled models had it in the finder, and that got me thinking about earlier models. Now that you mention not seeing it in other brands, I'm curious too. Not exactly a priority on my ToDo list, but I'll keep it in mind to look. |
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on Jun 9, 2020 18:45:39 GMT
Posted: Jun 9, 2020 18:45:39 GMT
The Leica CL rangefinder had the same metering setup/issue/problem -- The later Minolta CL was different.
You select the shutter spead- - which appeases in the viewfinder.
Then you match the needle -- in the viewfinfer -- to match-up with the notch in the viewfinder. All in the viewfinder.
There were a maamer that desplay inftmainmg i the boefin 00 dut t the sdrt dhouut peed or 5thw vowfinfer.
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