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Yashica Electro 35 MC


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Little zone focus camera with green light that comes on when the shutter release is depressed.

Does anyone know anything about this camera - what does the green light mean, should it be doing

anything else besides lighting up? Should it flash to warn for over or under exposure?

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I recall there was a small button for battery check that also put a green light on the pose number.

 

But when you press the shutter release half way one of 3 things happen : red light signalling over-exposure (would need faster than the 1_500 sec max), yellow light signalling long exposure (slower than 1_30 sec) or no light when in between.

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Some of the posters seem to be confused with the Electro35MC and the 35G.. series. The 35MC is the smallest of the Electro series. It does NOT have a rangefinder, but zone focussing with an indicator visible in the viewfinder. It does NOT have a battery test button and does NOT have indicators for over/underexposure, just the green light which goes on whenever you press the button (as long as the battery is not dead). One thing to remember: the max exposure time is several seconds but the shutter will stay open for that period ONLY if you press the shutter button permanently.

 

Otherwise it is a great little shooter and was my choice for my last vacation (together with an Wirgin Edixa-Flex, a Welta Trio 6x9 and a Weltax 6x4.5).

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Thank you all for your responses.

Winfried, do you know what the purpose is of the shutter button locking past the half way

down point? I gave the camera a quick test (Delta Pro 100 @ 200 in Diafine) and while I think

that film/developer combo wasn't the best, the lens is impressively sharp.<div>00LbDm-37091484.jpg.5e1d33df4df861e210d89645f454238a.jpg</div>

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