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| Yashica Lynx 1000 image by David Broglin (Image rights) |
Lynx 1000 is 35mm film rangefinder camera made by Yashica and introduced in 1960.
It belongs to the Yashica Lynx series of cameras which are fixed lens, leaf shutter cameras made in the 1960s.
There are three versions: one with lens 45mm f/2.8 and shutter 1/500, one with lens 45mm f/1.8 and shutter 1/1000 and another, with lens 50mm f/1.8 and shutter 1/1000. The first version is sometimes called Lynx 2.8.
Some specifications[]
- Focusing: manual
- Coupled Viewfinder/Rangefinder, parallax corrected
- Lens: Yashinon 45mm f/1.8
- Shutter: Copal-SV blade shutter with speeds 1-1/1000 +B
- Exposure meter: Selenium cell
- Exposure mode: manual
- ASA/ISO range: 10-800
- Light meter readout on top of the camera and in the viewfinder
- Cold-shoe
- X-sync, all speeds
- Body: metal
Lynx series[]
- Yashica Lynx 1000
- Yashica Lynx 5000
- Yashica Lynx 5000E
- Yashica Lynx 14
- Yashica Lynx 14E
Links[]
- Yashica rangefinder chronology by Yashica guy, including the Lynx 1000
- Repair tips at yashica guy
- Yashica Lynx 1000 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand