Yashica AW mini a Fully Automatic and Weatherproof 35mm film Camera

Overview

The YashicaYashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras, originally active from 1949 until 2005 when its then-owner, Kyocera, ceased production. More AW mini is a fully automatic and weatherproof 35mm film camera. It was first released in 1990 before the digital market was a market at all. It has a moderate wide-angle lens in a standard body. 

Features and Operation

Its main features are:

• 32mm F3.5 lens, 4 elements in 3 groups, autofocusAutofocus (AF) is an optical system that uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus on an automatically or manually selected point or area. The process of autofocusing generally works as follows: • An autofocus processor (AFP) makes a small change in the focusing distance.
  • AFP reads the AF sensor to assess whether and by how much focus has improved.
  • Using the information from (2), the AFP sets the lens to a new focusing distance.
  Autofocus systems can be found on film and digital cameras. More with focus lock, min. focus 0,95m
• Electronic shutterEither mechanical and/or electronic shutters are possible. Mechanical systems can use a leaf (or iris) shutter or curtain shutter. In digital cameras a third alternative is also possible: the electronic shutter. This works by activating and then deactivating the CCD so that no further light can be recorded, regardless of whether light is hitting the CCD. The shutter controls the exposure time, which can range from thousandths of a second to several minutes or more. Fast shutter speeds freeze action, slow speeds are more suited to stationary subjects. A tripod is recommended for slow exposure shots to avoid camera shake, or IBIS. More, 1/120-1/600s
• Size 126.5×64.5×39.5, Weight 225 gr. without batteries
• 100-1000 ISOInternational Organization for Standardization represents the film’s (or sensors) sensitivity to the light. The higher the number, the more information will be captured. 400 ISO film is more sensitive to light than 200 ISO film by 1 stop., automatic DX coding, automatic film advance, self-timer, forced flash mode, waist-level finder (inversed image)

The camera has 4 flash modes: auto-flash (default), auto-s (red eye reduction), off, fill-in flash. If you slide the cover open, remember that  it’s default auto flash every time and it’s 2 pushes for off. Flash guide number ~12 (m/ISO 100)

This camera is easy to use. AutofocusAutofocus (AF) is an optical system that uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus on an automatically or manually selected point or area. The process of autofocusing generally works as follows: • An autofocus processor (AFP) makes a small change in the focusing distance.
• AFP reads the AF sensor to assess whether and by how much focus has improved.
• Using the information from (2), the AFP sets the lens to a new focusing distance.
Autofocus systems can be found on film and digital cameras. More is fine and responsive. Putting a film is easy as well, you drop the film, tear the film leader up to the mark and that’s it. The camera winds it automatically. It has only automatic flash mode and a forced flash mode for backlight situations, no flash off. The red flash lamp is on while charging and blinks when charged, normally it’s the opposite. Green focus confirm light. There is a waist-level finder, very handy for street photography. It’s water-resistant even in heavy rain. As there are only short speeds, no night photos are possible.

The pictures are fine, although the lens is not a Tessar, it’s a Tessar-type lens with very good picture quality. It’s a mid-range point and shoot camera with a moderate wide-angle lens in a pocketable body. It sets the flash on from start.

A very nice camera, but YashicaYashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras, originally active from 1949 until 2005 when its then-owner, Kyocera, ceased production. More made the T models which are better, yet expensive beyond reason. So this is a usable alternative to the T3, it has even the same luminous waist level finder, which is a nice feature for street photography.

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