Category: Yashica

Yashica YK Yashima, the forefather of Yashica, was established as a machine shop towards the end of WWII. Once the war was over, it shifted its focus to consumer goods and further began producing TLR cameras in the early 1950s. The first two models were Yashimaflex and Pigeonflex, and the Yashica name, short for Yashima Camera, was first seen in...

Yashica Minister D At about the same time as the Yashica Lynx series, Yashica also issued the Minister models. The latter was meant for mid-market users, as Yashica’s home-brewed 35mm rangefinder that replaced the Nicca-based Y models but at a favourable price point. The Minister series debuted between 1960 and 1966 and were followed by the Electro models. The Ministers...

Yashica Lynx 1000 Unlike most Japanese camera makers, Yashica did not go through the early camera styles and dug straight into the TLR models. It began in 1949 as an alarm clock maker, also making camera parts for the booming camera industry. The company name was Yashima, and it sold cameras under ‘Yashima – Camera’ in the US, shortened to...

Yashica MG-1 Yashica MG-1 current value Yashica MG-1 user manual The Yashica Electro 35 camera line and its variants had gone strong for over ten years, till the novelty wore out and automatic cameras became a common feature.  In 1975, Yashica introduced the two last cameras with the continuous shutter and over / under exposure light alerts. The Electro 35...