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  • Page 1 Disclaimer The information contained in this Adobe PDF file is for general information purposes only. Due to the age of the information and the difficulty in converting it to computer formats it may not be up to date or correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the Adobe PDF or the information, products, services, or related...
  • Page 3 Yashica 8T2 uses a 25 foot length of standard double- S film loaded on a light tight spool. Double-8 is suppl1ed in double width (16mm wide), and run through the camera 1 hen twice. The first time, one half-width is exposed.
  • Page 4 Yashica Movie Camera illustrated on this po (1) Zoom View-finder (2) Yashica-Scope Mask Frame (3 Single Exposure Release Socket...
  • Page 5 View~nnder Peep-window (14) (15) Footage Indicator (16) Film loading door lock (17) Exposure GuidI;; (18) Feed (uPtJed Spindle (19) Film Guide Roller (20) Film Pressure Plate (21) Take-up (lowed Spindle (22) Film Pressure Plate Lock 2 3) Footage Indicator Reset Shoft...
  • Page 6 LENS The YASHICA MOVIE is equipped with YASHINON ultra high-speed lenses which color-corrected anastigmats and coated. The lens mount is of the D mount type. Each lens has two adjustment rings. One, the aper- ture ring, controls exposure. The second, the foc-...
  • Page 7 The upper position is the "taking" D-~OUNT position, the bottom, the standby position. use the standby lens, grasp both The lens-mount for the Yashica Movie Camera is called a lenses and rotate the turret until the D-mount and is._ designed to international standards.
  • Page 8 DEPTH-OF-FIELD TABLE DEPTH-Of-FIELO YASHINON fl. 4/ I 3mm NORMAL LENS £1.4 £2 £ 2.8 £4 £ S.6 £8 £11 £16 f 22 When you focus the camera on 1l"- U"- 10"- 100- 11"- from-to 1'1" l'Z' 1'2" 1'4" 2':f 1'1" 4'Z.
  • Page 9 Loading your Yashica Movie is easy if you follow these steps. tOADING With some practice you will do it in seconds. THE FILM Important: Always load the camera in subdued light, or in the shadow of your body you are in (1) Wind the camera motor.
  • Page 10 (5) Insert end of film deep in the slot in the empty spool with the side marked "1" facing up. Film must run along the white arrow-line film path marked inside. Now holding both spools, place the loaded spool on the upper spindle, the empty spool on the lower spindle, and slip the film along the arrow-path into the film gate.
  • Page 11 The Yashica movie will run 6 feet of film (30 seconds at 16 frames-per-secondl on a full motor wind. To wind the motor, grasp the crank and wind back-and-forth, 'as you would wind a watch, until forward motion ...
  • Page 12 THE FOOTAGE tJOUNTER The foota ge counter indicates the number of feet film used• •• When you load the camera, it automatically returns to "S", or start. Always the camera until the "0" appears, before you begin filming. At the end of 25 feet, run the motor until the double-circle mark appe.ars before you open the film loading door.
  • Page 13 Yash,ca is advisable to read the rest of this booklet before Aiming with your Yashica Movie.) Wind the camera motor. Set running speed to 16 frames-per-second. Make certain the zoom- finder is set to match the lens in use.
  • Page 14 SAFETY LOCK When Safety-lock is set at "l", run-button cannot depressed. Therefore, before taking pictures the Safety-lock has to be set at "R". To set for continuous exposure depress the run-button "l". and push the Safety-lock to After the shot, be sure to push the continuous run lock back to "R", or the camera will run while you are winding the motor.
  • Page 15 ZttOM VIE\VFINDER The zoom finder of the Yashica Movie adjustable to match the viewing field of th.j lens in use. It ""looms" fromthe 6.5mm wideangle viewing field, to the 13mm normal, to the 25mm telephoto, and the 38mm telephoto lens viewing fields, merely by moving the finder adjustment knob along the zoom finder scale.
  • Page 16 Store the ,YASHICA MOVIE in a dry place, away from Wide-screen field of view using Yashica Scope. heat or cold. If the climate is particularly humid, it is adv- YASHICA isable to keep small bags...
  • Page 17 The speed dial of the Yashica They are 8, 12 Your Yashica Movie has seven running speeds. The major uses of each '24, 32, 48, frames-per-second. speed are described below: 12 FRAMES PER SECOND 8 FRAMES PER SECOND 24 fRAMES PER SECOND...
  • Page 18 STANDARD SPEED 32 FRAMES PER SECOND 1 6 FRAMES PER SECOND (Shutter exposure 1/70 second) (Shutter exposure 1/35 second) This speed ad;qs power 'and majesty to movement such as a waterfall or Most of your shooting will be done at 16 frames-pe(second, which is raging waves moderate...
  • Page 19 Yashica Movie. You will be able to create effects such as simulated nigh scenes, slow motion, comic speed-up, majestic scenic vistas or searching close-ups of distant faces.
  • Page 20 more run. and enjoynlent out of your moVie production. will be worth while to consider the camera position, angle, and a stc ty dramatize the subject matter to be filmed. A series of pictures proper sequence continuity would be more interes1ing than random shots taken without prior ~hought...
  • Page 21 ~,., :l!Jnloading, or reversing the film When. you have filmed 25 feet of movies, thus exposing the first half-width of the fUm, pror:eed follows: The exposed film will be wound on the take up spool. (2) Remove the loaded spool from the take-up spindle, taking care film unwind,...
  • Page 22 REVIE\1 Now that have read the instructions, review your filming procedure in these 6 steps: 1. Wind the camera motor. "on 2. load the film (Page camera until appears in the footage counter window. 3. Set the speed dial: 16 frames-per-second is standard speed.
  • Page 23 These useful accessories widen the scope and add convenience to ACCESSORIES movie-making. They can be purchased at your Ynshica dealer. YASDINON LENSES "hese lenses are in standard D mounts for the YASHICA YASH ICA 8 and other precision camera. Yashinon Lenses are coated and color-corrected.
  • Page 24 CAMERA IDENTIFICATION > YASHICA 8T2 Serial Number YASHINON f: 1.4 13mm Lens N:Jmbe~ YASHINON f: 1.4 6.5mm Lens Number YASHINON 1.4 38mm lens Number PURCHASE.D firm\ (Name of rlAT£ of PURCHASE...

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