Changes: Yashica Pentamatic

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The Yashica Pentamatic, designed in 1959 and released during the Spring of 1960, was Yashica's first 35mm single lens reflex (SLR) camera. It is a mechanically-operated camera, equipped with a focal plane shutter with speeds of B to 1/1000th of a second. No built-in self timer and no TTL exposure metering. The Pentamatic utilized a proprietary bayonet mount that is not interchangeable with other mounts or the later Contax-Yashica (C/Y) bayonet mount. The camera was normally supplied with a 5.5cm f1.8 Auto Yashinon lens. The Pentamatic II was supplied with a 5.8cm f1.7 Auto Yashinon lens. The Pentamatic S went back to using the original 5.5cm f1.8 lens. The Pentamatic II came out in September 1960 and the S came out by mid 1961.

There were three camera variants:

The Pentamatic

The Pentamatic II

The Pentamatic S

Links

Yashica SLR Bodies at Cees de Groot's Photo Wiki
PDF manual for Pentamatic at Orphancameras.com
Yashica Pentamatic Reflex at www.collection-appareils.fr
Pentamatic and M42 mount SLR Cameras

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-The '''Yashica Pentamatic''', introduced in 1959, was [[Yashica]]'s first 35mm single lens reflex (SLR) camera with interchangeable lenses. It is a mechanically-operated camera, equipped with a focal plane shutter. The Pentamatic utilized a proprietary bayonet mount that is not interchangeable with other mounts or the later [[Yashica / Contax lenses|Contax-Yashica (C/Y) bayonet mount]]. The camera was normally supplied with a 55mm/1.8 Auto Yashinon lens.
+The '''Yashica Pentamatic''', designed in 1959 and released during the Spring of 1960, was [[Yashica]]'s first 35mm single lens reflex (SLR) camera. It is a mechanically-operated camera, equipped with a focal plane shutter with speeds of B to 1/1000th of a second. No built-in self timer and no TTL exposure metering. The Pentamatic utilized a proprietary bayonet mount that is not interchangeable with other mounts or the later [[Yashica / Contax lenses|Contax-Yashica (C/Y) bayonet mount]]. The camera was normally supplied with a 5.5cm f1.8 Auto Yashinon lens. The Pentamatic II was supplied with a 5.8cm f1.7 Auto Yashinon lens. The Pentamatic S went back to using the original 5.5cm f1.8 lens. The Pentamatic II came out in September 1960 and the S came out by mid 1961.
 There were three camera variants:
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 The Pentamatic
-The Pentamatic 2
+The Pentamatic II
 The Pentamatic S