Analogue Single Lens Reflex photographic camera

Manufacturer: Yashica, Japan

Model: TL- Electro

Period: 1968 to 1975

Specifications: Uses 35mm film. Shutter: horizontal cloth, metal focal plane, 1/1000 to 1 sec and B. Flash: Hot and syncro-x, X at 1/60, MF at 1/30. (1/90s on X model). Self-timer: mechanical, 8-9 sec. Batteries: according to the exact model, two px640(2x1.35V=2.7V), or one PX28(6V)

• Lens mount: M42 screw.

• Focus: Reflex viewfinder with micro prism focusing spot, ground-glass collar. DOF preview button.

• Shutter: Electrically operated vertical travelling metal focal-plane shutter with speeds from 2 sec to 1/1000th sec., stepless, + B and self-timer with mirror lock-up.

• Meter: Stop-down, through-the-lens, centre-weighted, CdS light measuring system; electronic exposure readout (warning lights indicate under and overexposure corrections).

• Exposure: Manual.

• Film Speed: 25 to 800 ASA.

Measures: 145x94x48 mm

History: The TL Electro X was the first camera with viewfinder electronic lights for exposure information (miniature lamps, not LEDs), and also the first with a mechanical shutter with step-less electronic timing, which operates at any intermediate speed between 2 seconds and 1/1000th.

Manual available online: https://www.cameramanuals.org/yashica_pdf/yashica_tl_electro.pdf

Stockist: Porto, Portugal