YASHICA 110 CAMERAS
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It's a basic 110 camera with a 26.5mm f9.5 (3/3), fixed-focus lens. It has a mechanical shutter with a "sunny" speed of 1/120 -- which switches to1/60 if a Magicube is inserted into the connection on the top. That's the only exposure control it has -- but it has a tripod socket! It was sold in a kit that included a wrist strap, a Magicube, a roll of color film, and a Magicube extender to reduce "red eye".
(1974) Although Yashica labelled this camera "Electro" -- like many of their 35mm rangefinders which had a unique, electronic shutter combining the aperture and the shutter together -- this Electro is much simpler. It has a 27mm f9.5 (3/3), dual-zone-focusing lens -- DISTANT (over 12 feet) or CLOSE (under 12 feet). Electronic shutter, with speeds of 10 seconds - 1/500, is controlled by a CdS meter, which adjusts the shutter speed. Given the wide shutter speed range the tripod and cable release sockets are handy. It takes one K battery. It also takes Magicubes -- which sets the shutter speed to 1/30s -- but there is a special flash, the Yashica Electro MS110 (which is as big as the camera, and uses two AA batteries, so it's just as heavy, too!) that mates with the camera using the Magicube socket.
(1975) The Electro 110 S debuted at Photokina 1974, but perhaps was overshadowed by the much more expensive Minox 110 S -- or even the 35mm Contax/Yashica RTS that saw its debut at the same booth. Who knows, but it didn't make as big a splash as it deserved. It was a big upgrade from the original Electro 110 -- with both appearing at about the same time -- but the model 110 S is very hard to find. Perhaps very few were made, as Yashica soon decided to withdraw from the 110 market completely -- focusing on 35mm only. Anyway, if you can find a 110 S, it has a super-fast, super-quality, 25mm f2.8 (4/3), four-zone, focusing lens. The closest setting is 20", but the wrist strap is exactly that long, so measurement is easy & precise. The electronic shutter has speeds from 10 seconds - 1/800s that are set by a CdS meter, in an aperture-priority exposure system. Similar to Yashica's colored-lights exposure approach in its very successful 35mm Electro rangefinders, the Electro 110 S has warning lights in the viewfinder to avoid bad exposures. If the camera will set a shutter speed at 1/30s or lower, an orange light appears in the left side of the viewfinder -- use a flash (shutter speed sets to 1/30s) or a tripod to avoid blurred photos. If the camera needs a smaller f-stop setting -- to avoid over-exposure -- a red light appears on the right side in the viewfinder. The 110 S has tripod and cable release sockets, of course. It uses one K battery and accepts Magi-cubes OR the above mentioned MS110 electronic flash.
While you might assume it's a 110 camera, it's really a 35mm camera that zooms out to 110mm.
Similar in many ways to the Zoomate 110W, it's not a 110 camera either -- just another 35mm camera that zooms out to 110mm.
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