Yashica TLRwww. yashicatlr. Pigeonflex, Yashima Flex, Yashica Flex, Yashicaflex Yashica ModelsContents Scroll down or click on links. Use sidebar for other pages. This Site. The Challenge. My Approach Data Sources Scope. Other Resources Manuals User Guides. About Me. Site Language. Contact Details. Contributors Other Acknowledgements. Site Format. Copyright Notice. Updates Log. This Site. The first camera made by the fledgling camera maker, Yashima, later to adopt the name of its Yashica cameras, was a twin lens reflex TLR taking twelve 6 cm x 6 cm negatives on 1. It used a separate viewing lens matched to the taking lens below it, the camera front panel moving in and out to achieve correct focus. The view through the waist level finder is very similar to what the taking lens is seeing except that the view is correct side up but reversed left to right, courtesy of the 4. Like most similar Japanese TLRs, it was patterned on the German made Franke Heidecke Rolleicord. Yashica went on to make movie cameras, sub miniature cameras and various categories of 3. Japan, but the offspring of the first model would continue in production for the next 3. USAAF Serial Numbers 4470255 to 4483885 Last revised October 17, 2017. Yashica TLR www. yashicatlr. Pigeonflex, Yashima Flex, Yashica Flex, Yashicaflex Yashica Models. Serial Number Get Data Back 3.66' title='Serial Number Get Data Back 3.66' />The schematic below, adapted from a Yashica brochure, is of a Yashica D6. YashimaYashica models and typical of Rolleicord influenced TLRs Click on diagram for larger viewThis site is dedicated to understanding and preserving the details and development history of the companys TLR cameras from the first model Pigeonflex introduced in early 1. Yashica Mat 1. 24. G which ended manufacture in 1. The Pigeonflex shown is the third oldest of the earliest Yashima made variation found its from near the beginning Whilst the content is possibly of greatest interest to collectors, my original intent was to help anyone that wanted to identify a Yashica TLR model or find out more about the camera that they had acquired. I hope that I have also added enough information for users, meaning actual photographers, to find the site interesting. The story of Yashica is a story of post War Japan and development of the Japanese photographic industry keep that context in mind when thinking about Yashica history. Although I had no intention of exploring Yashica cameras other than TLRs, I have tried to fill in some of Yashicas milestones and corporate background, at least up to the time of the last TLR in 1. In the process, I found the story of the Pentamatic, Yashicas first 3. SLR, compelling, largely untold and relevant to Yashicas corporate fortunes and I have snuck in a Pentamatic sub page with a broad brush view of the models, issues and move to the M4. Both 6x. 6 cm 1. 20 film and 4x. TLR cameras are included. As a group, the 4x. Yashica started adding 6. These are the terms I will use to distinguish between the two format groups. Kamus Ilmiah Pdf. I started the Pigeon Loft page to contrast the Yashima made version to its successors but it has since become a full fledged story in its own right, featuring a number of companies and their contributions and even a 3. Pigeon 3. 5 my excuse is that it binds some of the TLR threads together. To clarify my reasons for developing this site and justify why my take on early Yashica model history is sometimes at odds with other sources, I need to explain what I believe are some of the key issues in regard to the history of Yashica TLR models. If you are not interested in all the historical detail and controversy and just want to look up a particular model, go to 6. Models or 4. 4 Models, as appropriate or the table Yashica TLR Models Specifications Table. The sidebar links to the pages of the site, think of them as chapters. Back to ContentsThe Challenge The information on this site developed out of frustration at the lack of accurate model detail available on the Yashica TLRs, particularly the Yashicaflex series and the first of the Yashicas. Many prominent sites have obviously incorrect information, bloggers broadcast the mistakes more widely, e. Bay sellers often use these sites for quick identification and you can see how wrong thinking has grown. In fact, I cannot think of one significant website, or reference work, where it is not possible to demonstrate some degree of mistaken identity andor chronology. The problem is that in the beginning, Yashima was just another insignificant business, with unproven credentials, trying to establish a toehold in the burgeoning but very competitive post War photographic industry. There would not have been too many magazine articles or other commentary about the early company or its products, at least until the innovative Yashica Flex model S arrived on the scene. Ringo Starr Live At The Greek Theatre 2008 Download. Even then, TLRs for the masses were already becoming pass in a crowded market. Unfortunately, Yashica seems to have done little to formally document its own history and what there may have been, seems to have been lost with the Kyocera takeover. The issues with popular sites, recognised reference sources and specific examples are covered in the next page, The Problem of Dates Names. Back to ContentsMy Approach Data Sources Scope. Except for non controversial dates, background information about the Company and general matters, I have tried not to rely on third party sources or existing narrative on websites, at least without testing it in some way. My main sources for details about cameras have been user manuals, ads, brochures, catalogues and observing cameras displayed on the internet and offered at on line auctions currently, there are some 4,7. For the Yashicaflexes and earlier models, I have come to rely heavily on Japanese brochures and websites. Plus I have a few representative examples starting with the Pigeonflex and other early models. Throughout the site, I have tried to present evidence and explain my reasoning but inevitably, there will be some guesswork. I hope that I have made it clear when that occurs. When conflicting information turns up, I try not to assume that one view or the other is wrong. More often than not, the problem is about interpretation and the question becomes why I have found that whenever I have made assumptions based on logic, I have inevitably been proven wrong by real events when they have become clearer. Nevertheless, I have made some leaps of logic on the Pigeon Loft page. That doesnt affect Yashima history or models but I do apologise in advance to those interested in the later Pigeonflex models be prepared for my theories to be proved totally wrong This website is a team effort and along with a group of long term collaborators, there is a steady stream of correspondents with interesting examples of cameras, stories etc. Back to ContentsOther Resources Manuals User Guides. I have focused on camera models and their development rather than camera operation which is all basically similar and is well documented in user manuals. PDFs of manuals for many models are available for download with donation from Orphan. Cameras. com. On the 6. Mirc Music'>Mirc Music. Models and Ownership pages of this site are links to PDFs of the historically interesting, but hard to find, early Yashicaflex S, Yashicaflex A, Yashicaflex AS, combined Yashicaflex A C and Yashica Auto user manuals plus selected other models, some of which are subtly different to Orphan. Cameras. com versions. A general resource, the first edition of the Focal Press Yashica Twin Lens Reflex Guide by W. D. Emanuel is available for download from 3.