Cabinet entry · 35mmcirca 1961
YashicaJ2
Rangefinder
Specifications
- Format
- 35mm
- Year
- 1961
- Lens
- Yashinon 4.5cm f/2.8
- Min. focus
- 0.9 m
- Flash
- Hot shoe + PC sync
- Battery
- None (mechanical)
Notable features
- Coupled rangefinder focusing
- Copal SV leaf shutter (1–1/500s + B)
- Manual exposure
- Self-timer
History & Legends
- §1A budget rangefinder in Yashica's early-'60s J series, succeeding the original Yashica J.
- §2Fully mechanical — no meter, no batteries, just a clean coupled rangefinder.
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