Yashica FR

The Yashica FR was a sleek manual 35mm SLR introduced in 1976. It featured the Contax / Yashica bayonet mount, so owners could use the superb Carl Zeiss lenses available. There was an optional power winder available too.

There's an interesting history of Yashica available at Camerapedia, which details the alliance with Zeiss. There are some comments about the FR specifically:

Popular Photography tested the FR in its September, 1977 issue and described the camera as being tougher in some ways and better sealed against dust than its older brother. Along with the ability to mount Carl Zeiss T* lenses, Yashica offered a multitude of Contax/Yashica accessories and power winders for the FR series, competing seriously for the first time in the professional and semi-pro SLR marketplace.

The Nico Bastone Photography site lists the specs for the camera. For example:

Shutter: Electronically controlled horizontal run focal plane shutter. Shutter speeds 1 - 1/1000 sec. manual shutter speed settings. Also bulb setting (B) and flash synchronization setting (^t) Direct X hotshoe and X sync terminal on camera body.

Viewfinder: Through-the-lens reflex viewfinder; shows a field of approx. 92% of the actual picture area with an image magnification of 0.87X. Aperture and shutter speeds visible in the viewfinder; pointer exposure indicators.

Film Advance: 140° single-stroke or multiples stroke film advance lever advances exposure frame, sets exposure counter, charges the electronic shutter and unlocks the exposure check button. Sequential film advance up to 2 fps with optional Yashica Winder unit.

You can also read how one photographer got into the game with his FR - his first camera.

I was always a Pentax guy, but nonetheless I admire the quality of the Yashica FR.

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