The
Yashica Zoomate 105 is an automatic compact 35mm film camera of the
mid-range series. It had quite some names: Kyocera Campus 105,
Kyocera Zoom 105 DM, Yashica Elite 105 Zoom and Yashica EZS Zoom 105.
It was
first released in 1997 when the digital market was not yet a market at all.
It has a long zoom that covers 38-105mm in a standard body. Its main features are:
38-70mm
F5.2-10.5 lens, 5 elements in 5 groups, autofocus with focus lock, min.
focus said to be 1m, mine focusses down to less than 0.6m in wide and
tele mode. Electronic shutter, 1/250-2.8s (taken from the very similar Zoomate 70) Size 129x76x52, Weight 245 gr. without batteries 100-400
ISO, automatic DX coding, automatic film advance, different flash modes
Camera
front closed.
Camera
back. Viewer with LED for flash and AF. Wide/Tele
lever. Film type window.
Camera front open. The lens moves automattically to 38mm.
Lens moved out to its tele position.
View
from above LCD
screen. On/Off button, flash mode button, self
timer button. Mid roll rewind. Shutter
release button. View from below. Tripod socket. Battery compartment, takes 2 standard AAA batteries.
Film compartment.
This
camera is easy to use.
Autofocus is fine. Putting a film is easy as well,
you drop the film, tear the film leader up to the mark
and that's it. The
camera winds it automatically. It has some flash mode settings. The menu is very easy to access on a clear LCD screen.
The picture are have good contrast. It's
a mid range point and shoot camera
with a moderate wide angle and long zoom lens in a pocketable body. It sets the flash on from
start, but flash off is possible.
A
nice camera, nevertheless Yashica made better models.
