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The Yashica Zoomate 70 is a 35mm film camera of the mid-range series.
It was first released in 1995 when the digital market was not yet a market at all. It has a moderate zoom that covers 38-70mm in a standard bodyIts main features are:

38-70mm F5.2-9.1 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
Size 126x68x43,  Weight 230 gr. without batteries
100-800 ISO, automatic DX coding, automatic film advance, different flash modes

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Camera and original pouch.

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Camera front closed.

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Camera back. Viewer with 1 LED for flash and AF. Wide/Tele lever. Film type window.

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Camera front open. The lens moves automattically to 38mm.


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The lens set to wide position, 38mm.

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Lens moved out to its tele position.

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View from above  LCD screen. On/Off button, flash mode button, self timer button. Mid roll rewind.
Shutter release button.

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View from below. Tripod socket. Battery compartment, takes 2 standard AA batteries.

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Film compartment.

This camera is easy to use. Autofocus is o.k. 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 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.

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