Yashica DL-100

[Harlee]

I've had this camera in excellent condition for a few years now but I can't find out anything about it on line. Is anyone familiar with it? I'd like to see what MM the dual lenses are, shutter speed and F stops. The shutter speed looks to be around 1/30 on the low side as you look through the back and snap the shutter. Everything works but the pictures aren't anything exceptional. I probably really need to do a better test of it than I have previously.

 

[Greyscale]

Most of the dual focal length cameras of that era were 38mm at the wide end, and 55mm at the long end.

 

[Harlee]

I'm wondering though, that since it's described as a DL [dual lens] 100, if perhaps the telephoto is actually a 100MM. I'll check it against my 100MM Canon lens and see how it compares.

 

[Harlee]

As I looked at the camera again, I was mistaken, it actually reads DF-100, not DL-100. This may be a whole different ballgame.

 

[Greyscale]

It's way to short to be 100mm. It's a "DF-100" (dual focus), not DL. Yashica made a similar camera, the DF-10, with fixed focus (focus free), it may be that they added an extra zero to the higher-end version.

 

[spaceman spif]

From the photos it looks like it could be a DF 100. If so, there might be an owner's manual here:

http://www.testreports.co.uk/photography/ap/stock/Model.asp?Model=13299&ModelPage=true

It also looks a bit like this camera:

http://www.wensy.com/detail.asp?id=2679806

If it's the same, it's 35 & 55

 

[Greyscale]

Yes, it appears that the DF-100 and Ninja Star are the same. Here is a Japanese page on them:

http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/sbko-hq/KY_RF/CampusTELE.html

http://translate.google.com/transla...www.hi-ho.ne.jp/sbko-hq/KY_RF/CampusTELE.html

 

[Harlee]

Yes, it sure looks like the second picture. The only thing I found on one Yashica site was listed: Yashica DF-100 [Brazil] - no picture. I'm wondering if the DF-100 was mfg. in Brazil.