Yashica minister i

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I searched it on Google but the information is rare.
Does anyone here possess a Minister i and I will be happy if you can tell me your own experience 🙂
Thanks.

 

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First get the manual from here:
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/yashica/yashica_minister_ii/yashica_minister_ii.htm

Not a bad rangefinder camera. I don't like that it has an uncoupled light meter using light values that you will have to pass them on the lens barrel. It is a kind of slow process. The good think about it is that you set the EV on the lens barrel and you can freely change the aperture or the shutter value while the camera changes the other in order to keep the exposure at the set EV. Mine has a dimmed viewfinder that requires cleaning.
It has a Yashinon single coated lens that is very prone to flare.