Yashica FR, FR I and FR II

Yashica FR with Yashica DSB 1.9/50

Yashica FR I with Yashica ML 1.7/50 and Yashica Winder

Yashica FR II with Yashica ML 2/50

 

I've already presented the FR I and FR II, now I can display the entire gang. A usual trio of that time: completely manually (FR), auto exposure only (FR II) and as top model automatic exposure and manual settings (FR I). A cooperation with Carl Zeiss enabled Yashica to produce cameras bearing the Contax brand, unsurprisingly Yashica presented cameras with identical lens mount bearing their own name, so that the renowned Zeiss lenses - intended for the pricey Contax SLRs - can be used too. In contemporary photo magazines I found lots of advertisings showing FR models with mounted Zeiss lenses. In my experience Yashica's own lenses (Yashica ML) are pretty good lenses too.

 

Some more specifications:

 

FR / FR I / FR II

Year of introduction: all in 1977, the FR first

Shutter: electronic, horizontally traveling, all

Manual shutter speeds: 1-1/1000,B / 1-1/000,B,X-sync / B,X-sync

Shutter speeds AE: - / 4-1/1000 / 4-1/1000

F-stop displayed in viewer: yes/yes/no

Shutter speeds in viewer, needle: manual/AE/AE

ISO-range: 12-3200 all

X-sync:1/60 / / 1/60

Winder connection: yes/yes/yes

PC-socket: yes/yes/no

DOF-preview: yes/yes/no

Electric remote control: yes/yes/yes

Exposure correction: no/yes/yes/

AE-lock: -/no/no

Battery check lits frame counter: no/yes/yes

Interchangeable back: yes/yes/no

Weight: 650g/660g/650g

Battery: PX28 (4xLR44) 6V

Done