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DESCRIPTIONOF YASHICA MAT-LM

Thisis your YqshicoMAT-LM

A p r e c i s i o ni n s t r u m e n cl o p o b l e o f b r i n g i n g
you some of the flnest photogrophs you
h o v e e v e r t q k e n . P t e c s ar e o d t h e f o l l o w '
Follow the eosy
ing poges corefully.
step-by-step recommendotions.

l. Mognifying Gloss
2. Sportsfinder Frome
3. Strop Holder
4. Film Counter Window
5 . L e n s O p e n i n g & S h u t t e rS p e e d W i n d o w
6. Shutter Speed Control Wheel
7. Cronk
8. Cronk Rest
9. Shutter ReleoseButton
1 0 . F o c u s i n gH o o d C o v e r

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1 1 . E x p o s u r eM e t e r L i g h t R e o d i n gW i n d o w
1 2 . E x p o s u r eM e t e r P h o t o C e l l
1 3 . F l o s hS y n c h r o n i z o t i oTn e r m i n Io
1 4 . V i e w i n gL e n s
I 5 . L e n s A p e r t u r e C o n t r oI W h e e t
1 6 . T ok i n g L e n s
1 7" B o c k C 6 v e r L o c k i n gL e v e r
1 8 . S p o o l L o c k i n gS p r r n g
1 9 , ' , D e p t h - -oFf i e l dS c ot e
2 0 . E x p o s u r eS e t t i n g R e o d i n gS c ol e

21. FocusingKnob
22. MX Synchro-selector
2 3 . S p o o I Lo c k i n g S p r i n g
24. Self-timer
25. Tripod Socket
26. Film Pressu
r e P l ot e
2 7 . F i l m S et t i ng M o r k
28. Film Reverse Arm
29. Film Tension Spring

LOADING FItftI

120 size film

12 pictures per roll
in the populor 2%X2%

size

B l o c k - q n d - w h i t eo r C o l o r
(l)

To unlock bock cover, turn the tripod socket in the

direction morked'0'. Then open the Bock Cover
by swinging it out.

l2l

R e m o v e t h e t o k e - u p S p o o l i n t h e L o w e r F i l mC h o m b e r
by pulling out the Lower Spool Locking Spring.
Ploce the Toke-up Spool in the Upper Film Chomber
by pulling out the Upper Spool Locking Spring.

(3)

Pfoce o new rool of size 120 film in the Lower Film

Chomber.

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ul

Flip up the Film Tronsport Cronk qnd slowly wind it

clokwciseso thot the wider slot of the Toke-upSpool
i n t h e u p p e r F i l mC h o m b e r f o c e s u p w o r d .
drow out the film leoder ond

threod it

Then gently
firmly ond

e v e nl y i n t o t h e s l o t .

(5) Gently wind the Cronk clockwise.

(6) Advonce the fllm by slowly winding the Cronk untit
t h e o r r o w o n t h e f i l m p o i n t s t o t h e t r i o n g l e so n e i t h e r
side of the comero body.

(71 Close t he comero bock cover ond lock it by turning

t h e T r i p o d - S o c k e t i n t h e d i r e c t i o n m or k e d ' C ' .

UNLOADING FILM

T he

l e t t e r ' S ' w i l l o p p e o r i n t h e F i l mC o u n t e r w i n d o w .

See 9th poge

(SomeTitle)

CRANK OPERATION
Nofe:
T h e Y o s h i c o M A T - L M t r o n s p o r t e m p l o y so f i n e , p r e c i s i o n m e c h o n i s m ,
c o n s t r u c t e d t o p r o v i d e d y e o r s o f t r o u b l e - fr e e p e r f o r m o n c e . L i k e
o n y f i n e i n s t r u m e n ti t s h o u l d b e t r e o t e d w i t h c o r e o n d r e s p e c t .
T h e f o l l o w i n g o r e r e c o m m e n d e d:
lt is importont
o. Opurote the film tronsport cronk gontly.
t h o t t h e c l o c k w i s e , f i l m - o d v o n c i n gs t r o k e o f t h e c r o n k b e f l r s t
completed before it is brought bock.
b. ln looding the film, be sure thot the poper leoder is inserted
irr the toke-up spcol so thot the film will drow evenly.
(l ) Wind the cronk clockwise until it
'S'
will
The letter

comes to o stop.

h o v e d i s op p e o r e d o n d N O . I w i l l o p p e o r
in the FilmCounter Window.
l2l Then wind the Cronk counter-clockwise until it stops.

You o re reody to

snop your flrst picture.

F o r s u b s e q u e n te x p o s u r e s o s m o o t h p e n duiumswing,flrst downword to stop ond
then upword to stop, odvonces the film
ond cocks the shutter simultoneously.
(A) The downword wind odvonces the
film ond moves up the number of the
next film in the FilmCounter Window.
(B) The upword wind cocksthe shutter.
(C) The position of the Cronk when
it is flipped bock into

its rest ofter

your pictures hove been token.

The shutter should not be kept cocked
W h e n n o t i n u s e b e c o u s ei t w e o k e n s t h e
shutter spring ond there is the

possi-

bility you moy unknowingly press the

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shutter button ond woste o film.

REMOVE T}IE IENS CAP

LENS OPENING AND
S}IUTTERSPEED
Roise the lower cop ond fold
Turn the

( A ) T h e o r r o w p o i n t st o t h e L e n sO p e n -

upper cop counter clockwise

ing ond Shutter Speed Scole Window.

The letter 'f' on the left of the window

bock on its hinge.

ond remove.

indicoteslens opening ond'sec'ind cotes shutter speed.

(B) The shutter speed is set by turning
t h e C o n t r o l W h ' e e lw i t h y o u r r i g h t - h o n d
thumb either up or down os indicoted
by the orrow.

The red shutter speed

figures should be set so thot the

red

line in the window runsexoctly t hrough

the center of the figures.
(C) T he lens opening is set by turning
the Control Wheel with your left-hond
thumb either up or down os indicoted
by the orrow. The block lens opening
figures should be set so thot the

red

l i n e i n t h e w i n d o w r u n se x o c t l y t h r o u g h
the center of the figures.

BUILT-IN EXPOSUREMETER

Y o u r Y o s h i c o M A T - L M w i t h i t s b u i l t - i n E x p o s u r eM e t e r
m e o s u r e st h e l i g h t o n d

heips you

to

determine the

proper exposure settings, eosily ond ropidly.

The exposure setting reoding system of your

Yoshico

M A T - L M c o n s i s t so f t h e f o l l o w i n g t h r e e e l e m e n t s .

o. Photo Cell (LightGothering

Window)
b. Light ReodingWindow
c. Exposure Setting Reoding
S c ol e

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HOW TO USE T}IE EXPOSUREREADING

SYSTENA
OF YASHICA I'IAT.LM

F i r s t , y o u s e t t h e A S A s p e e d o f y o u r f ll m b y t u r n i n g
the ASA Speed Setting Ring (Biock Ring)Direct the comero (Photo Cell) ot the subiect.

The

n e e d l e o f t h e L i g h t R e o d i n gW i n d o w s w i n g s r o i n d i c o t e
the required key number.

Turn rhe

E ^p o s u r e N u m b e r R r n g o n d

number c t the

block dot

set the

oppeoring on

the

key

outer

r i m o f I h e f o c u s i ng k no b .
Now

look

ot

combinotion

of

lens

operture

ond

shutter speed you hove on the opposite side of the

A S A R e o d i n gW i n d o w .

These ore thu proper exposure

combinotion of lens operture ond

be set on your comero.

shutter speed to

Reod the key number.

S I G H T I N G T H E S U B J E C TA N D F O C U S I N G
T he lower
Your Yoshico MAT-LM is o twin-lens reflex comero.
lens tokes the picture. The upper lens is for focusingond composing on the ground gloss viewtng screen.
( 1) O p e n t h e f o c u s i n g h o o d b y l i ft i n g i t o t t h e
bock, ond now point your Yoshico ot the
s ub i e c t s .
l2l

Rotote the Focusing Knob until your subiect

T he
o n t h e g r o u n d g l o s s s c r e e n i s s h or p .
bright circle in the center of the ground
g l o s s v i e w i n g s c r e e n e n ob l e s y o u t o o b t o i n
o shorp focus ond should be the center of
the picture you ore composing on the screen.
T he red lines on the screen help you to
iudgeproportionondpropercomposition.
Compose your sublect on the ground gloss
os you would like to see it in the finol picture.

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MAGNIFYING GLASS
For criticql focusing
(A) Roise the MognifYing Gloss bY
pressingthe front of the Focusing
Hood Cover inword, holding the
FocusingHood so thot it does not
c Io s e .
When using the lvtognifYing Gloss
ploce your eye os close to the
Mognifying Gloss os possible.
(B) Alwoys mokesure thot You hove
first lowered the MognifYing Gloss
before closing the FocusingHood,

S PO RT SF I N D E R

HOLDING TI{E CAMERA

Sight your subiect through

the SportsFinder Window.
(A) Depress the Focusing
Hood Cover until it clicks
into ploce. Lift rhe Yoshico
to your eye level.
( B l P u s ht h e R e ! e o s eB u r t o n
t o c l o s i n gt h e H o o d c o v e r .

Use

When fences or other

o b s t r u c t i o n so r e i n y o u r
woy you con hold your
Y o s hi c o o v e r h e o d ,f o c u s ing ond viewing from
b el o w .

finder

t he
for

S p or t s toking

pictureson the eye

l e v el .
H o l d t h e c o m e r o , s t e od y ,
t h e n g e n t l y , p u s ht h e s h u t t e r
R e l e o s eB u t t o n .

Steody the comero

on you knee when
toking picturesfrom
o lower level.

For low obiects rest the

Yoshico on the ground

TAKING FLASH PICTURES

Your comero deoler will be
Your Yqshico MAT-LM

offers

M-X

to

supply the

proper

flosh

ottochment for your comero-

synchronizqt ion.

As you

become more

proficient ot

toking

pictures, you

will

w o n t t o o c q u i r e o c c e s s o r i e st h o t i n c r e o s e t h e v e r s o t i l i t yo f y o u r

FLASH PICTURES
Correct exposures for flosh

glod

Yoshico.

pictures

O n e o f t h e f l r s t o c c e s s o r i e sy o u w i l l w o n t w i l l

be o

flosh unit.

will be obtoined eosily ond correctly

by consulting the guide numbers

Your Yoshico is reody ond woiting.

printed on the pockoge of the flosh

b u i l t - i n . A s t o n d or d P C c o n n c e t o r p l u g i n t o t h e f l o s h t e r m i n ol .

Synchronizotion for flosh is

bulbs.

The bottery cose is ottoched to the comero vio

When toking color flosh picturesyou

screws into the tripod socket.

moy

need

filters of

hove

to

orm

thot

use

proper bulbs occording to t he type

of films (Doy-light or Tungsten) you
o re using.

on

Selector Position

Bulb used

Medium Peok Short Peok

ShutterSpeed

Any Speed

1/60 or
slower

x
Medium Peok
| /30 or slower
(When using
self-timer)

'M'
Synchronizotion.
D o n o t u s e S h o r t p e o k B u l b w i th
M o v e t h e s e l e c t o r t o X p o s i t i o nw h e n u s i n g E l e c t r o n i c F l o s h .

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SEIF.TII[ER

UNLOADING FILftT

F o r t o k i n gs e l f - p o r t r o i t o
s r g r o u p p i c t u r e s ,y o u h o v e
o b o u t8 s e c o n d st o g e t i n t o t h e p i c t u r e . T h e r e f o r ey o u r
c o m e r om u s t b e m o u n t e d o n o t r i p o d o r b r o c e t o p r e -

After oll 12 pictures hove been token, wind

the Film Tronsport Cronk obout 6 times to
toke up the remoining film ond

vent o blurred picture.

, Cqulion ! Be sure to move the synchro setector to the

comero ond remove the film.

X posilon when using Self-timer.

CABTE RETEASE
A stondord,overlop-fype Coble
Releose con be fitted
Yoshico.

to

your

Simply unsc.rew the

S h u t t e r R e l e o s eR i n g o n d S c r e w
in the

Coble

Releose.

your

comero deoler will supply the

p r o p e r C o b l e R e l e o s ef o r y o u r
comero.

See left Picture.

open

the

I n o d d i t i o r ri'o f o c u s i n g ,t h e r e o r e t w o o i h e r b o s i co d i u s t m e n l o
s n o n y f i n e c o m e r oi t h g L . E N S
A P E R T U Ro E
r O P E N I N Go n d t h e S H U T T E S
RP E E D .

T H E' IE N S O P EN IN G
T h e l e n s o p e n i n g c o n t r o l s f h e o m o u n t o f l i g h t t h o t w i l l p o s st h r o u g h t h e l e n so n t o t h e l i g h t Your Yoshico MAT-LM with it Yoshinon lensi offer openings ot f :3.5 4 5.6 8

sensitive film.

gF
gs
c)CII s s
ll

16 22.

r 5.6

'4

t3.5

r 8

t tt

Notice thot the lower the number, the lorger the opening.
f :22 the smollest.

r22

ft6

F 3.5 is ihe

lorgest opening.

To set the lens opening, move the Aperture Control Wheel to the desired number on
Aperture Scole.

SHUTTER
SPEED

The Shutter Speed control3 fhe durcrtion

of

ihe

expo!rure.

Shutter

speeds on

30, l/60,.
this comero with itr fine Copol Shutter ore l, l/2,1/1,l/8,1/15,lf
'B'
l/125, 1/25O, l/5OO of o second <rndB. The
sefiing is for toking pictures
with on expo3ure longer thon I second.
When

Use o Tripod or Brqce when using B.

'B'
you press the Shut?er Releose Button on the
sefling the shutter stoys

open until you releqse pressure on the button.

It is odvisqble

fo se? fhe shutter speed before

Comero moy'be

Avcroge Picturer

1/30 t/68

1/t2s

Hond Held

Action
Picfures

you cock the shutter oll times.

Use q Tripod

Time
Exposure

1/2so r/s@
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or Broce

Slow speeds

I sec I /2 1/1 t/8

the

EXPOSURE
E x p o s u r e m e o n s f i n d i n g t h e r i g h t c o m b i n o t i o n o f l e n s - o p e n i n g( o p e r t u r e l o n d s h u t l e r s p e e d
i n r e l o t i o n t o t h e s e n s i t i v i t y( A S A ) o f y o u r f i l m . ( A S A i n d i c o t e sA m e r i c o n S t o n d o r d A s s o c i o t i c n ) . F o r e x o m p l e , i f y o u o r e u s i n g o f i l m o f A S A 2 0 0 0 ( T R l - Xt y p e ) s e n s i t i v i t yy o u r c o r r e c t
exposure will be occording to the following toble:

TABLE
DAYLIGHTEXPOSURE
Y o u s h u t t e rs p e e dw i l l b e l / 1 0 0 w i t h t h e o p e r t u r en u m b e rs h o w n b e l o w ,
Bright'Sun
__---_lLight Subiects

tl32

(l )

(l )
l2l

if

fl15

r1 1 6

Averoge 5' biects(2)

Dork Subiects

CloudT-Pr'sht

br,,

(3)

I .r^,,Cy-Dull or
Shode(4)
| 6;

f/l I

{ltl

fls

fl11

fl8

f 15.6

L : g h t S u b j e c t s: D i s t o n t l o n d s c o p e s ,n e o r - b y p e o p l e w i t h s e o , b e o c h o n d s n o w
scenesin the bockground.
Neor-by people, houses, gordens, buildings ond ploces
A v e r o g e S u b i e c t s,
noi in the shode. Advisoble to use this closs when light ond dork obiects ore
in obout equol proporiions.

(3)

[-orL Subiecis:
buildngs.

(4)

Cren Shode: Subiectsshoded from the sun but lighted by o

open sky. The less the open sky the lorger the lens opening.

you ore

People in dork clothing;

using on ASA

100

film, you will

tr""s,

moke o

flowers, onimols ond

wide

lorge

oreo of

l o r g e r l e n s - o p e n i n go r l o w e r y o u r

shulier speed to I /60.

But if you never wont to moke o mistoke, us.e on exposure meter.. Be sure to consult your
locol comero deoler,

DEPTH.OF.FIELD
When you focus the comero on o subiect there is o certoin distonce rn fronl
o n d b o c k o f t h e s u b i e c tw i t h i n w h i c h o t h e r o b i e c t w i l l o l s o o p p e o r s h o r p . T h i s
i s k n o w o s t h e " D e p t h - o f - F i e l d " ,o n d i t v o r i e s w i t h t h e l e n s o p e r t u r e . T h e
s m o l f e rt h e o p e r t u r e t h e g r e o t e r t h e D e p t h - o f F i e l d ; i t i s m u c h l o r g e r o l f 2 2 2
thonot f r3.5.
A t t h e f o c u s i n gk n o b i s o s c o l e w h i c h w i l l i n d i c o t e t h e D e p t h - o f F i e l dw h e n t h e
c o m e r oi s f o c u s e do t v o r i o u s d i s t o n c e s . Y o u w i l l n o t i c e t h o t o n e i t h e r s i d e o f
t h e f : 3 . 5 f i g u r e i s o s i m i l o rs e t o f n u m b e r sw h i c h r e p r e s e n tl e n s o p e r t u r e s .
W h e n t h e c o m e r o i s f o c u s e do n y o u r s u b i e c t l o o k f o r t h e o p e r t u r e y o u o r e
u s i n go n e i t h e r s i d e o f t h e s c o l e t o d e t e r m i n et h e D e p t h - o f - F i e l d . T h u s , i f t h e
c o m e r o i s f o c u s e do t l 0 f e e t o n d t h e l e n s o p e r t u r e i s f , 8 t h e D e p t h - o f - F i e l c f
(oreo in which oll obiect ore shorp) is from
obout 8 ft. to

l3 ft.

Y o u c o n o l s o u s e t h e ' d e p t h - o f - f i e l d s c ol e t o
use your Yoshico os o fixed-focus comero.
In this cose set

the

infinity mork gn

the

d i s t o n c es c o l e o p p o s i t e t h e l e n s o p e r t u r e b e i n g
used. lf the operture is f r 8 you will notice
thot o ll obiects from obo vt 25 feet to infinity
w i l l b e sh or p .

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FILTERS

REVIEW
Reodyour ex posure combinotion

Your Yoshico MAT-LM occepts sunshodes

o n E xp o s L l r e M e t e r .

ond filter's qdopter rings in

b.

Set the lens opening (operture)

Boyonet mounts thot

c.

Set t he shutter speed

d.

Wind the cronk downword

o.

filters ond

reodily fosten to

A complete ronge of

the'toking'lens.
to

convenient

lenses

supplementory

odvonce the film.

e.

Wind the cronk upword to cock

t he shutter

ovoiloble in the populor

Series V

ore
size

Boyonet 030.

Compose (on t he ground gloss

Initiolty, you will find o yellow filter ideol

or through the sports finder)

for

g.

Toke the picture

pictures ond for generol uses.

h.

Reploce the cronk in its rest

become more odvonced, you moy wont

f.

bringing out

clouds

in

londscope

to use vorious, filters, such os

green, etc. for

oronge,

different effects.

comero deoler will

give

you

i n fo r m o t i o n .

Be s;re to re loce the lens Cop when your comero is not in use.
Kee r yorr comero o ',oy from dust ond moisture. For cleoning the
tens s.lrfoce to remove dust or dirt, o lwoys wipe very lightly by
'e',s
cleoning cloth. Do not wipe the lens
us - g c con go ze or
w i l h o . Jr t t h o d e ' c h e f .

As you

W h e n y o u o r e n o t u s i n gy o u r c o m e r o
l
e
qve t he shutter set.
n
o
t
for o !o:rg . ericld do

Your

complete