C41
Kodak Portra 400
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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The Yashica Lynx 1000 (1960) is a 35mm fixed-lens rangefinder camera produced in Tokyo by Yashica Co., Ltd., representing the founding model of the Lynx series — Yashica's premium rangefinder camera line of the 1960s. The Lynx 1000 established the design language, lens choice, and feature set that would evolve through the Lynx 5000, Lynx 5000E, and the later Lynx 14E.
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C41
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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Ilford HP5 Plus is a flexible ISO 400 black-and-white film with classic grain and strong push-processing tolerance.
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Kodak Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.
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The original Lynx — Yashica's first rangefinder in the Lynx series combined a coupled rangefinder, a selenium meter, and a leaf shutter with a headline 1/1000s top speed in an attractive Japanese body that established the Lynx name in the early 1960s rangefinder market.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm (24×36 mm) |
| Mount | Fixed (non-interchangeable) |
| Years | 1960–1965 |
| Lens | Yashinon 45mm f/2 |
| Shutter | Copal leaf: 1s – 1/1000s + B |
| Flash sync | MX sync at 1/30s |
| Meter | Selenium cell, match-needle |
| Exposure | Manual (meter-guided) |
| Viewfinder | Combined rangefinder/viewfinder with bright lines |
| Focus | Coupled coincident rangefinder |
| Battery | None (selenium) |
Yashica entered the 35mm camera market in the mid-1950s with the Yashicaflex TLR line and soon moved into 35mm viewfinder and rangefinder cameras. The Lynx series (from 1960) represented Yashica's ambition to compete directly with the established German rangefinder compact cameras — the Voigtländer Vitessa, Agfa Ambi Silette, and Kodak Retinas — as well as Japanese competitors like Canon's rangefinder line.
The Lynx 1000 was succeeded by the Lynx 5000 (1963) with a faster f/1.8 Yashinon lens, and the Lynx 5000E (1965) with a CdS meter update. The line culminated in the remarkable Lynx 14E (1966) with its 45mm f/1.4 Yashinon-DX — at the time the fastest fixed-lens rangefinder ever made. The Lynx 1000 is therefore the origin point of this distinguished camera family.
In Japan, the Lynx 1000 was sometimes sold under the Nicnon brand for distribution through specific retail channels — an example of the common Japanese practice of badge-engineering the same camera for different dealers.
The Yashica Lynx 1000 is historically important as the founding Lynx — the camera that launched one of the most capable Japanese rangefinder compact lines of the 1960s. The Yashinon 45/2 delivers excellent image quality, and the 1/1000s leaf shutter is faster than most comparable cameras. The battery-free selenium metering ensures the camera remains fully operational. For collectors interested in the Lynx family or postwar Japanese rangefinders, the Lynx 1000 is the essential starting point.
Fixed Yashinon 45mm f/2; non-interchangeable. The Yashinon series was built to a high standard for Japanese camera production of the era, with clean coatings and good across-frame sharpness. Accessories: close-up supplementary lens attachments, lens cap, ever-ready case. Filter thread accepts 46mm filters.
C41
Kodak Portra 160 is a professional C-41 color negative film with fine grain, soft contrast, and natural color.
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Kodak Gold 200 is a daylight-balanced C-41 color negative film with warm color, moderate grain, and a classic consumer-film look.
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