FOCUSING AND PICTURE

COMPOSITION

Your Yashica 635 is a twin-lens reflex camera. It features a pair of perfectly matched lenses, enabling you to focus and compose your pictures most effectively through the viewing lens positioned directly above the taking lens.

1.Lift and open the Focusing Hood, as illustrated.

2.Turn the Focusing Knob until the image of your subject on the ground-glass viewing screen appears sharply defined. The clear focusing spot at the center of the screen will enable you to secure

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The viewing screen shows the exact field covered by the taking lens. Therefore, compose your picture within the viewing frame.

MAGNIFIER

For critical focusing, use the magnifier incorporated in the focusing hood.

1.To set the magnifier to viewing position, press the center of the Focusing Hood half- way as illustrated. Place your eye as close to the lens as possible and secure critical focus.

2.Before closing the Focusing Hood, fold away the magnifier by pressing the frame down as shown in the illustration.

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