1041 - Yashica T3 Viewfinder Camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar in its Case, Kyocera

Yashica T3 Viewfinder Camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar in its Case, Kyocera Plastic, metal, glass. Compact viewfinder camera with a black body, inscribed „Yashica T3" and „Kyocera", inscribed on the front of the body beside the lens window „Carl Zeiss T* Tessar 2,8/35". Autofocus, built-in flash, sliding lens cover. On the top a liquid crystal display with two control buttons, the shutter release and a second viewing window inscribed „N. A. Scope" for taking pictures from waist level. On the back the inspection sticker „Passed JCII 81 C/D JMDC". With a wrist strap. Together with the matching case with Yashica lettering. Condition commensurate with age, traces of age on the outside, the case heavily worn The Yashica T series was made by Kyocera and is sought after to this day on account of its lens: instead of a simple compact lens it carries a Tessar by Carl Zeiss with T-star coating, as otherwise fitted only in considerably more expensive cameras. The second viewfinder on the top, designated by Yashica as the N. A. Scope, allowed pictures to be taken without raising the camera to the eye. The JCII plaque stood for the export inspection of Japanese cameras; the year given beside it names the year of inspection.