Yashica Dental Eye - No Longer For The Teeth

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Yes, there are new uses for specialized camera Yashica Dental Eye. Befriend a dentist now and get your hands on one of these!

I just found this amazing camera at a yard sale. It is called a Yashica Dental eye, based on the Yashica FX-3 Super Body which has been extensively modified . A one piece single lens reflex camera with focal plane shutter and built in flash. It was sold to me by a dentist who used it in his practice for many years.The camera is packed in a tight little case which looked like a makeup case with foam cut to fit the cameras contour. When I first saw it I thought it was one of those odd telephoto lenses with the big black dot in the middle of the glass. I picked it up and realized it was a ring flash built into the lens. The camera is auto exposure sync with the flash at 125th second, you just set the ASA and get to work. It has a 55 mm F1:4 Macro non removable manual lens.

This camera is for close up shooting only. The lens has a built in ring flash with a little b light for focusing. The battery pack for the ring flash looks like a motor drive. The ring flash shooting gives off a nice even almost shadowless natural light. I can not Imagine how he used this 55 mm on his patients; he had to have been pretty close to them, within inches. This camera got bad reviews for making the patients uncomfortable because the doctor had to get so close. Yashica made a few more models of this camera with 100 mm lens so the doctor does not have to work as close to the patient.
I have been using this Dental eye for close up shooting for little insects and super close ups of flowers.

written by blue-dog on 2009-09-10 #gear #people #yashica #macro #review #35mm-camera #yashica-dental-eye #close-up-photography

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38 Comments

ndroo · 2009-09-10 15:11
WOW!!!!!! Amazing!!!
cyan-shine · 2009-09-10 15:32
OMFG !!!!!! T3H H4xX0rZ !!!! Phantastic !!!
stinketier · 2009-09-10 15:41
What The Hell, This Camera Is Amazing!!!!
callumbum · 2009-09-10 16:19
i want one! more teeth pictures though!!!
lomosexual_manboy · 2009-09-10 17:07
This camera is right up my alley. Wish these were easier to find. Thanks for the review and the great gallery.
mattydk · 2009-09-10 18:52
dude, this camera is nuts!! Awesome gallery
wil6ka · 2009-09-10 20:25
TOLL
stouf · 2009-09-10 21:07
HOHOHO !!! Never heard of it ! Turned your macro shots into masterpieces !!! Excellent !
vicuna · 2009-09-10 22:03
Wow!! What a camera!! And the macro shots are beautiful!!
zark · 2009-09-10 23:02
Awesomely amazing!
zoe191 · 2009-09-11 01:33
cool! lucky find!
alpacaangel · 2009-09-11 03:31
great art-tickle . it looks like some of us have our jaws dropping on this camera
makeyuu · 2009-09-11 08:07
SHEEET i want one! such a great bargain
larslau · 2009-09-11 08:08
Amazing gallery. Without a doubt this is the Camera review of the week!
deeseeohecks · 2009-09-11 09:45
Awesome camera! I wonder how it would work on a night out???
dogma · 2009-09-11 11:11
wow amazing gem!
laineyrocks · 2009-09-11 13:12
that camera looks amazing
moochie_lomo · 2009-09-11 15:42
Awesome! I love macro & this is bordering on Ultimate Macro(tm)! LOL. Excellent shots!!
kdstevens · 2009-09-11 19:12
Good job on the review and the photos.
charwang · 2009-09-12 00:26
absolutely amazing. i love the macro. kind of reminds me of national geographic.
singleelderly · 2009-09-12 00:27
It's an interesting camera! nice closeup photo : )
adi_totp · 2009-09-12 06:24
i wanna shot my cat eyes with this camera wooohoooo!
cubilas · 2009-09-12 14:11
nice camera! the sharpness! I'ld like to see some pictures of eyes or noses or fingers or objects. Cool shots though, it's like looking into a copy of national geographic.
lovesmesumcake · 2009-09-12 16:11
Omigod, this is incredible and I NEED one of these!!
blue-dog · 2009-09-14 20:00
Thank you all for your comments and shared wonderment for such a great new camera find.
blue-dog · 2009-09-19 06:08
deeseeohecks; yah taking it to a club could be nuts...
charwang and cubilas Wow National Geographic thank you.
ipdegirl · 2009-09-21 12:45
That is one of the best yard sale finds in the history of yard sales. Great shots!! I love macro photography. Gonna have to find me one of these. Thanks for introducing it to us!
clichecliche44 · 2009-09-22 05:51
I want one nowwwwww. But please stop taking pictures of bugs.
skullnbone · 2009-10-04 14:46
class photos
tracyvmoore · 2009-10-06 06:38
WoW!!! I love these shots! Great review. I want one now ;) haha.
danie · 2009-12-07 23:02
sounds interesting!:)
pulex · 2010-08-21 15:27
wow! years ago i worked for yashica in summer, if i knew back then that im would be an analog freak nowadays! i could have get this cheap as hell or for free, we had them lying round!
natalieerachel · 2010-11-26 02:29
Amazing gallery!!
ihave2pillows · 2011-09-29 01:27
I love this :) Great shots!
jeyku · 2011-10-16 11:30
i've just tracked one of these...looking forward to giving it a play
bigproductions · 2012-01-16 22:08
Found one of these yesterday,10 bucks, any one know where to get user manual?
detroitlomo · 2012-02-22 05:32
what kind of batteries does this beauty take?
blue-dog · 2013-12-11 17:22
Cool shots: jeyku
www.lomography.com/photos/cameras/3337412-yashica-dental-eye