ZOOMATE 80 YASHICA

The Yashica Zoomate 80 is a compact 35mm point-and-shoot released in 1999, not a true rangefinder despite how it's sometimes filed. It sits at the budget end of Kyocera-era Yashica compacts, built for people who want a zoom range without juggling lenses or exposure settings.

It is a fully automatic camera aimed at casual shooters: load the film, point, and the camera handles focus, exposure, flash and winding. The appeal is less about optical refinement and more about convenience — a pocketable body with a 38-80mm reach that covers normal-to-short-tele framing in one unit, useful for travel and everyday snapshots rather than deliberate, manual-control photography.

Specifications

• 35mm film format, fully automatic point-and-shoot
• 38-80mm f/4.9-9.4 zoom lens, 6 elements in 6 groups
• Active infrared autofocus with focus lock
• Programmed electronic shutter, 4 sec to 1/250 sec
• Programmed auto-exposure, EV 6-17 at ISO 100
• DX-coded automatic ISO setting, 100-800
• Built-in automatic flash with red-eye reduction, multiple modes
• Automatic film advance, winding and rewind
• Powered by 2x AA batteries

Condition

• Cosmetic: Very Good
• Working: Fully Working
• Rangefinder patch: Bright and contrasty
• Rangefinder alignment: Correct
• Shutter speeds: Not tested
• Light meter: Working and accurate
• Glass — fungus, haze, scratches: Clean and clear
• Light seals: Not checked

Included

• Body covers. Box.

Declared faults, if any, are called out above rather than left for you to discover — what's listed is what you get.