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THE WINDER IS STIFF AND I AM NOT SURE IF THE SHUTTER IS OPENING.
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The Half 17 Rapid is a 35 mm half-frame viewfinder camera made by Yashica in about 1965. It is an adaptation of the earlier Half 17 to use Agfa's Rapid film cassettes instead of regular 135 cassettes.
The camera is very similar to the Half 17. However, since Rapid film is wound from one cassette to a second, the camera does not have a rewind crank. Also, a metal tab on the Rapid cassette signals the film speed to the camera, so there is no film speed dial on the top plate. The camera is very slightly larger and heavier than the regular Half 17.[1]
Like the Half 17, the camera has a selenium light meter, with the photovoltaic cell in a ring around the lens, as on many popular cameras of the time (so that the cell automatically allows for any filter fitted to the lens). However, whereas the Half 17 has completely programmed automatic exposure, the Half 17 Rapid has a match-needle system;[1] The aperture ring has two scales: