Kyocera Zoomate 140 — 1990s 35mm autofocus compact with a zoom reaching 140mm equivalent
The Zoomate 140 belongs to Kyocera's line of autofocus 35mm compacts, made after Kyocera acquired Yashica in 1983 and kept selling budget point-and-shoots under both the Kyocera and Yashica names through the 1990s. It sat mid-range in a Zoomate lineup built for snapshooters wanting more reach than a basic compact.
It pairs a plastic 35mm film body with a zoom lens reaching roughly 140mm equivalent at the telephoto end, the range implied by the naming. Autofocus, programmed autoexposure, DX film-speed sensing, automatic loading, advance and rewind, a pop-up flash with red-eye reduction, and an LCD panel for frame count are standard.
Against contemporary zoom compacts from Canon, Pentax and Minolta, it traded ultimate sharpness for a light body and simple, fully automatic operation. Results stay reasonably crisp at the wide end but soften toward full telephoto, typical of budget consumer zoom optics of the era.
These sell cheaply used, bought mostly by casual film shooters and 1990s Kyocera/Yashica collectors. Check the battery compartment for corrosion, confirm the zoom motor and autofocus run smoothly, fire the flash, and inspect the lens for fungus or haze before loading film.