Yashica Electro exposure arrows

[v_roma]

Hi,

Sorry for hogging the forum but I had another question and thought it best to start a separate thread. I was wondering how seriously other Yashica users take the exposure arrows. The yellow exposure arrow (not enough light) on my Yashica GX seems too conservative and triggered in conditions under which I would usually not worry about hand-holding. Does anyone know what shutter speed was assumed to be too slow for hand-held shots in these cameras?

Thank you again,
Roma

EDIT:
To answer my own question, the speed in question seems to be 1/30 second. I will have to check it against another of my cameras or an exposure chart to make sure there is nothing wrong with the meter. Though the likely explanation is that I just don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to exposures... 😀

 

[koniczech]

Hi there,

Although I'm a Yashica newbie, and a GSN user, i'll try to answer your question based on my experiences. The arrows, I have found, would slow me down. I say 'would' because my contacts are dirty, and the only response I get is a flickering yellow light every so often. My take on this is: as long as the light meter is working and you can get a range of shutter speeds (not just 1/500... haha) you can just learn the basics of when to use f/1.7 to f/16.

For me, this speeds up the taking of photos, lets me focus more on analyzing the rangefinder focusing, and zero in on the composition I want.

This, of course, from a person who has never used the arrows (or had a chance/desire to).

Hope this kinda, somehow helps!

koniczech

 

[btgc]

If one is sure metering works reliably, question about exposure indicators disappears by itself. Camera doesn't lock shutter in case one of indicators glows, so you are free to either shoot as is or adjust aperture (or mount filter or put camera on support).

From Electro series I mostly use 35MC which doesn't has exposure guide lamps so I rely on my guesses if film/aperture combo provides shutter speed I'm after and still falling into range camera supports.

As long as your camera works properly, I suggest to get used to your sense of light and don't look at indicators before each shot. So you can take more pictures 🙂

 

[v_roma]

Thank you both. I know this is an aperture priority camera so I don't really need to worry about the arrows, necessarily. Though, since there is no shutter speed indication, they could be helpful in certain situations.

Here is another question. It's unrelated to the exposure arrows but I think I've started enough threads already. Does anyone know why there seem to be two positions for each ASA setting on the GX? There seems to be one dot on each side of each ASA speed. I'm confused...

 

[btgc]

I know this is an aperture priority camera so I don't really need to worry about the arrows, necessarily.

There seems to be one dot on each side of each ASA speed. I'm confused...

You can ignore speed unless it contradicts your artistic merit or makes technical impact - blur because you can not handheld it or heavily burnt highlights. If you realize ballpark figures, you can more or less ignore arrows.

Those dots are intermediate ISO values between round values 🙂

 

[v_roma]

Those dots are intermediate ISO values between round values 🙂

D'oh! 😱

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