Another addition to the Yashica family!

[MrRanger]

I managed to win a fairly nice looking (at least in the pictures) GTN last week. It is located in Jolly Old England so I imagine it will be a little while before it actually shows up on my doorstep. 🙁 I'm very excited as now the GSN will have a sibling just like the GS and the GT! 😛

Also need to finish up the roll I started in the MG-1 - I want to see if she needs any more corrections!

Mike 😀

 

[JoeFriday]

congrats, Mike.. it might not take all that long for it to show up.. I've gotten things from the UK in about a week on occasion

 

[MrRanger]

Well JoeFriday, you were right! My GTN arrived from England yesterday - just a little over a week. 😱

It's a user, brassing around the edges, bottom plate scuffed, battery cover slot a little chewed up BUT it cleaned up really nice. The glass is clean, shutter fires, focusing seems all right and the lights work. The lens does seem to have a litttle play in the mount and the rf glass could use a little cleaning. Time to load it up and take a test drive! 😛

Mike 😀

 

[jan normandale]

Mr Ranger and Brett

I like Yashica a lot. I have 2 - Lynx 14's; 2 - Electro GSN's; 1 - Electro 35 CC. That's it for now except to say I like how the glass works on these cameras. There is some sort of slight warm glow that they seem to impart in indirect light. Quite a few of my shots here were with one of these wonderful and affordable cameras.

 

[MrRanger]

Hey Jan! I know what you mean, I have a bad case of "Yashica -itis" 😱 I just can't seem to turn one of these down!

I have limited myself to the Electro series with a GS, GT, GSN, GTN, MG-1 and the 35 CC. All of these cameras are quite capable of taking far better pictures than this "photographer's" 😛 feeble attempts. I just happen to think that the Yashica is an often overlooked camera that is "poo-pooed" because of it's lack of manual capability.

Mike 😀

 

[pesphoto]

I agree the Electro series is way underrated! I wanted a manual camera as well, so am currently using a 5000e. Its fully manual with light-up displays for the meter. The glass is just as good as the electro series from what Ive seen.
Here is one recent pic from the 5000e.

 

[MrRanger]

Wow pesphoto, nice shot! 😎 If that is representative of the results that you get out of the 5000e, I'd say you've got a winner!!

Mike 😀

 

[CleverName]

I know what you mean, I have a bad case of "Yashica -itis" 😱 I just can't seem to turn one of these down!

Yashica-itis, huh? I don't mean to temp you with a shameless plug for items I have for sale....but here's a shameless plug for items I have for sale to temp you. 😀

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=169640#post169640

The 14e is gone and the 35W is spoken for, but there's others to treat your case of Yashica-itis. There is no cure, only treatment.

 

[pesphoto]

MR Ranger,
I love the GSN too, but the manula control the 5000e gives me beats it out in my mind