Anyone own a radioactive Yashica?

[Carterofmars]

Anyone own a Yashica?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWgYhQnRcWM

Interesting.

I guess my Yashica Electro 35 is radioactive?

 

[Dave S.]

Thanks for posting this Carterofmars. This is very interesting and news to me.

The camera she uses in the video is a Yashica Electro 35 CC. I wonder if other cameras in the Electro series have thorium lens elements?

 

[Jack Conrad]

Whew! Good thing I've got a GSN, and not one of those horrible scary CC's.

 

[RF_newbie]

😀 I think she could have found a bigger pair of channel locks for the disassemble

 

[btgc]

Everybody, feel free to dump your radioactive CC's 😉

 

[Carterofmars]

How do you know the GSN doesn't have thorium in the rear lens element? Even worse in the eyepiece.

Whew! Good thing I've got a GSN, and not one of those horrible scary CC's.

 

[ed1k]

Yep, Jupiter 8 is safe

 

[Carterofmars]

Do you have a GSN to test?

Yep, Jupiter 8 is safe

 

[Jack Conrad]

How do you know the GSN doesn't have thorium in the rear lens element? Even worse in the eyepiece.

😱...I guess I'll have to throw it out and buy an Olympia camera.🙄

 

[ed1k]

No, I don't have GSN. I am fine with Takumars 🙂