Digital Yashica

To be honest, I am very disappointed and have absolutely no use for something like this. I rather drop some Tri-X into my Electro35 GS and get my film thrills. I was hoping for something a little more innovative. Didn't somebody try the "digifilm" concept before? Not something worth my time OR investment even on small scale!
 
Very quick uninformed post before bed...
Curious. For a moment I thought It would be a Digital-Film convertible camera... if the innards could just be replaced like film backs

The canister presets are quite an amusing idea... lose the B&W canister and no more Tri-X for the rest of a trip 😂

The other day I saw a young asian girl with a Yashica... didn't talk and I wonder how deep the concept of vintage and/or film medium is the driver of using the cameras.


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Judging by responses here clearly this strikes a sore point in the detractors.

To me it clearly points out failings of the digital model as currently expressed,
and a yearning by many photographers to get back to the simpler film model.

Chris
 
Why would you want to use this instead of your phone? This camera really isn't about photography though, is it? It is about something entirely different. I am interested in learning who the intended market is. Who are the people who have pledged so far? What is their thought process in purchasing this camera?
 
jsrockit said:
Almost tripled their goal... yikes.
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I'm going to say

> They will end up around 12X fully funded.

> They will end up with some really pissed customers. As this is all Internet based it will be a one and done sort of thing.

> Someone with larger "Parts" than me will see the opportunity and do it two years from now.

B2 (;->
 
People who buy this because it is cool/neat/hip will quickly realize their iphone takes much better pictures, and is always with them, so the camera will shortly be tossed into a drawer.

"Yashica finally made a FF digital camera...

A fake film camera.
 
Huss said:
People who buy this because it is cool/neat/hip will quickly realize their iphone takes much better pictures, and is always with them, so the camera will shortly be tossed into a drawer.

"Yashica finally made a FF digital camera...

A fake film camera.
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Don't be so quick to write this thing off.

It is not for everybody, but the speed they got up to their projected kick-start amount tells me that there is a market for this idea

I think if it had the Leica label and the famous red dot on it and sold for a 170 bucks then it would be the cat's meow with a lot of photographers, even as a curio.

If this thing takes off, which it might, we may see a more complex camera model in this faux 35mm style and maybe even a digital TLR
 
Take the worst features of film. Add the worst features of digital.
And you have this Yashica.

Awesome.

So what if it is has a market? So does crap beer.
 
p.p.s.s. how come the girl in the video looks like she lost her goldfish earlier in the morning? So sad. Someone please buy this camera to cheer her up.
 
Huss said:
Take the worst features of film. Add the worst features of digital.
And you have this Yashica.

Awesome.

So what if it is has a market? So does crap beer.
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If one likes crap beer and it is readily available then it is a good thing for all concerned. Good for Crap beer drinkers, Crap beer makers and even good beer drinkers benefit, as it leaves more of the good beer in the store cooler for the good beer aficionados to buy.
 
ChrisPlatt said:
Judging by responses here clearly this strikes a sore point in the detractors.

To me it clearly points out failings of the digital model as currently expressed,
and a yearning by many photographers to get back to the simpler film model.

Chris
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I think Chris nailed it. It may not be a substitute for a Leica (film or digital) but I think it is tapping into the same desire as the M-D: a digital camera that is as simple to operate as a film camera. A camera without 1,400 different settings you have to think about to take a picture.
 
Couldn't they have just retooled and remade the electro GSN/GTN? Or made a film scanner?

The fact that it uses a flea sized sensor just makes this thing dead in the water TBH.
 
xayraa33 said:
Don't be so quick to write this thing off.

It is not for everybody, but the speed they got up to their projected kick-start amount tells me that there is a market for this idea

I think if it had the Leica label and the famous red dot on it and sold for a 170 bucks then it would be the cat's meow with a lot of photographers, even as a curio.

If this thing takes off, which it might, we may see a more complex camera model in this faux 35mm style and maybe even a digital TLR
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It's easy for some to hate online :)

I can see a few potential positives from this camera honestly. Time will tell.
 
Again, wielding a camera (let's not elevate that to "photography") is not just about the end result. Or to be more specific, "pictorial quality". Otherwise we'd all be shooting 8x10. Since many of us feel comfortable with "the small format", I'd say there's also nothing wrong with the flea sized sensor in this Yashica. Nothing wrong in forget all the sensor size thing and have some quirky fun, which is exactly many of us would talk about film cameras. "Oh, I like it because it's not instant, not simple. It lets time to dilute the spirit and have it settle down."

It as a toy camera offers a way to play, for a toy's price. If it's expensive I'd whine too but man, it's $124. Who'd market a serious new digital camera at $124? Meanwhile people would pay twice or thrice of that for their leather cases and straps - which contribute none to pictorial quality as well. The other digital camera without a screen cost 60 times more. Think about it.

I know with this camera, people had been dreaming the same "Full Frame M-mount Digital Rangefinder Or Even Better That Cost Less Than $2,000" dream that they'd apply to every non-CaNiSokon announcement again. Then it's the reality, then come the same reaction. All the usual staff going on.
 
gavinlg said:
Couldn't they have just retooled and remade the electro GSN/GTN? Or made a film scanner?

The fact that it uses a flea sized sensor just makes this thing dead in the water TBH.
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It's not actually Yashica that's making this, it's some other company just using the Yashica name to give them some credence in the photographic world.

Even if it was Yashica and they somehow remade their old cameras, would you be willing to pay $1000+ for one?
 
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