Low light photos with your Yashica RF

[ErnestoJL]

...how do you guys expose for these night shots? Amazingly, I've never even tried night photography with my rangefinders (Electro/XA/Hi-Matic)...

Don´t know about the Oly XA, never had any of those beauties in my dirty hands!.
All Minolta Hi Matics (as well as Canonets, and Konica Auto Sx) are limited due to the electromechanical design of their automation, it is mechanical shutter, and automation is based on the trap needle principle (shutter priority). All this means shutter speeds isn´t longer that 1 sec.
Try the Electro 35. This is aperture priority based, it is you set aperture, and the camera chooses shutter speed stepless from 1/500th sec. to 30 sec. or more. The camera "tells" you with two lights if shutter speed selected is over or under 1/30th sec.

... don't really understand how you would know what aperture/time lapse you need?...

The camera does it all after your choice of f number. Nothing to worry about.

Shoot a full roll of night shots, and you´ll know how your camera reacts. It is because even if they are supposed to be equal to each other, there are significant differences between them.

Cheers
Ernesto

 

[Jaime M]

Sadly my Yashica died.. I miss her..

 

[f16sunshine]

I can see it dying here. Those funny highlights are the shutter blades not opening correctly. Luckily new (old) Yashicas are cheap. 🙂

 

[djamorpheus]

i have the exact same problem, my shutter blades aren't opening fully, and i imagine if a take a similar picture it'll come out just like that.

 

[ElectroWNED]

I went out last night and shot some very low light stuff... longest the shutter stayed open was less than a second. I'm wondering what sort of light conditions would cause the shutter to stay open a whole 30 seconds or more!?

 

[btgc]

I went out last night and shot some very low light stuff... longest the shutter stayed open was less than a second. I'm wondering what sort of light conditions would cause the shutter to stay open a whole 30 seconds or more!?

have you ever before got long exposures with this camera? If you didn't have some fast film at widest apertures, it may be that main switch has to be adjusted.

My Electro 35G did not long times (POD replaced, daylight exposures were fine). In fact it did long exposures as long as I kept shutter release depressed. If I didn't it badly underexposed in low light.

After I adjusted rod under shutter release (from bottom side), it works as supposed.

 

[gliderbee]

Well, because of this thread, I installed batteries in my 35GX (for the first time) and gave it a try last night (Ilford FP4+, 200asa, TMax developer). I must say: I'm pleasantly surprised ! The only lights here are from the PC-screen and a small desktop-lamp to the right ..

Some other pictures came out nice too for a first try:

Stefan.

 

[bronney]

Oh, and what film is this?

that gsn hong kong shot was fuji superia 800.

 

[Ken Smith]

Montana spring snow at midnight

Montana spring snow at midnight

GSN BW 400CN

 

[FalseDigital]

Fuji Supera 800

 

[bronney]

.double post.

 

[caolong]

 

[Jaime M]

I can see it dying here. Those funny highlights are the shutter blades not opening correctly. Luckily new (old) Yashicas are cheap. 🙂
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Yep! That photo was from the last roll.. I'm very happy with my new M2, but I need one of this in my hands again.

 

[koniczech]

Wow! Great shot.
What did you use to stabilize the camera (if anything)?

koniczech

 

[arthur sadowsky]

My Yashica Lynx 14 (older version) loaded with Kodak Gold iSO200 film:

 

[paulfish4570]

Lynx 14E, Yashinon-DX 45/1.4, 1/15 or 1.30 or thereabout, f8, on a tripod just at sunrise.

The shady porch in early afternoon made this sort of a low-light for me. Same kit, IIRC 1/60@f4 or f5.6.

Both shots on Kentmere 400, souped in 1-4 tmax.

 

[ErnestoJL]

Mmmm... this last two pictures made me think of picking again my Lynx 14...
Nice shots!

Cheers
Ernesto

 

[paulfish4570]

Thank you, Ernesto.
Tough loss for the men in blue. Maradona was a hoot on the sideline ...

 

[ErnestoJL]

Thank you, Ernesto.
Tough loss for the men in blue. Maradona was a hoot on the sideline ...

Unfortunately I must travel 100 km from where I live to find a nice river spot like the one of your picture, but I´m sure it´s worth the effort.
The Lynx was sleeping for a while due to a faulty shutter but it´s time to do some work on it.
Re. soccer... perhaps this afternoon the men in light blue would win.

Cheers
Ernesto

 

[paulfish4570]

I will be cheering for your neighbors. Forlan is my favorite player of the tournament. He has meant so much to his team ...