GMOG
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Earlier today I was going through a box of camera stuff and came across the old Yashica rangefinder my maternal grandfather used. It was given to him by his brother for Christmas 1972, as noted in his handwriting on the owner's manual. Any photos in the family albums he shot of me and other family members when I was a kid were shot with this camera. I'd never really paid much attention to it, but today I took a look at it. It's a Yashica Lynx-14E. It's big and weighs in at almost 2 pounds.
Hmmm, a well-respected 45mm f1.4 fixed Yashinon-DX lens. Good rangefinder patch and frame lines. Parallax correction in the viewfinder. A little haze in the finder but not bad. Built in meter with viewfinder display. I decided to check it out, and ended up taking the top plate off so I could see about cleaning up the finder and gave the camera an overall clean-up.
The finder cleaned up very well. It's nice and clear now. The camera is in pretty good shape, glass is clean. I tested the shutter and found the speeds to be adequate. I found a nice strap in my stash for it. I'm going to load some film and see what I can do with it.
I'm curious to see what other Lynx owners have done with theirs.
Hmmm, a well-respected 45mm f1.4 fixed Yashinon-DX lens. Good rangefinder patch and frame lines. Parallax correction in the viewfinder. A little haze in the finder but not bad. Built in meter with viewfinder display. I decided to check it out, and ended up taking the top plate off so I could see about cleaning up the finder and gave the camera an overall clean-up.
The finder cleaned up very well. It's nice and clear now. The camera is in pretty good shape, glass is clean. I tested the shutter and found the speeds to be adequate. I found a nice strap in my stash for it. I'm going to load some film and see what I can do with it.
I'm curious to see what other Lynx owners have done with theirs.