New Lynx City

[MikeyGaGa]

Acquired a Lynx 5000e on eBay for $20.00;its really nice,sort of a compact version of my Lynx 14.

Anybody know about whats available as far as battery replacements?

How does it compare to the I4? I love my 14;I just showed some available light shots on Fuji400,4X6 prints processed by Kodak-some of my friends said they might just put the digitals down and dig out the old 35s.

Mikey

 

[jan normandale]

Can't help on the 5000. I've used the Lynx 14 for a couple of yrs now. Its a fine camera for low light.

 

[RichardS]

Acquired a Lynx 5000e on eBay for $20.00;its really nice,sort of a compact version of my Lynx 14.

Anybody know about whats available as far as battery replacements?

How does it compare to the I4? I love my 14;I just showed some available light shots on Fuji400,4X6 prints processed by Kodak-some of my friends said they might just put the digitals down and dig out the old 35s.

Mikey

Check with Yashica-guy at http://www.yashica-guy.com/document/chrono2.html

He lists the batteries that can be used and also has an adapter that can also be used.

Dick

 

[bmattock]

Acquired a Lynx 5000e on eBay for $20.00;its really nice,sort of a compact version of my Lynx 14.

Anybody know about whats available as far as battery replacements?

How does it compare to the I4? I love my 14;I just showed some available light shots on Fuji400,4X6 prints processed by Kodak-some of my friends said they might just put the digitals down and dig out the old 35s.

Mikey

As mentioned, Yashica-Guy for the battery replacement.

The 5000 has a feature nearly unique to the world of leaf-shutters - a 1/1000 speed!

This allows a larger aperture to be used in many situations, which can increase DOF effects if that is what you're after.

The Lynx 14 / 14e have a faster lens - but in a bright light, the 5000 would have the advantage to use a 1-stop more open aperture setting than the 14 / 14e.

The 5000 is also a fine performer; I'm sure you'll like it.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[pesphoto]

I owned and used a Lynx 5000e and I loved it. Whta I liked was the fact that the meter display in camera lights up so you can shoot in the evening or late day no problem. I dont think the Lynx 14 does this. On top of it all the lens was tack sharp!

 

[bmattock]

The 5000e and the 14e meter the same way, as far as I know. The 5000 and the 14 also meter the older way - without lights.

I never use any of them for metering - an external modern meter is much more reliable and that's how I do it.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[pesphoto]

I never use any of them for metering - an external modern meter is much more reliable and that's how I do it.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

True enough, if one happens to find a lynx with a spot on meter, its gold.

 

[bmattock]

True enough, if one happens to find a lynx with a spot on meter, its gold.

I would agree, I guess that is the one link in the chain that I tend not to trust after so many years.

Shutters and aperture leaves are mechanical things, they can get seriously out of whack, but can be adjusted. Meters are electro-mechanical and in some cases chemical-electro-mechanical and once out of whack, they are pretty much done for, at least from the point of view of repairing economically.

For those vintage cameras which it is possible to set the shutter speed and aperture manually, I tend to use a modern meter because if there is a problem with exposure, I'd like to be able to go right to the source (shutter) rather than try to determine if the shutter was off or the meter was off.

On my recent NYC trip, I took an Olympus 35 RC and a Yashica Lynx 14. I used an external meter (Gossen Digisix) for the Lynx, and I relied on the Oly's internal meter for auto-exposure. Both worked well. But I was glad I had the meter.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[MikeyGaGa]

Your Metier

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Mattock:

Thanks for the feedback. Ive become entralled with Yashicas for reasons i dont understand. They say that the head of Yashica wanted to make cameras for the Masses-perhaps I need to be counted amongst the lumpen prolateriat.

Mikey

 

[Flinor]

My first "real" camera was a Lynx 1000 which I bought new and took on my honeymoon. (We won't discuss how long ago that was.) When I got into rangefinders several years ago I started with Yashicas out of nostalgia and until fairly recently I had at least one of every leaf shutter camera they made, used them all and loved them all. After I retired I started selling off the collection and am now down to the Electro GL which is in the classifieds now and which was my favorite.

IIRC the 5000E battery was 2 PX640's which were available at least until a couple of years ago as they weren't mercury. Interestingly, the modern PX32A which the G, GS, GSN sreies ran on is four PX640's in a common wrapper. I concur with the refferal to Yashica Guy.

Enjoy the Lynx, I know I did.