b1bmsgt
Yeah, I still use film...
Hi!
My name is Russ, and I'm an Electro-holic...
I just found this great forum a few days ago, and have been reading through the past posts. What a wealth of information! You guys are to be commended!
For anyone who cares, here's a little bit about me:
I bought a brand new G in around 1970 or so. It was my first 35mm camera. I really loved it, but after a couple of years I wanted something with interchangeable lenses, so I traded my Electro in on a Pentax Spotmatic. Around this time I started working in the Photo Department of an eastern department store chain called "Caldor". (Anybody remember them? They went bankrupt a few years back...) Anyway, I worked my way up to Manager of the department and as such I was able to buy a brand new Nikon Photomic Ftn for half list price. That was stolen a few years later so I was forced to grap a Minolta SRT-101 just to have a camera. (This sure is boring, isn't it?)
To make a long story not that much shorter, I recently ran an eBay search for the Electro 35 just for the heck of it and was really surprised to come up with 4 pages of entries!! I bought one, of course. and another. and another. and another...
Are you beginning to see a pattern here?
Using the information that I found here as well as at Yashica Guys site and Matt's Cameras, I have just finished doing a restoration on the second DOA Electro that I bought, a Hong Kong GS. It now works great! (The first one is MINE!!! You can't have it!! I'll give it up when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers!!)
I'll be putting the second one on eBay tonight if you want to check it out, eBay username b1bmsgt
By the way, when I took the top off to check the POD, I found that it was in perfect condition, and made of a clear plastic of some sort. Could this be original, or is it a replacement? Just looking at it, the glue job looks factory to me, but I have another Hong Kong GS with a POD that is a crumbling mess. Just curious. Later today I am going to start removing the lens assembly to change the POD in the hopes of resurrecting yet another Electro. Wish me luck!
Regards,
Russ
My name is Russ, and I'm an Electro-holic...
I just found this great forum a few days ago, and have been reading through the past posts. What a wealth of information! You guys are to be commended!
For anyone who cares, here's a little bit about me:
I bought a brand new G in around 1970 or so. It was my first 35mm camera. I really loved it, but after a couple of years I wanted something with interchangeable lenses, so I traded my Electro in on a Pentax Spotmatic. Around this time I started working in the Photo Department of an eastern department store chain called "Caldor". (Anybody remember them? They went bankrupt a few years back...) Anyway, I worked my way up to Manager of the department and as such I was able to buy a brand new Nikon Photomic Ftn for half list price. That was stolen a few years later so I was forced to grap a Minolta SRT-101 just to have a camera. (This sure is boring, isn't it?)
To make a long story not that much shorter, I recently ran an eBay search for the Electro 35 just for the heck of it and was really surprised to come up with 4 pages of entries!! I bought one, of course. and another. and another. and another...
Are you beginning to see a pattern here?
Using the information that I found here as well as at Yashica Guys site and Matt's Cameras, I have just finished doing a restoration on the second DOA Electro that I bought, a Hong Kong GS. It now works great! (The first one is MINE!!! You can't have it!! I'll give it up when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers!!)
I'll be putting the second one on eBay tonight if you want to check it out, eBay username b1bmsgt
By the way, when I took the top off to check the POD, I found that it was in perfect condition, and made of a clear plastic of some sort. Could this be original, or is it a replacement? Just looking at it, the glue job looks factory to me, but I have another Hong Kong GS with a POD that is a crumbling mess. Just curious. Later today I am going to start removing the lens assembly to change the POD in the hopes of resurrecting yet another Electro. Wish me luck!
Regards,
Russ
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