Pherdinand said:
Does it have yashinon or yashikor taking lens?
This one has a Yashikor f35. 80mm lens. The glass is really clean and clear, no fungus or grunge anywhere.
In fact I'm really surprised at how clean this one is. The inside is immaculate!
It looks like the light seal is kind of a black twisted cord glued into the slots. Even it looks like it's in good shape.
Film winding is tricky; first you have to push the button in the middle of the wind knob. It took me some time before I figured that out 🙂
The manual tells about this. Yes, I RT(f)M'd.
🙂 The one thing that kinda threw me until I got the T(f)M to read was the ASA/DIN scale on the wind knob. I assumed there was some kind of a meter or exposure system that took that number. I guess it's only a reminder.
It doesn't have a crank wind, but a knob that supposedly just stops at the right place. I almost assumed it had one of those little red windows in the back where you wound until the next number came up.
🙂 Do any modern cameras still have those?
The camera is very handholdable. Or, infact, neck-holdable (get a neckstrap for it of there is none). Tripod is only needed for 1/15 and below, in my experience.
Ya know, I've never liked neck straps. My Pentax has one, but if I use it I just kinda throw it over one shoulder or maybe across the opposite shoulder and I can swing it into position easily. The neck strap with the camera in front looks so "tourista" to me anyway, I guess it's one of my strange notions ...
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While taking some air shots, I'm almost confident I can hold it at 1/15. I can occasionally get away with that on the Pentax, and I've kinda learned to get away with it on the GIII. I've learned to hold the arms in good and tight and squeeze very gently until it snaps. The release button on the Yashica is in the front toward the bottom, of all places, but I've practiced holding and gently pressing. It has a nice quiet click, kinda like the GIII.
If you stop the lens down to f/8 - f/16 your jaws will drop how sharp the images will be. Don't be afraid of using colour film in it; I have found Fuji NPH400 as a great allround film for medium format. You can safely use Sunny 16; or you can get a handheld meter.
Oh, I'm not afraid of color film. That's all I really shoot lately.
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I'm still thinking of what to try it out on. For some reason I envision either daytime scenics or nighttime expressway shots with a time exposure, skyline in the background, red and yellow-white streaks in the foreground.
Oh well, I'll think of something for sure by this weekend.
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