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CodeMonkey13

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I have a used Yashica GSN arriving today. I really didn't think about it until I ws reading an artical at YashicaGuy. But is there no "Manual Mode" for the camera!? There are times when I want to shoot a slow shutter speeds (falling water ect). Can I not do this? Seems the camera is always in appiture priority. Am I in for a big disapointment:( ?

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Lonnie
 
Could you add a ND6 set the ISO to 25 and f16 That ought to give a pretty slow shutter speed. Might have to experiment a bit to ge the right combination. I really would hate to not get my silky water.
 
NO - you are not in for a disapointment.

The quality of the lens will blow you away. Once you have owned and used an Electro 35 GSN, you will not want to part with it.

Buy a Yashica Lynx 5000 or a Minister D - both are fully manual and have in-built metering. This will solve your slow speed needs.

Lets face it we are talking minimal money here for great cameras.

Regards
Peter
 
The GSN doesn't have a manual mode, but it will default to 1/500s if you take out the batteries. This will give you an emergency manual mode.
 
I think you will like the GSN once you take it around with you. I just recently got one, and it's simplicity almost baffles me. I've become so use to setting the shutter speed on my other cameras, just setting the aperature on my GSN I feel like i'm forgetting something. I like the camera. It's fun to carry around and is a great camera for street use. What other cameras do you have? You will probably will be better off using one of them for your shots at slower speeds. But then I assume you use a tripod, unless you have really steady hands. Then you can set the camera on the B setting and use a cable release.
 
Tuomas Peronvuo said:
Now now, you wouldn't say that there's no difference shooting in 1/10 with f1.7 and 1/10 with f16, would you?

Of course there's is an difference. To say that you can shoot long exposure with f16 might be true but it limits the use of the situation and lenses properties greatly. Like it's good theory but practical uses are almost negligible.

Like one general once said: "nuts!"
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You'll have to explain where my logic fails. In the camera you have a set film sensitivity, and to get a correct exposure you balence shutter speed and apeture to get the correct exposure using the reciprocity law. Your 1/10 f1.7 - 1/10 f-16 example doesn't make sense because there will be only one optimal apeture for your given shutter speed. Having apeture priority does not remove your long exposure options as the limits of the lens apeture size give you your maximum exposure time for a given scene.

The only problem i see is the guess work involved since you don't know what time the yashica is chosing.

Please tell me how i am wrong i am young and unexperianced.
Cheers.
 
If you build up some familiarity with the sunny sixteen rule ... estimating what shutter speed the camera will likely chose in any given light situation at a particular aperture ... should allow you to have more shutter speed control for the type of shot you are describing! :)
 
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