Thinking of selling GL and Black GX

[bawang]

I have been using this for a while and they have become my main film camera till I got a Zorki-4 and Rolleiflex. Since they have not seen much use lately, I am thinking of selling them. Anyone knows how much do they do for now. Or should I just keep them?

 

[gb hill]

keep them. a year from now you will probably be saying the same about the zorki-4 & rolleiflex.

 

[27davidson]

GB Hill is right. Don't sell. Play around with the other cameras for awhile and then go back to the GL and GX and you will once again appreciate how really good they are.

 

[btgc]

Not having any of this, I'll echo - keep them, at least, for another year. Yes, they are semi-auto only, which is not good for all occasions. Though they are good for any other situation when one doesn't care about speed. Automation may be bad, and automation can be good.

If you need money, let's face it - they are not THAT valuable (when you sell; for buyer they can seem pricey, especially GL) to make big difference.

If you hate not using gear, well, I can understand it - take them out of cupboard once a week, make some filmless shots and put away. Once you sell them, after month or two you will need exactly GL or GX.

 

[bawang]

Thanks guys. Since everyone suggest I keep them and the reasons are very sound, I will try my very best to keep them. In fact, I took GX out a while today and yes, good feeling indeed.

 

[b1bmsgt]

If you sell them, I guarantee that within a year you'll be kicking yourself and wishing you still had them.

Been there. Done that. :bang:



and I didn't even get the lousy T shirt!


Russ

 

[vbarniev]

Don't listen to them. Sell them to me.

 

[bronney]

I am in the exact same situation and rather than selling them for peanuts, the sample you spent countless hours on ebay searching for that perfect yashi is priceless. I have a lynx 5000e, cc, gs, and a yashica D. The cost is nothing compared just just 1 Summicron. But if I sell them now for a lost, I can almost guarantee you I will buy them back at a higher price later, if mint at all.

The solution you're looking for is *drum rolls*:



BUY MORE to distract your selling plans!!! Selling yashi is evil! Get a lynx, meter manual for the nasty + - EV days that you don't wanna mess with the ASA dial.

 

[btgc]

Though, if anyone has allergenic reaction to Yashicas, I can help out with this - just pack them well, bring to PO and I'll take care of rest. I have controlled environment to cope with dangerous seed in this cameras.
GL is especially bad, so I'll even charge you a little, though what this is in change for your personal safety? 🙂

 

[bawang]

The cost is nothing compared just just 1 Summicron. ....... Get a lynx, meter manual for the nasty + - EV days that you don't wanna mess with the ASA dial.

In fact, the thought came after looking at M' Summicron pics here and from an ex-student's portfolio. Perhaps the money could be used to partially finance an M body. But you guys continue to be the crazy bunch whose opinion I value.

@Bronney, now you made me want to get a Lynx...shishhh!

😉😉😉

 

[Uwe_Nds]

In fact, the thought came after looking at M' Summicron pics here and from an ex-student's portfolio. Perhaps the money could be used to partially finance an M body. ...

Well,
In that case ...:angel:😉

Cheers,
Uwe

 

[bawang]

@Uwe - It happened!

I ended up with a Leica M3 DS, which I later found had other problems besides needing just CLA and freeing the stucked shutter. Youxin Ye worked on it has shipped it back to me. It should arrive today. So I am left with no choice but to sell off my Yashica GL on the'bay to cover his already superbly low charges. It was almost a toss between this and the GX. They both use the same lens. Since I hardly use iso 1600, the GL will go. If anyone is looking for a GL, please visit & bid on the auction. I would rather for it to go to the RF family members here.

Everything on that baby works as it should and I have posted a few links of pictures from it here and on some other forums. If you need an RF capable of going all the way to iso 1600, this is the one to get. You can finally use your Neopan 1600 on a electronic RF. I enjoyed it, now it's time for someone else to play with it.

My flickr set for the GL.