Harlee
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I just received a nice Yashica AF with a 38MM F2.8 lens w/case. It's one of the early AFs, and I'm curious regarding its capabilities. It apparently hasn't been used for a while and the shutter button stayed down after tripping the shutter. I lubed it and fired the shutter for 25-30 times and it now appears to be working correctly. I loaded it up is some Kodak 400 Ultramax and will fire off a few frames tomorrow. It operates similar to the early Canon AF cameras but this one does have a focus lock button on the front, so you don't have to switch it to self timer to lock the focus as you do with the Canons. I'll post some pics later this week. Has any one out there used one of these Yashicas previously?
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petronius
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I have a collection of early AFs, which are similar to the Konica C35AF/C35AF2. All have AF and manual film advance, the AF is mostly passive.
I used many of them and found the results pleasing. Some examples are here:
http://classicameras.blogspot.com/search/label/AF (You have to scroll some meters
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I own the Yashica AF too, but didn´t use it until now. Have fun with it and post some results.
I used many of them and found the results pleasing. Some examples are here:
http://classicameras.blogspot.com/search/label/AF (You have to scroll some meters
)I own the Yashica AF too, but didn´t use it until now. Have fun with it and post some results.
Harlee
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Nice website! I also have several of the cameras on your site. I really enjoy using them and I'm often amazed at what great pictures they are capable of producing. I also recently picked up a Konica C35MF that I just put film in yesterday. I've had two other C35MFs, but they howled like a screech owl when the film was advanced. I attempted to lube them but to no avail. The one I have now appears to work great. The pictures produced will tell the real story. I'll post the pics from the Yashica and the Konica ASAP.
