Yashica Camera ID Help

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sohc

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One of my other $5.00 cameras I had long ago, and somehow it disappeared when I moved 5 years ago. Anyone know the model number? Sorry it's not the greatest photo, but it is all I have of that particular camera. What I do remember is taking some great photos with it.

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sohc, it looks very similar to my minimatic-C. Did it have a selinium cell around the front lens element? The 45mm F/2.8 lens gives excellent results, but can suffer from flare, due to not being able to use a lens hood.
 
Dfin said:
sohc, it looks very similar to my minimatic-C. Did it have a selinium cell around the front lens element? The 45mm F/2.8 lens gives excellent results, but can suffer from flare, due to not being able to use a lens hood.
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I don't recall if it had on or not.

Dfin said:
Does sohc come with 4 valves or 2 ?
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My username has nothing to do with "overhead" or "cams." ;)
 
It looks to be one from the Yashica 'Minister' series. I have a Minister-D which closely resembles your image. At first I thought it may be a Lynx but I now seem to think it is a Minister.
The one thing that might through my ID out of the window is the front lens surround which I cannot make out in your image - was there a selenium cell around the front element and is the covering of the camera grey?

Peter
 
After looking at a bunch of photos online, I believe it's a Minister, but no idea s to what model. Mine had a different dial on top.

I am now going to search through the madness of my old prints and try to find another photo of that camera.

I am so mad now that it is gone...:mad:
 
Try yashicaguy.com he may well be able to identify your camera from the image you have. Differences in the top plates and controls were not uncommonn between Yashica series / models.
 
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