Yashica CC - Bectcya Never Knew This...

[NickTrop]

Found this on a Flickr post:

ever since I had the cc, there's a vertical alignment problem with the RF patch. I got too adventurous and took it down just to notice that the vertical alignment screw is easily accessible WITHOUT taking off the top lol. There's a neat hole at the side of the battery compartment, a 1mm flathead fixed it happy. Now it's razor sharp 🙂

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bronney/2307787524/

Although mine doesn't have an issue with this, I had to check it out. Popped out the battery cap, pulled out the "pile" (how French sites translate "battery" with Babblefish), and sure enough on the left hand side of the batter compartment is a little "tunnel" (for lack of a better word) with a little adjustment screw for RF alignment.

Isn't it interesting how these cameras - as simple as they are by today's digital standards, still have a surprise or two in them?

 

[sol33]

I even disassembled my CC to adjust the RF patch without noticing this! Really surprising.

 

[M like Leica M6]

Hm. I have one CC on the shelf that I would love to use... but the light meter does not work which changes the camera into a perfect doorstop. I cleaned the contacts, but I am not a mechanic... did someone else have problems with the meter?

 

[Pherdinand]

seems most if not all yashica rf's have such tricks.
The gsn rf adjustment screw is also easily accessible - you just have to slide off the top shiny part of the hot shoe and bang, there is the hole 😉

 

[sol33]

@Clemens: Are you sure that it's the light meter? Do the battery check and over/under exposure LEDs work? Anyway, you should consider having it repaired instead of using it as a door stopper! 🙂

 

[M like Leica M6]

@Clemens: Are you sure that it's the light meter? Do the battery check and over/under exposure LEDs work? Anyway, you should consider having it repaired instead of using it as a door stopper! 🙂

None of my door stopper's LEDs and battery check work, so I assume it doesn't get power from the battery (which is fresh).

 

[sol33]

None of my door stopper's LEDs and battery check work, so I assume it doesn't get power from the battery (which is fresh).

That certainly suggests problems with the batteries contacts.