Yashica Collection suggestions...

pixelatedscraps said:
My favorites are:

Electro 35 CC / CCN (unbeatable lens combo: 35mm f/1.8)

Yashica-Mat 124G (yes, these are overpriced but if you find one in good condition, they are excellent cameras)

I had a very nice collection of Electros at one point:

3x CCNs
1x CC
3x GXs
2x GSNs
1x GTN
1x MC

All beautiful, fairly cheap little rangefinders capable of delivering excellent results. I should add the Sequelle and Half 17 as both being quite interesting, exquisite cameras. The Sequelle is similar to the Canon / Bell & Howell Dial 35 while the Half 17 is just one of the cutest little half-frame cameras around with a 32mm f/1.7 lens.
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I love the CC! It's my favorite camera right now. I don't think it was ever sold in the US, I have two, both bought on eBay from Japanese sellers. I have a GX but don't love it as much as the CC, possibly because I have a glut of 40mm fixed lens rangefinders, my favorite is the Canonet QL17. I just got an MC, I can't get over how tiny it is! It works but the exposure times were off on about 1/4 of the shots on my test roll. I took it to a local repair place and am paying an embarrassing amount to get it fixed.

I also have a Mat 125G. I love this camera as well. I got one in really good condition with a functioning light meter, which in my opinion, works quite well.
 
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Another Yashica -- though not a rangefinder, is the vaunted T2, T3, T4 point-n-shoots with their weatherproofed bodies and Zeiss T* 35/2.8/3.5 lenses and (albiet tiny) waist-level finder.
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I had a Lynx 14 that was serviced by Mark Hama. Sold it. Nice camera, great lens spec, but that lens made the camera a tad cumbersome to carry and it also was very flare-prone.
 
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