Yashica EZ F1231

[solar_sea]

Yashica EZ F521 I honestly don't know if I should laugh or not.

However, I might just get it when it becomes available.

I really don't know what to think of this camera. It definitely reminds me of the old rangefinders and yashica af cameras. Could this point to a digital GSN in the near-by future ?

I can't comment anything reasonable, I'm still shocked 🙂

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edit: Can a moderator rename the topic to F521, I wrote the wrong model ?

 

[atelier7]

its a strange looking beast indeed. the use of AA batteries reminds me of the older canon A series powershots.

 

[schaki]

I've not decided anything yet. But i might end up buying it if it ever reach Ebay or some store netshop in the U.S. It seems to be hard finding much information about it though.

 

[ruby.monkey]

Honestly, I'd be tempted to buy two - one for me, the other for my three-year-old son.

 

[Avotius]

I am going to buy one of these if I cant find one. This is cool!

On another note, who would have thought Yashica would be the people who finally figured out you can put an optical viewfinder of decent size of this type on a digital camera?

 

[cmedin]

I have one on pre-order, looks like too much fun to ignore. 🙂

edit: this being manual focus, might it possibly have very little shutter lag compared to other cheap cameras?

 

[schaki]

I have one on pre-order, looks like too much fun to ignore. 🙂

edit: this being manual focus, might it possibly have very little shutter lag compared to other cheap cameras?

Let us know what you think about it since, as I don't expect many reviews at all from other sources on the net.🙂

 

[cmedin]

Let us know what you think about it since, as I don't expect many reviews at all from other sources on the net.🙂

I'll write something up for my very infrequently posted-on blog and post it here as well. Probably won't be until November sometime.

 

[oftheherd]

I looked for the focusing manner but missed it. Very intrigueing. Anybody have a price for it yet?

 

[Avotius]

Announced price said to be $89.

I am trying to figure out what I will want more...this or a 4x5 pinhole camera, they are about the same price here but the Yashica I probably won't find anywhere...

 

[cmedin]

Announced price $89, the only place I could find that'll ship to the US wants around $110 (depending on exchange rate).

It's worth noting that it probably shares the internals with the Yashica F524 which has pretty much identical specs.

 

[dazedgonebye]

5-megapixel 1/2.5" CMOS sensor is perhaps a sony camera phone sensor?

http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Sony-Commercializes-1-2-5-CMOS-image-sensor-19472.htm

 

[cmedin]

5-megapixel 1/2.5" CMOS sensor is perhaps a sony camera phone sensor?

http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Sony-Commercializes-1-2-5-CMOS-image-sensor-19472.htm

Possible.... though the Yashica F524 seems to share some guts with the new 521 and was released October '08.

A camera phone sensor would make sense(!) though since I bet they are pretty cheap to procure. 🙂

 

[cmedin]

OK, some more speculation on my blog below... I think I found a "sibling" to the camera sharing components, and even some sample shots. 🙂

http://storpotaten.blogspot.com/2009/10/speculation-on-f521-digital-holga.html

 

[cmedin]

And another thing I thought interesting. Some other F924 pictures I came across has some serious waviness in them -- could this be because of a CMOS sensor with electronic shutter, similar to the 'rolling shutter' effect we've seen on CMOS based video recording?

 

[cmedin]

Just a quick bump here... according to Dirk at Japan Exposures it should start shipping from the manufacturer in two days, so he should have an early copy to review before long.