Yashica Rangefinders all in a row... needed!

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It's hard to imagine the relative sizes of the Electros..and how they will fit in your hand.

Does anyone have a size comparison - photo or photshopped - that shows each Yashica's size relative to the others?
 
I have all of them, I'll post a photo in the morning. From smallest to largest: MC, ME, CC/CCN, GX, FC, GL, MG-1, Electro G series (G, GS, GT, GSN, GTN, Professional).
 
Sorry for not posting them sooner, I'm getting things ready for the "Golden Week" holiday here in Japan. Here is a quick pic:

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From the top left, MC, Snap, ME, CC, CCN, GX, GL, Professional, GT, GTN, GS, and GSN.
 
oftheherd said:
Frontman - that's quite a collection. Do they all work? Do you use them all? I see you also have many other FF RF.
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Yes, they all work. I buy these cameras from local sellers in Japan, I then disassemble them, service them, and then sell them on eBay. I deal mostly with fixed-lens rangefinder cameras, but I also come across many LTM Canon, Leotax, Nicca, and Yashica cameras.

I love tinkering, and it's nice to have a hobby which pays for itself.
 
I've got half of those, but then half of them are in parts waiting for me to get around to fixing them. It would not have been a pretty picture. Thanks Frontman!

PF
 
Snap

Snap

Frontman said:
Sorry for not posting them sooner, I'm getting things ready for the "Golden Week" holiday here in Japan. Here is a quick pic:

saleapril28014.jpg


From the top left, MC, Snap, ME, CC, CCN, GX, GL, Professional, GT, GTN, GS, and GSN.
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Never heard of the Snap, Looks like an ME1 maybe? Zone Focus? 38mm 2.8 Lens?
 
It looks like Frontman is stocking for the end of the world. I must say, for the price and availability of a Yashica, I sure do love 'em.

Awesome collection!
 
btgc said:
Snap indeed is ME-1. Zone focusing, 38/2.8 lens, blind without battery (1.35V prescribed).
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Optically it's the same, but the Snap has a winding dial instead of a lever, the film door hinge is on the opposite side of the camera, and the rewind knob is on the bottom of the camera rather than the top.

The Snap's good points are better ergonomics, and that removing the protruding levers and buttons make it easy to carry it in your pocket. And, unlike many other similar cameras of it's era, the Snap still has aperture-priority and not full auto operation. I picked the snap mainly because of it's rarity, rare as th CC and CCN might be, they are far easier to find than the Snap.
 
Frontman said:
Optically it's the same, but the Snap has a winding dial instead of a lever, the film door hinge is on the opposite side of the camera, and the rewind knob is on the bottom of the camera rather than the top.

The Snap's good points are better ergonomics, and that removing the protruding levers and buttons make it easy to carry it in your pocket. And, unlike many other similar cameras of it's era, the Snap still has aperture-priority and not full auto operation. I picked the snap mainly because of it's rarity, rare as th CC and CCN might be, they are far easier to find than the Snap.
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I'll confess I judged only by frontal look of Snap. But ME-1 I have also has left-thumb winding dial on near bottom edge. Film hinge and thus also film travel direction is opposite we are familiar from other Yashica RF's and scalers so it matches Snap in this points.

But you say Snap has aperture prioity and that's interesting. ME-1 has aperture scale but it's only usable in Flash mode. I wonder if Snap has real Av or also is Auto AE + aperture guided flash mode?

I also like smooth appearance of ME-1 and don't worry about plastic top and bottom covers. Virtually all ME-1's I've seen on Web have broken rewind knob - consequences of plastic build. I wrote a small summary on ME-1 on YashicaForum.com.
 
Here is a site with a line-up of the various rangefinder (and SLR) Yashicas:

http://www.provins.org.uk/

Click on 'Cameras', then click on "Yashica Electro', and a photo for size comparison comes up. He has links to various manuals, but for some reason most of them don't work, at least not for me.

PF
 
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