Give us a sample picture from your Yashica

[cweg]

One of my first Shots with the Yashica GSN. It's my first RF and I only own a cheap Scanner;-)
Thanks for watching.

Best Regards CHristoph

60715

[Jaime M]

Hello!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2577164559_c6b7156b64.jpg

From my first roll :) YE35 GS

[ampguy]

attached.


............

[cweg]

Here's another

61149

[spyderphil]

First roll with a Yashica GX & lovin' it!

[Cpitch]

The streets of "Jack The Ripper", First day out with GTN
I Luv it.

[btgc]

Lynx 5000 wide open

[jan normandale]

Lynx 5000 wide open

I've a Lynx 14e, I'm not certain if the lens is the same however the image still has that remarkable 'Yashinon glow'

[btgc]

Jan, have to admit that I'm hooked by how Lynx draws on wide apertures. While 14 has more complex lens, they all (1000, 5000, 14) have curved aperture blades, thus while still simple 5-blade apertures they have shape closer to circle than Electro or say, Konica Auto models. Well, when "wide open" shape of blades doesn't count. Just wanted to share observation after realizing how good Lynx'es are.

[jan normandale]

Jan, have to admit that I'm hooked by how Lynx draws on wide apertures. While 14 has more complex lens, they all (1000, 5000, 14) have curved aperture blades, thus while still simple 5-blade apertures they have shape closer to circle than Electro or say, Konica Auto models. Well, when "wide open" shape of blades doesn't count. Just wanted to share observation after realizing how good Lynx'es are.

btgc, I don't shoot wide open though Gabriel, one of the RFF members does. However he doesn't shoot Yashica. I personally have grown very fond of Yashica glass in both the G series of rangefinders, the Lynx and the Yashicamat TLR's.

[raid]

What do you do about the right battery for the GSN? I may use some aluminum foil and a 6 volt alkaline battery. For some reason, I have never used my GSN.

[Roger Vadim]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1355/975456887_2750953704_o.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/66269090@N00/975456887/sizes/o/

yashica gs

[raid]

This is a wonderful image. Roger.
Everything is right here.

[imajypsee]

http://www.pbase.com/jypsee/image/94439524.jpg

[Roger Vadim]

thanks Raid!
Arcadia is sometimes just round the corner. Although there is some 'swirly Bookeh' in the trees ;)

[ampguy]

Raid - check out my June 17 blog entry, 4 LR44s are much less expensive than a a 6V alkaline and work well. You can use a screw and tape for a much more stable solution than just foil.

What do you do about the right battery for the GSN? I may use some aluminum foil and a 6 volt alkaline battery. For some reason, I have never used my GSN.

[jan normandale]

Raid, I've used a converter from the Yashica Guy, or check Karen Nakamura's site for a jerry rig which also works.

Roger, wonderful shot with your GS!

[TheHub]

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nagoya_boston/2497367458/in/set-72157605086110270/
2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nagoya_boston/2497336404/in/set-72157605086110270/

Two of my favorites from my Electro 35 GS

[raid]

Raid - check out my June 17 blog entry, 4 LR44s are much less expensive than a a 6V alkaline and work well. You can use a screw and tape for a much more stable solution than just foil.

Thanks for the tip. After my 6V battery dies, I will try the approach mentioned in your blog.

[raid]

Raid, I've used a converter from the Yashica Guy, or check Karen Nakamura's site for a jerry rig which also works.

Roger, wonderful shot with your GS!

Thank you , Jan. I am using a 6V baterry right now, so I will wait until the battery dies off.

[john_van_v]

..check Karen Nakamura's site for a jerry rig ..

Not to be picky, but I find this entomology interesting; I remember the word being "jury" rigged from when I was a kid working on big sailing ships. Actually entomology on a ship is nomenclature :bang:

Of course there is the infamous racist "N word" version of it, but where I come from, Woodstock NY, we fixed that by calling "hippie rigging."

[jan normandale]

Heh, John V-V, I used to use jury rigged however I decided to do an etymological check and found jerry rigged to be the 'preferred usage' and jury rigged described as a derivative. I think it was Oxford.

Your thinman site .. very nice photography! Any with a Yashica? I saw FSU.
BTW your empathy link is not working

[john_van_v]

Your thinman site .. very nice photography! Any with a Yashica? I saw FSU.
BTW your empathy link is not working

Thanks and thanks, I thought I fixed that long ago :bang:

These sample pictures have such excellent tonality and color!

I took my Lynx 14 out only once and at night and over-exposed everything. I need to take out my Voitlander Vito B and my Lynx 14 out together sometime and actually learn to use a light meter.

For right now its mostly Olympus because the Zuikos take such excellent pictures of water about sunset, when the beavers like to come out. Last time we saw two get it on, but too far to photograph. When it got to dark and we went back to the car, they followed us as if they wanted us to photo them some more.

Right now I am trying to configure my new laptop (other got left in the rain when I went picture taking) so that I can scan the latest neggies.

[Bam Cocjin]

From my very first roll with my GSN
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2302/2168013872_9bb0f5cfb2.jpg?v=0

[btgc]

I just find Electo 35 MC much easier to carry around than full weight Electro G-series!

[ElectroWNED]

From my very first roll with my GSN
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2302/2168013872_9bb0f5cfb2.jpg?v=0

love the colors

[Bam Cocjin]

Thanks ElectroWNED.

[sfb_dot_com]

Here's one from my Minster 700 which does have the f1.7 lens. I took this camera on holiday because it was going to be put on the back of a motorcycle, taken to a pop festival and exposed to saltwater, and I was scared of my III being damaged. Just as well really because everything got pretty wet, and I dropped the case front in the mud. I didn't get on too well with the Yashica. I find focussing harder than the III, and there is some haze in the viewfinder. I also find the controls a bit fiddly and awkward, particularly the linked EV which I never seemed to quite master. Nonetheless, for an old camera I'm not particularly familiar with, it did what I asked it to. I did have a separate handheld meter, but it was so inaccurate, I resorted back to sunny 16 rule without obvious problems. Overall I still prefer the III despite it's antiquated nature, but the Minster is a serviceable workhorse, and has it's own aura 'Old Skool' as one young festival goer put it.

Regards to all
ps these are cr***y low res scans from Asda/Walmart

[georgemvg]

From my first roll, only fixed the 1stop over exposure...
63144 63146

[Harlee]

Natalia, Privjet, Kakdela!

I see you're from the city of Kostroma. I was there just last fall and got some beautiful pictures of the fall folage. Beautiful reds, yellows and golden trees, as well as the beautiful Volga. I'm sure you would recognize some of the places I took pictures of. I'll try and add a few to this reply. The attached pictures were all taken on a Zenit 122. Paka!

[Cpitch]

Pin Mill,Suffolk,England
Yashica Electro cc

[Bam Cocjin]

My Grandpaents Backyard

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/2847269323_4a2c386ccc.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2852722656_34a5cdd024.jpg?v=0

[Merelyok]

Electro 35 GTN +Expired Velvia 50 (2004)


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2924011833_ef8355912e.jpg
(SOOO CUTE.)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/2924859098_a70f1d2873.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/2924008713_4da24d30a8.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/2924863404_9bd949fcc1.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3189/2924007509_83e85e4c7d.jpg

[john_van_v]

These Yashicas are such good people-takers !!

Has anybody tried Fuji Superia?

[jan normandale]

These Yashicas are such good people-takers !!

Has anybody tried Fuji Superia?

john v V ; I regularly used Superia 400 ISO in my GSN. It is fine. Matter of fact it was and still is my go to C41 - 400 ISO all purpose film.

here's (http://flickr.com/photos/jann/42556484/) a GSN + Superia

[SpaceCat85]

These Yashicas are such good people-takers !!

Has anybody tried Fuji Superia?

I've gotten lovely results in general with ISO 100 Superia with both my Yashica & my Nikon SLRs. The colors have a pleasing saturation (especially reds & greens), and out-of-focus areas look very smooth when it's used in combination with my GSN's lens. The ISO also gives you more flexibility with your aperture settings on a bright day.

I wouldn't recommend using it to shoot something like a snowy landscape, though–I tried it awhile back & got strangely-tinted snow (Superia Reala is probably better there). A nighttime snowy scene with various lights shining on the snow, on the other hand, can come out very eye-catching because of that color boost ;)

[moretto]

Finally cleaned the VF glass, what a difference. In fear I messed up something else, shot a test roll of out-of-date agfa 400..grainy but sharp..and in lack of models and inspiration, guess who's that ! :D:D

[moretto]

A Saturday afternoon walk in the suburbs, looking cool with yashica :cool: in DSLR company :D:D:D

the film is EFKE KB 100, developed in Rodinal

[bhop73]

I've only processed two rolls with this camera, but dang, it's awesome. I like it better than my Canonet, which I used to love.. the Aperture Priority is just more to my style.

Here's a couple from this weekend.
-Fujicolor 200 with 1 hour lab developing
-Epson 4490 scanner

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2945761263_25e3849918.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhop73/2945761263/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/2946625036_602a733661.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhop73/2946625036/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2946630954_7f7963af64.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhop73/2946630954/)

[dhpc]

.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1928/portraitda9.jpg

.

[martin-f5]

.............

absolutly leica like

[Heldur]

Old military hospital in Quito which has just been restored

[philipb]

Swanage Railway, Dorset UK
http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/54/03/04/scan-011.jpg

Electro 35GTN and Reala

--
Philip

[jody36]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rL4PQqhSypc/SQJ3eKv7TMI/AAAAAAAAANY/GX1KxpY8jgA/s1600-h/Yashica+lynx++062.jpg

Here is Mine from my Yashica Lynx

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rL4PQqhSypc/SQJ3eKv7TMI/AAAAAAAAANY/GX1KxpY8jgA/s1600-h/Yashica+lynx++062.jpg

[jan normandale]

Heldur, that shot almost looks like IR film! Very interesting light indeed.

Philipb, I'm guessing this steam train is used on special occasions and day tours?

Jody36, nice selfie!

[martin-f5]

Philip, thats pretty good.
Maybe at f8 or f11,
this lense performs very sharp in the egdes and good colors.

Jody36, I think these are the typical rangfinder probs,
cutted legs and too much space in the sky :-)

Was it with selftimer?

[jody36]

actually its of my wife and yeah takes getting used to as far as not cutting off things. the shot was done in hotel room with just the lights from room at night. The lens is very fast. Have since started taking pics further away and cropping to not have this problem.

[Superbus_]

Philip,

Nice shot, I like engine photos! ;)

[Heldur]

Heldur, that shot almost looks like IR film! Very interesting light indeed.

Its Kodak BW400CN , there are lots of white rocks in the garden area in the front of the building so thats why it might look infrared.

I am new to film photography and BW (or any photography really besides point and shoot digital) So I am on a steep learning curve. But I have been pleased with the Yashica (original electro 35 model with the round lights in the viewfinder)

[Heldur]

By the way, is this film good to use? I cant buy B&W film here in Ecuador so I got it on Ebay. I also bought some negative film off an old camera technician who just cut it from a large roll and placed it in a used canister for me to use. I dont know what it is, but it seems to me a truer black and white colour but quite grainy. I need to get it developed by hand. The Kodak BW400cn seems to have a yellowish tinge to it.
Forgive my ignorance here!

[jan normandale]

Heldur, I regularly use Kodak's C41 BW film. I like it a lot. The advantage is you can take it to any processing lab and have it developed and printed. Conventional BW is nice and I use it too.

FWIW check out Ilford's XP2 which is also a C41 BW film. It's character is entirely different and you may like the looks of both these films used as the character of the shots dictate. Good luck. The Yashica GS/GSN is a great camera and I still use mine a lot.

[Heldur]

Thanks I will give the Ilford a try to, though first I will try to develop some photography skills!

[philipb]

jan normandale, steam runs on that line all year except for maintenance during February. It's a restored branch line no longer connected to the main rail network.

martin-f5, it's a great camera. I also had a GSN given to me, just waiting for a POD repair.

Superbus, OK just one more:
http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/54/03/04/scan-012.jpg
These are a bit special and don't come out every day. The one in the background has just undergone a £300k restoration.

[acharrier]

Yashica Electro. Film is BW400 processed at Walgreens. This image is a store-scan from CD...

http://lh5.ggpht.com/charrier/SNWc1u9hyUI/AAAAAAAAAqU/GHRcVVgePME/s912/FH000013.jpg

[free2move]

Free2 , which camera was this? Do you recall?

Hi Jan, I was using my Yashica Electro 35 GSN. A couple of the shots above have been tweaked, cus before that they came out rather underexposed.

The GSN is really one of the most underrated fixed-lens RF out there. You can get really pleasing results with the 45mm Yashinon f/1.7 lens.

[jan normandale]

Hi Jan, I was using my Yashica Electro 35 GSN. A couple of the shots above have been tweaked, cus before that they came out rather underexposed.

The GSN is really one of the most underrated fixed-lens RF out there. You can get really pleasing results with the 45mm Yashinon f/1.7 lens.

free; I own several I don't need to be convinced ;D

[godzuki]

First roll taken on my new GX with Velvia 100. Scanned at home on a Canon MP810. Would like to see what a better scanner could do - some of the colours came out a bit dodgy I think.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3136/2998626779_a1fbc59c98_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2998626203_75c34d0a63_b.jpg

[Bluesman]

One of those autumn days... newly arrived Electro, first roll. Shutter a bit sticky on longer exposures, but will be ok after some gymnastics..

[sircarl]

Yashica GX, in Sicily. Delta 400 developed in Perceptol.

http://sircarl.smugmug.com/gallery/6157239_jaHcs/1/387890053_YhDhe

Have had it a few months and absolutely love it. Lens is outstanding.

[Dfin]

with my then brand new 2 hand GSN, summer of 06/07

[moretto]

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4577/012ei8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/012ei8.jpg/1/w1024.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img83/012ei8.jpg/1/)


E35 GSN, Fuji neopan 400 shot at 200 asa

[b1bmsgt]

Holy $#@% moretto, that is a beautiful picture!!! :eek:


Russ

[moretto]

Well, thank You very much, Russ. Climbing on the harbor's warehouses' roofs in the middle of the night paid off. ;)

[jamesj]

its been some time since i posted in here...


umm here is one of my cat...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/2848549263_47e64fd33d.jpg

[ElectroWNED]

http://i33.tinypic.com/20tf8cj.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/mmr9t4.jpg

compliments of an Electro 35 with a light-leak problem

[Fragrag]

My first roll of film ever on my first analog rangefinder ever. Bad scanner and bad handling of the negatives managed to give me this:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/3067233235_c2a3cbbece.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fragrag/3067233235/)

If I shot this with my dSLR, I would have thrown it away immediately, but analog film somehow broadens my standards and lets me find hidden gems like this.

[ElectroWNED]

http://i36.tinypic.com/2ma7uw.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/16hteu.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/of3psz.jpg
expired XP2 shot at 250
(finally fixed my seals, thanks to Jon Goodman :D )

[bhop73]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/3082081274_a01c17b9db_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhop73/3082081274/)

[gb hill]

Good stuf on here. I'll develope that roll of TMax I shot with my GSN & post by next weekend if I can.

[biftek]

Just to show how good the lens are, this yashinon sometimes surprise me ...
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/gallery/10237/U10237I1228773231.SEQ.0.jpg


http://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/gallery/10237/U10237I1228773429.SEQ.0.jpg

[Dfin]

:cool:That Yashica Sparkle

[btgc]

Simple casual things (Lynx 5000, Superia 200, cropped)

[Gradskater]

yashica lynx 14
i can see in the dark

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/3153809395_ea482ea6e2.jpg

[b1bmsgt]

yashica lynx 14
i can see in the dark

Nice shot! The 14 is amazing, isn't it?

Russ

[Michael Da Re]

GSN and I believe CN400BW

[Gradskater]

Nice shot! The 14 is amazing, isn't it?

Russ

Thanks, Russ. Yes, the more I use it the more I like it.

[Gradskater]

one more I happen to like from the lynx 14. in the airport, waiting for the plane.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3101/3154580499_69d73ff942.jpg

[Debbie Jordan]

Here are my first pics. I developed them at the local drug store chain, scanned them myself so I did use the sharpen and exposure features in lightroom. didn't rmove dust and another one I addded an effect.

http://picasaweb.google.com/deborahL.Jordan/ROLL2?feat=directlink

[Gradskater]

Here are my first pics. I developed them at the local drug store chain, scanned them myself so I did use the sharpen and exposure features in lightroom. didn't rmove dust and another one I addded an effect.

http://picasaweb.google.com/deborahL.Jordan/ROLL2?feat=directlink

Those turned out well for your first pictures! my first scan attempts were dismal, but once I figured out how to adjust the curves and read the histogram, things got a lot better.

[ully]

Here is mine. Ektar 100 from lynx5000.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7872257@N03/3194615330/

[ully]

Here is another in Ektar100.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7872257@N03/show/with/3194615534/

[bawang]

Here are mine from the GL.

The whole album from 2 rolls of HP5.

Ilford HP5 400 on Yashica Electro GL (http://mypage.iu.edu/%7Ekzakaria/grey_included_2/)

Ilford HP5 400 pushed to 1600 on Yashica Electro GL (http://mypage.iu.edu/%7Ekzakaria/grey_included/)

Below are some samples from the album.

http://mypage.iu.edu/%7Ekzakaria/grey_included/content/bin/images/large/0zakari_R1_E035.jpg

http://mypage.iu.edu/%7Ekzakaria/grey_included_2/content/bin/images/large/__1_0166.jpg

http://mypage.iu.edu/%7Ekzakaria/grey_included/content/bin/images/large/0zakari_R1_E009.jpg

http://mypage.iu.edu/%7Ekzakaria/grey_included/content/bin/images/large/0zakari_R1_E024.jpg

[pesphoto]

nice photos...where the heck did you find a nice working GL???:eek:

Here are mine from the GL.

The whole album from 2 rolls of HP5.

Ilford HP5 400 on Yashica Electro GL (http://mypage.iu.edu/%7Ekzakaria/grey_included_2/)

Ilford HP5 400 pushed to 1600 on Yashica Electro GL (http://mypage.iu.edu/%7Ekzakaria/grey_included/)

Below are some samples from the album.

[bawang]

nice photos...where the heck did you find a nice working GL???:eek:

You will be surprised what you can find at Goodwill :) and good luck ;)

[moretto]

;);) rbit9n... i think people here know what a HP5+ is, but they will not be able to identify a "Polonez" and a "Zastava 101" ..hehe..kidding (for Zastava I'm sure, "Polonez" I guessed)
Nice pics .

[rbit9n]

you were close moretto (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/member.php?u=15735), it's FSO1500, formerly known as Polski Fiat 125p. both cars were made in FSO in Warsaw.

[godzuki]

Yashica GX and Kodak BW400CN

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3400/3337897768_9b33bfde4b_b.jpg

[IK13]

you were close moretto (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/member.php?u=15735), it's FSO1500, formerly known as Polski Fiat 125p. both cars were made in FSO in Warsaw.

Wasn't the Zastava actually made in Yugoslavia (Serbia) ?

[Peter_Jones]

Zastava (AKA Yugo) were Yugoslavian, FSO Polish - both were recycled Fiat designs.

Yugos had ridiculously heavy steering for such a small car.

[bhop73]

Deep in the bowels...of the carwash

Yashica Electro 35 GS
Arista Premium 400iso film, pushed to 1000

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3350988454_644ee4fa02_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhop73/3350988454/)

[raid]

This is my first completed roll of film with a Yshica Electro 35 GSN. I used Walgreens 400 ASA film in the GSN today. This is what I managed to get. The film may have been 6-9 months in the camera.

[Heldur]

Whats the best (economical/convenient) way to scan my photos? I just developed a roll with my new GSN. Scanning the photos on my scanner loses alot of the quality.Thanks.

[.Lucifuge.]

C'mon Heldur, "Give us a sample picture from your Yashica";).

[Heldur]

I scanned a photo on my crappy scanner and looks crap, thats why I want some advice on scanning :eek:

[.Lucifuge.]

http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints2.html and finally give us some pix :cool:

[Heldur]

Well the best I could do. The second photo is in the historical center of Quito, Ecuador. What I was surprised about most is the sharpness of the photos although it doesnt show in the scans

[Heldur]

http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints2.html and finally give us some pix :cool:

Thanks for the link

[quocbao]

Mine (Yashica Electro 35 GSN, T-Max 400)

68617
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quocbaophoto/3378886068/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quocbaophoto/3378886068/

[ElectroWNED]

first images that I've ever shot/developed/printed/scanned:

http://i42.tinypic.com/2hxvsbp.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2z70ww3.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/rcj77k.jpg

[b1bmsgt]

Is that the Emperor?

[.Lucifuge.]

Everybody knows that's The Emperor ;)

[ElectroWNED]

yep, that is him :D

[bagdadchild]

Yashica Electro GS
Expired Fuji Superia 200

My first roll. I found the camera in mint condition at a rummage sale for 5 Euros. What a nice camera and really sharp lens!


http://i39.tinypic.com/29askeg.jpg

http://s5.tinypic.com/1zdq25e.jpg

[mmmel]

Hello everyone, here are my first ever shots on a RF.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/3446448055_e1c0f5f87b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3447253612_24fdec55d2.jpg
Yashica GSN, Fuji Xtra 400

[Lukas]

Are those pictures scans made of prints or negatives?

[mmmel]

scans from negatives, why?

[Lukas]

They look so crisp and full of nice contrast. I never get such results from my scanner :(

[vbarniev]

http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt232/vbarniev/Lucresia.jpg

[mmmel]

They look so crisp and full of nice contrast. I never get such results from my scanner :(
The lab that I develop at scans my stuff. Credits to the camera :)

Here are a couple more from the same roll.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/3449790374_9bb7926797.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3640/3451360913_3a14cfe0bc.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3307/3452177356_719834086f.jpg

[Inphenity]

Electro 35 GS, Fuji Neopan 1600 rated at 1000. Rodinal 1:50 9.5 minutes 30 seconds gentle agitation every 3 minutes

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/Inphenity/389556-R1-E008_008.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/Inphenity/389556-R1-E011_011.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/Inphenity/389556-R1-E014_014.jpg

[Inphenity]

thanks lukas, the high speed film was a bit grainy for my taste, luckily i got the same shot on my tlr with some fuji acros

[wruzin@tampabay.rr.c]

Samples of recent photo adventures. Yashica rangefinders are great cameras, as you all know !!! ;)

Film used: Arista Premium 400 from Freestyle
Kodak 400 color

Scanned with Konica-Minolta Dimage Scan Dual IV

[Heldur]

great photos, I especially like the second.

[wruzin@tampabay.rr.c]

Three more examples taken with the Lynx 14e. Great cameras and to think that they are over 40 years old ! :)

[Gradskater]

Lynx 14
Arista premium 400
Diafine

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3605/3487351727_430847ca69.jpg

[Uwe_Nds]

Got the GN and a T3 for 20 EUR and I am really pleased with the results.
Adox CHS 50 @E.I. 100:

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/attachments/menschen/139792d1241701145-schnappschuss-arbeitsplatz-und-forumstauglich-scan-090507-0020_web.jpg

Cheers,
Uwe

[arthur sadowsky]

These are not exactly RF pics, but still was taken with Yashica evil-SLR:eek: FX-D and CZ Contax Tessar T* f/2.8 45mm on CVS iSO 400/27 film and Sekonic L-358 meter:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3328/3577988696_60b3d4c64f_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3577192255_5b476a9f05_b.jpg

Fell free to let me know what you think!!

[Gradskater]

yashica lynx 5000
Won the ebay auction for $1. Slow shutter speeds below 1/30 are off, but the shutter release has the best feel of any camera I have ever used.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3544688900_08eb629759.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/3543882031_f8ccec1f1b.jpg

[arthur sadowsky]

...but the shutter release has the best feel of any camera I have ever used.

Great photo work - I love composition/background on 1st pic and you're right: there's something about Lynx's shutter release whatever model it's (1000/5000/14's - they all have supper smooth shutter releases).

Do you ever take color pictures? You know the lens on your 5000 is color corrected and takes fantastic color pics:)!

[Gradskater]

Great photo work - I love composition/background on 1st pic and you're right: there's something about Lynx's shutter release whatever model it's (1000/5000/14's - they all have supper smooth shutter releases).

Do you ever take color pictures? You know the lens on your 5000 is color corrected and takes fantastic color pics:)!

Thanks! I haven't done much color in the last few months, but i think I will put a roll through the 5000 soon. I will be sure to post any nice results.

[vbarniev]

Yashica Lynx 14 with Neopan SS 8 years ourdated:
http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt232/vbarniev/img068.jpg

[wakarimasen]

Hello Folks,

Three from me...

Am I correct in thinking that the first two show signs of light leaks?

Best regards,
RoyM

[EugeneLim]

Hi guys! Newbie here. Images taken with Yashica GSN:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/gallery/30422/U30422I1243421085.SEQ.0.jpg

[karthiks]

Image from my GSN -

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3569560766_4a70036a36_d.jpg

Btw, I observe that the frame spacing is not consistent :( What do I do?

[b1bmsgt]

Take the bottom off and make sure that the screw in the middle of the large gear is tight. If it's loose it could cause the gears to slip and mess up the framing. If it's tight, there may be some serious wear in the winding mechanism. Not good...

Russ

[moretto]

While some in the pic insist on eos digital :bang:, I shot this with E-35 GSN + wide lens, on Efke KB100, scanned on canoscan 8600f :rolleyes:

Location in Croatia, old abandoned mill.

[cweg]

I like the different Yashicas, all the pics in this Thread shows why. Good Stuff buddies.

Does anybody know, whitch lenshood fits the CC?

[wakarimasen]

Bump...

Any ideas?

Hello Folks,

Three from me...

Am I correct in thinking that the first two show signs of light leaks?

Best regards,
RoyM

[Uwe_Nds]

Bump...

Any ideas?

Could well be light leaks. Did you change the light seals already?

Cheers,
Uwe

[wakarimasen]

Have just bought a kit from Jon Goodman. Just wondered if it might also be flare?

[rovnguy]

An interesting invitation. Meet Ron and Monique, a special couple. I shot this (and the rest of the roll) on Tri-X with a Yashica Electro 35.

[vbarniev]

Lynx 14 e IC
http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt232/vbarniev/img210.jpg

[btgc]

yashica lynx 5000
...the shutter release has the best feel of any camera I have ever used.

some people know the real thing :)

[mmmel]

Yashica GSN, Lucky 100

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/3616504769_9a0f9f7341.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3299/3613546367_9e6111a4c5.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3372/3617323800_bdbb754f55.jpg

[matt_s]

but I can never blame that on my electro GX. You just can't get a bad exposure on these things!

Matt

shot on Kodachrome during the Boston Marathon and the Volvo Ocean Race.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/mstott/yashica/007_7A.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/mstott/yashica/036_36A.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/mstott/yashica/011_11A.jpg

[dacookieman]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2458/3641986602_5f3bb65d73.jpg




http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3640818150_9e6ea5d7c1.jpg




http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/3639499992_04438d4cc9.jpg


Some shots from my new Yashica GS :) What can I say, i love this classic camera:)

[bawang]

If you can recall, I posted here and elsewhere about my Yashica Electro GX that arrived with at stucked self-timer. I tried opening it up, but stopped after realizing I might do it more harm than not. It sat on the table for quite some time and one day I decided to bent a small paper-clip and start poking around the mechanism near the ST lever. After trying many times, I managed to hit something that makes the sound of the ST running. I let it run until it stops by itself, and thank God, the ST is now free.

I managed to get a roll of expired Fuji 400 Pro at the local store and run it through. Here's a Google Picasaweb gallery of some frames from the roll. I don't quite like Picasa' compression of the picture. It seems that all pics looks flatter on Picasa than on Flickr. The link below is for the slideshow which I feel displays better than Picasa's regular browser. I will try to upload to flickr when my free bandwidth quota gets freed.

#1
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/P50EsTR1X9y5GSTHCHnlDQ?feat=directlinkhttp://lh5.ggpht.com/_CzRDhVn2db4/SldM062uMYI/AAAAAAAACi8/w-pXRsoJXN0/s800/Cincinnati%20%26%20Indiana%20Dunes-10.jpg

#2
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_CzRDhVn2db4/SldMz6QurRI/AAAAAAAACi0/oqqbAeMGUEQ/s800/Cincinnati%20%26%20Indiana%20Dunes-9.jpg

Here's the rest of the pictures.

http://picasaweb.google.com/khidhir/YashicaElectroGXRangefinderFujiPro400#slideshow/5356834680984951218

[b1bmsgt]

one day I decided to bent a small paper-clip and start poking around the mechanism near the ST lever. After trying many times, I managed to hit something that makes the sound of the ST running. I let it run until it stops by itself, and thank God, the ST is now free.

Wow, are you lucky!! Most of the ST's that I have seen fail have been caused by a spring bending up and jamming one of the gears. Yours must have just been slightly stuck.

Whatever you do now, DON'T TRY TO USE IT!!! :eek:

[Dfin]

Here are a couple shot with my Yashica GSN on Fuji superia 400

[vbarniev]

A couple of shots with the Lynx 14:
http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt232/vbarniev/img201.jpg
http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt232/vbarniev/img207.jpg
http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt232/vbarniev/img198.jpg

[pb908]

from my old Lynx 14e..

the DOF !!!

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2293/doff14.jpg
wide open f1.4 !!!

[Inphenity]

Ok, its official, I really want a lynx 14 now

[monopix]

http://www.monopix.co.uk/posted_images/yashica_gt2.jpg


http://www.monopix.co.uk/posted_images/yashica_gt1.jpg

Yashica GT.

[4504gth]

Yashica Electro GT - $10 Flea market find. No CLA yet. Leaks taped up.

[Rogier]

Inspired by this forum I recently bought a Electro GSN off Ebay for $20. Put a new lightseal and battery in. Loaded my first roll of film in a years time (after a brief encounter with a Leica M4 that I quickly sold...). And went to town. This camera is fun to use due to its low price tag and automatic exposure.
http://gallery.me.com/pa1zz#100621

[Maiku]

Gotta Love Yashicas

[Rogier]

Maiku, what film did you use?
And did you "enhance" the image with the scanning software or later with an other program?

[Maiku]

Hi Rogier,

I used an OEM film Centuria DNP ISO 100 and ISO 200. I prefer the 200 ISO more. The colours with the 200 ISO seem more vivid. They did produce an 400 ISO. I only used it once. It was ok.

From what I understand the company stopped production. If they did it is a shame as it is or was really good cheap film.

I did nothing to the photos. What you see is what I got.

Mike

[Maiku]

Here are some photos from my GL taken at the VW dealership.

[alinCiortea]

@4504gth> nice exposure :) did you compensate in any way?

___
GTN with Superia400 (exposed as 200 for this particular shot)

[remegius]

I've had my GS for over a year now...CLA'ed by Mark Hama...and (OK, I'm ashamed to admit it), never used it. Until today. Wow! The Yashinon lens is tack sharp, and the metering system on the camera seems to be spot on. The photos below are all BW400CN. I can see that I'm going to be spending some time with this camera. Anyone know where I can find a good deal on a CC?

Cheers...

Rem

http://home.comcast.net/%7Eremegius/RFF/self_portrait.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/%7Eremegius/RFF/ford.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/%7Eremegius/ford.jpg

http://http://home.comcast.net/%7Eremegius/RFF/ford.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/%7Eremegius/RFF/toothless_web.jpg

[jmca21]

Took this with my Yashica Electro 35 GSN.

[arthur sadowsky]

Hey Rem,

I have a question for you:

did you use any PS like post filter on your pics? You have two different color casts (presumably using same film?) on your beautifully shot pictures.

BTW, I have the same Electro 35 GS CLA'ed by Marc Hama about a year ago. I was about to load my Kodak BW400CN into GS to see how it's going to work together as combo.

Please, up-load some more pics and all the best!!

p.s.: same Kodak BW400CN film, but shot w/Yashica FRII and Contax CZ Tessar 45mm Jahre, CLA'ed by Mark of course:

http://image55.webshots.com/755/9/24/98/2048924980103134783CXsnWL_ph.jpg I've had my GS for over a year now...CLA'ed by Mark Hama...and (OK, I'm ashamed to admit it), never used it. Until today. Wow! The Yashinon lens is tack sharp, and the metering system on the camera seems to be spot on. The photos below are all BW400CN. I can see that I'm going to be spending some time with this camera. Anyone know where I can find a good deal on a CC?

Cheers...

Rem

[remegius]

Hey Rem,

I have a question for you:

did you use any PS like post filter on your pics? You have two different color casts (presumably using same film?) on your beautifully shot pictures.

BTW, I have the same Electro 35 GS CLA'ed by Marc Hama about a year ago. I was about to load my Kodak BW400CN into GS to see how it's going to work together as combo.

Please, up-load some more pics and all the best!!

p.s.: same Kodak BW400CN film, but shot w/Yashica FRII and Contax CZ Tessar 45mm Jahre, CLA'ed by Mark of course:

http://image55.webshots.com/755/9/24/98/2048924980103134783CXsnWL_ph.jpg

I'm sorry, I should have made that clear. The picture of my little niece Claire is a straight grayscale image. The other two I platinum toned in PS.

Good luck with the GS/BW400CN combo. I think you'll like it. I'll be uploading some more photos using that combo shortly.

Cheers...

Rem

[remegius]

I took this today with my GS and, again, BW400CN. This is from a Costco scan. I've been playing tug-o-war in my mind lately with the dreaded digital vs film thing, and the truth I find is that I suffer from the affliction of pixel peeping. There is no question that under most circumstances I am able to get a cleaner output from Nikon DSLR, but I can't seem to let go my old rangefinders. Such a quiet joy to use compared to my digital clunker. The results aren't in. More will be revealed.

Cheers...

Rem

http://home.comcast.net/%7Eremegius/towers_web.jpg

[vbarniev]

Lynx 14 E IC
http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt232/vbarniev/img624.jpg;)

[Maiku]

I got a Yashica Professional. I just want to show the results. I love it!

[jorgef2002]

bvarnieb what country are those pix from ? great colors/


jorgef2002

[arthur sadowsky]

Inspired by this forum I recently bought a Electro GSN off Ebay for $20. Put a new lightseal and battery in. Loaded my first roll of film in a years time (after a brief encounter with a Leica M4 that I quickly sold...). And went to town. This camera is fun to use due to its low price tag and automatic exposure.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=71962&d=1249129062

Hey Rogier, this is really nice! What film did you use and how did you process your film?

Thanks in advance!

[arthur sadowsky]

Well, somebody has to keep this thread going (Yashica Electro 35 GS and FUJICOLOR PRO 400H):

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2518/3947633491_7923e3208c_b.jpg

[arthur sadowsky]

I have 0% experience shooting b&w film on my Electro 35 GS. Any recommendations on type of b&w film, processing and scanning specifically for this camera/model? Your pic looks very-very nice as well.

[Mablo]

Arthur, I have an Electro 35 G and it is just a wonderful tool with all the films I've tried it with: color and b&w. What can I say. This camera is really unbelievable. If you want to try your hand with b&w processing my recommendation is to start with the grand old daddy Kodak Tri-X 400 and Kodak D-76 developer. The www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php (http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php) will tell you the details. Any flatbed scanner will do, I'm using a Canon 8800f.

[arthur sadowsky]

Thanks Mablo! I'm die-hard color-photo guy, but I guess I'm open to try my Electro 35 GS with b@w film now.

Will report soon what comes out of it,

all the best!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/3959896163_3c1095de52_b.jpg

(same Yashica Electro 35 GS and FUJICOLOR PRO 400H)

[reala_fan]

I had always heard the Yashica GX could meter remarkably well no matter what. I decided to test the theory with some backlit subjects. I must say, I am impressed:

Yashica GX (Mark Hama CLA) and Fuji NPS 160 film:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3515/3974429511_78418bb1ce_o.jpg

[Nurcan]

Hi everybody,
My first pics with Yashica Electra 35
http://nurcan.zenfolio.com/p877083166
Not exciting shots for first try though it gave me an idea about rangefinder. Now I have an Olympos 35 DC, figuring it out. Please can somebody tell me how GN window works? Thanks.
Nurcan
http://www.turkishpanorama.com (http://www.turkishpanorama.com/)

[petronius]

Yashica Electro 35GS with Polypan F

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dOwuInT_GLk/Ssd9UMdsZHI/AAAAAAAAG2U/X0dzKqewA-8/s1600/BW%2B2009-280.11.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dOwuInT_GLk/Ssd9Tc6FlcI/AAAAAAAAG2E/dE41gw4aMVw/s1600/BW%2B2009-280.06.jpg

[moretto]

E35 GSN with efke KB100

[reala_fan]

Yashica GX, Mark Hama CLA:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/gallery/26136/U26136I1254528075.SEQ.0.jpg

[martin-f5]

E35 GSN with efke KB100

that's realy good,
perfect sharpness and correct exposed

[arthur sadowsky]

Does your GX work fine now? The pic is fine - looks great to me actually.

Yashica GX, Mark Hama CLA:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/gallery/26136/U26136I1254528075.SEQ.0.jpg

[reala_fan]

Does your GX work fine now? The pic is fine - looks great to me actually.

Yes, Arthur, it does! I wrote to Mark and thanked him, as well.

My GX and GS are now perfect. Ready for decades of use :)

[Penzes]

Electro GX

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2658/3802064022_b85eac1a89_o.jpg

Electro GS

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3576/3564220194_10eff3bd8a_o.jpg

[Mablo]

Great photos from everyone. Keep them coming!

The best thing about Electro 35 in my mind is that the lens is just unbelievably good and it's really hard to get a wrongly exposured photo.

What else can you ask for a camera?

[martin-f5]

last autumn

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/3034847272_d335478036_o.jpg

[arthur sadowsky]

...I think the GS has a warmer color balance than the GX

This is interesting observation.

Did you use the same film in both cameras and did you take both pics with both cameras at the same time during the same lighting conditions? And how did you process your negs and scans?

What kind of film did you use to take your pics?

Thanks in advance!

[reala_fan]

This is interesting observation.

Did you use the same film in both cameras and did you take both pics with both cameras at the same time during the same lighting conditions? And how did you process your negs and scans?

What kind of film did you use to take your pics?

Thanks in advance!

Hello Arthur...

The film in both cameras was Fuji X-Tra 400.

I carried both cameras and shot each scene with both cameras.

Both rolls were processed at the same lab at the same time.

The lab did the scans and I believe it's completely automated, the scanner reads the film type from the film edge and zip zip zip, through the scanner it goes.

Each and every scene was warmer in the GS versions. You could certainly correct each camera to look like the other, but straight off the scanner, the GS has a warmer look.

I also noticed the GS is poorer at auto exposure when the scene is backlit. The GX excels in it's metering of "all situations without compensations". The GS tended to fairly seriously underexpose in backlit situations.

Sharpness is about the same in both cameras.

Viewfinder easily excels in the GX. The GS is dark and gloomy by comparison.

The GS handles better, and feels better in the hand. Shutter stroke is a LOT smoother than the GX and it just feels 'way better made' in general than the GX.

So, it's an interesting 'mixed bag' shooting the two, side by side.

Tomorrow I will post the same image, taken with the GX, won't color correct, and I think you'll easily see the image is substantially cooler than the GS version.

.

[arthur sadowsky]

...I also noticed the GS is poorer at auto exposure when the scene is backlit. The GX excels in it's metering of "all situations without compensations". The GS tended to fairly seriously underexpose in backlit situations.

So, it's an interesting 'mixed bag' shooting the two, side by side.

Tomorrow I will post the same image, taken with the GX, won't color correct, and I think you'll easily see the image is substantially cooler than the GS version.

Once again thanks for your observations and here is my humble experience with film ISO compensation on Yashica Electro 35 GS:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/3947634303_a505c8dd52_b.jpg

The film was FUJICOLOR PRO 400H and I used x2 exposure compensation (film was iSO400 and I went to iSO200 on film dial). As you can see yet it wasn't enough and I would probably had to go for x4/iSO100 to get correct exposure (look at the bright sky:().

I wanna try same scene under same lighting conditions on the same film one more time to see what's going to happen.

[reala_fan]

Once again thanks for your observations and here is my humble experience with film ISO compensation on Yashica Electro 35 GS:


The film was FUJICOLOR PRO 400H and I used x2 exposure compensation (film was iSO400 and I went to iSO200 on film dial). As you can see yet it wasn't enough and I would probably had to go for x4/iSO100 to get correct exposure (look at the bright sky:().

I wanna try same scene under same lighting conditions on the same film one more time to see what's going to happen.

Arthur...

I think one stop compensation on the GS looks pretty good. So it appears to be a known item that you must compensate a backlit scene with the GS.

I wish I had known that on my walk/shoot...I would have had some better backlit GS shots.

Your shot is also very very sharp!!

Have you ever investigated which aperture these camera like to the best to produce the sharpest results? It appears that they really like f5.6 and f8.0

See Ya!!

[reala_fan]

Here is the GX shot from the same scene on the stream as the GS.

You can see that it's quite a bit cooler in overall color balance. I also see that the GX chose a slower shutter speed than the GS did. In the field I figured the GX was correct and the GS was wrong, but now I am thinking the opposite. That the GX overexposes by 1 stop. The GX does however do better with backlit subjects (as was previously discussed). You can also readily see the difference in 40mm vs 45mm..!! Is the GX just a tad bit sharper..????

GX:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2434/3985080743_78e182883b_o.jpg

GS:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/3981527544_47af09c0b7_o.jpg

[Maiku]

Again I must contribute to this thread. Shot with a GX.

[reala_fan]

Again I must contribute to this thread. Shot with a GX.

Very sharp lens on your GX, Maiku!!

[reala_fan]

Here is the GX again:

Opps! I just realized this is actually the GS, not the GX!!

GS:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3455/3982822836_e1bf2ae911_o.jpg

[katcons]

The Yashica Electro 35GSN is my first RF, and I cradled it around Singapore last year.

Fuji 100

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3427/3985990626_6a2cc35af1.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/3985228263_1e0d29f7b9.jpg

I especially loved the detail of the grass.

[Maiku]

Realafan, WOW! The reflection of the water fall is great. Just Wonder .

Katcons, you gotta love the saturation of colors the GSN produces. Great!

[reala_fan]

The Yashica Electro 35GSN is my first RF, and I cradled it around Singapore last year.


Both of your images are great, katcons!!

[reala_fan]

Here is another GS image:

Good lord, the thing is a Monster Image Maker!!! Ahhhhhh!!!!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2653/3986081490_980a19a702_o.jpg

[Maiku]

Reala Fan,

Here are my samples from my GS.

[reala_fan]

Reala Fan,

Here are my samples from my GS.

Lookin' GOOD, Maiku!!

I espicially like the 1st one...another planet...wild!!

[fuzk]

These two images are taken with a GX I got from Maiku (hi!). :)

Peaceful:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/3485307087_e58c3a7a51.jpg


Ride or Walk:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/3531789905_99ac020ea7.jpg

[reala_fan]

These two images are taken with a GX I got from Maiku (hi!). :)


Wow!!

Blisteringly sharp!!

Congrats!!

[fuzk]

Thank you Reala_fan. My pics are nothing compared to yours and the many images here. :)

2 more of my humble contribution.

Marketplace:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3531802679_a10ec85295.jpg

Street pets:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3531794401_2eb417ec1a.jpg

[reala_fan]

2 more of my humble contribution.


Outstanding tonality in your images, Fuzk..!!

[reala_fan]

Here is another sample from the GX:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3985514921_fd1c84a2c9_o.jpg

[fuzk]

Wow. You've posted a series of excellent images Reala_fan!

[reala_fan]

The GS again:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3420/3999008299_989a6e04ae_o.jpg

[reala_fan]

And the *most wonderful* Yashica GX again:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2480/4001266663_7619a1978e_o.jpg

[arthur sadowsky]

All pics were taken with Yashica Lynx 14 loaded with Fujicolor iSO200 film.

http://inlinethumb43.webshots.com/46250/2297542680103134783S600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/43086/2302912370103134783S600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/42306/2977510780103134783S600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/44213/2719619500103134783S600x600Q85.jpg

[reala_fan]

All pics were taken with Yashica Lynx 14 loaded with Fujicolor iSO200 film.


Wow, super nice! Superbly sharp!

I had a 14E for years. Still have a bunch of photos made with it. But somehow, I can't locate it. I have no idea where it could have gone. Drats!

[PatrickT]

Nice shots in here!

From a recent shoot with some Fuji 800 film:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2631/4036298750_23907b3be2_o.jpg

[reala_fan]

Nice shots in here!
From a recent shoot with some Fuji 800 film:


Absolutely wonderful image, Partrick!! Very Moody!

[b1bmsgt]

Here are some shots I took today with my new Lynx 14E:

http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp170/b1bmsgt/New%20Lynx%2014E/10-25-2009_002.jpg

http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp170/b1bmsgt/New%20Lynx%2014E/10-25-2009_004.jpg

http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp170/b1bmsgt/New%20Lynx%2014E/10-25-2009_005.jpg

http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp170/b1bmsgt/New%20Lynx%2014E/10-25-2009_006.jpg

http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp170/b1bmsgt/New%20Lynx%2014E/10-25-2009_015.jpg


Russ :cool:

[Gradskater]

taken with the beast, the Lynx 14
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2464/4087655289_944e6773e3.jpg

[memex]

ouuuuuuuuuuuuu jeaaaaaaaaaaa this one is great...i love that lynx bokeh :)

[nathanp]

From a test roll in the £1 MG-1 (Film is expired 2006 "Kodak Colour Plus 200" processed at a 1-hour minilab and scanned on a rescued all-in-one printer/scanner device)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2685/4070175872_5cddfa934b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3499/4070175362_250a20d8b5.jpg

I'm amazed at the results considering the film/processing :D

[beyond]

Fantastic shots. Hmm. I should shoot more with my GSN.

[deelyn]

Hi everyone, just to share a couple of shots from my GSN:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3471521136_b88a0a224a.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2632/3970396569_2e384e9d58.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2578/3971164720_0f879b2394.jpg

Oh, and the last shot is taken with the auto-up lens.

[Gradskater]

Electro 35 GTN, two pictures stitched together

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2632/4137205140_5c33edc4a5.jpg

[Gradskater]

another from the Lynx 14e (overhauled by b1bmsgt - thanks!)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/4144636025_6421effaec.jpg

[scorpius73]

Here is one of my shots from the Zero 7 show last week.
Yashica GTN
Kodak Tri-X @ ASA 400

[jongcelebes]

Yashica Electro 35 GSN
Lucky Color 200

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2594/4143867164_987c8de16f.jpg

[auggie]

Taken with my Yashica Electro 35 GSN with Fuji Superia 1600 ISO

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3459119595_347915f25e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/auggie_tolosa/3459119595/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3529/3707652694_600b202cb3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/auggie_tolosa/3707652694/)

[ElectroWNED]

really like the umbrella shot. composition and contrast are really nice!

[Penzes]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2624/4200606013_aa5e6a1716_o.jpg
.... 19th December 2009, I was testing my Yashica Electro GSN. The camera works great. I asked my wife to shoot a few pictures and in the mean time I was shooting to.....

Yashica Electro GSN
Kodak T-max 100
Spur HRX3
Canoscan FS4000US

[martin-f5]

Salü Istvan,

nice to see you.
This also seems to belong to the "me and my M" thread :-)

here you go (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73217&page=8)

[bundok]

http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/Michael.Schwarz3/images/911.jpg

Electro 35 GSN
ISO 100 no-name slide film, expired since 5 years, crossover developed
hand-held (YESSS!!!)

P.S.: I really dig jongcelebes' picture! Nice work!

[gswarbrick]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2514/4131773955_f930f47d21.jpg
Fuji Provia 100

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2637/4131825793_36b2b4691f.jpg
Fuji Velvia 100F

[Maiku]

Yashica CC. Neopan ISO 400.

[all3nizzle]

http://i47.tinypic.com/11132wx.jpghttp://i47.tinypic.com/2pphr2o.jpghttp://i46.tinypic.com/30cqhb9.jpg
my test roll of film with my yashica mg-1 (:
i was surprised these came out decent since i had no idea what i was doing haha

[Maiku]

Shots from a recently restored first generation Yashica Electro G

Mike

[mutato]

This was one of some shots taken while in Hollywood for work. Taken handheld at dusk. Some lights were on around this statue.


Yashica GSN
200 Speed Color Film (I think!)
Scanned on Epson Perfection V500 scanner. Dust spots removal only.

[Steven Dooley]

Still learning my CC but I think it's a fun camera.

[maxleung]

Yashica MG1 Tmax400

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9481/mg1tmax40001.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/mg1tmax40001.jpg/)

[Maiku]

Yashica Electro G. LegacyPro ISO 100.

[jan normandale]

[QUOTE=Jack Conrad;1257736]I think my GSN is consistantly over exposing. Although I kind of like the effect, I can't remember which direction to bump the asa in order to compensate for the over exposure.

Set the ISO on the camera slightly higher than the ISO on the box. This will cause a slight under exposure.

[Jack Conrad]

[quote=Jack Conrad;1257736]I think my GSN is consistantly over exposing. Although I kind of like the effect, I can't remember which direction to bump the asa in order to compensate for the over exposure.

Set the ISO on the camera slightly higher than the ISO on the box. This will cause a slight under exposure.

Thanks... I needed that information. I've read it before but cannot seem to remember it.
My particular GSN has this one little over exposure issue. I think it's due to a mis-calibrated asa dial. I've taken the top off a couple times now and the dial just sort of floats on top snug enough not to move randomly, but sometimes it follows the ring as I adjust it. On top of that, I don't really know where the dial should be positioned exactly. I could be thinking I'm setting it at 400 but really it's at 200. :bang:

Anyway, thanks for the info. :D

[Jack Conrad]

Jack, your pictures are absolutely amazing! The one with the apples, the one with the sundown and especially the one with the pool - I would put them all ony my wall!

Keep 'em coming like that!

Wow! Thanks so much...

Not that it matters, but just for clarification, those aren't apples... they aren't oranges either, :D they're Citrons,... melons that grow wild out in the field. They look just like water melon, except they aren't sweet. They're non indigenous/foreign melons that likely found their way here from Africa... possibly during the slave trade era. I've eaten them, but I don't think they taste very good.

I want to show you something. I've been testing equipment... cheap camera's, rangefinders, slr's, manual lenses and so forth to get some idea of what is true or not here in Internet land...
Now I really like this Yashica. It is very sharp and I think the resolution is astounding... if I can get the correct exposure for the situation, but here's a shot of the same swimming pool taken side by side with a Pentax SF-1 coupled to an SMC 50mm 1.4 that I recently picked up for about the same price as the Electro 35.
Can you tell a difference besides composition and/or maybe some PP tweaks?

I know this is a weird comparison, but it may be interesting to others as well.

Personally, I think the Yashica has the better resolution.

[Jack Conrad]

I'm really not familiar with film and its various characteristics, so I'm surprised by the amount of color in B/W film.
Maybe I shouldn't, but I've been de-saturating via iPhoto most of these shots because they show an almost dried blood red in the shadows. Is that normal? But then, what is the point of buying special (more expensive) B/W film if I'm going to de-saturate it once it goes digital?

[pesphoto]

look at this thread, not bashing but isnt leica glass over rated?
I feel i can get images with a yashica rangefinder just as nice or nicer than any leicas glass.

[wakarimasen]

I heard the same comment from someone viewing images from my Olympus 35RC! It's a case of £400-500 (Leica) vs £25 (RC) or £50 (Electro 35). I'm not sure I need the Leica effect that much...
Best regards,
RoyM

[pesphoto]

plus a 40mm lens is about perfect for me. I really have no need for wider or longer lenses. I always seem to go back to the 40mm.

[douwe]

I had a yashica electro GX. A fine camera, certainly. But with more difficult lighting came the need to set aperture and shutter time manually. So now I use a konica hexar. That camera was a little more expensive though! For a manual cheap rangefinder, I would pick the Konica auto S2 over everything else.

[pesphoto]

For manual control the Yashica 5000e is my go to camera

[imokruok]

From my first roll on a Yashica 124G, which I had for five years and never shot on it until last summer. Film was five-year-old expired Velvia 100 bought at the same time as the camera. Developed and scanned at crappy Swan labs.

[bundok]

My particular GSN has this one little over exposure issue. I think it's due to a mis-calibrated asa dial. I've taken the top off a couple times now and the dial just sort of floats on top snug enough not to move randomly, but sometimes it follows the ring as I adjust it. On top of that, I don't really know where the dial should be positioned exactly.


That should be easily fixed. Unscrew the dial and take off the disc with the ASA-numbers. There should be a washer which is bend at four sides. Bend them a little more with a plier, turn the dial to the far right, put on the ASA-disc and align the smallest ASA-number (25) with the red line of the dial. When you tighten the screw you have to keep the ASA-disc in place to keep it from turning, for example by sticking a needle or small nail into the little hole on the ASA-disc (marked with a red oval on the picture below). That should do it.

http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/Michael.Schwarz3/images/35GT_2.jpg

[bundok]

Not that it matters, but just for clarification, those aren't apples... they aren't oranges either, :D they're Citrons,... melons that grow wild out in the field. (...) They're non indigenous/foreign melons that likely found their way here from Africa...


I smell a new horror movie coming up: 'Attack of the Killer Melons'! :eek:


Can you tell a difference besides composition and/or maybe some PP tweaks?


Aside from the composition I only see a difference in contrast (is this due to the post processing?) and the depth of field. I like the one taken with the Yashica better, mainly because of the higher contrast. It has a more crisp look to it which fits perfectly to the chrome and the water.

[bundok]

Here's another from the same roll as the previous shots of Kodak BW400CN.
I'm really not familiar with film and its various characteristics, so I'm surprised by the amount of color in B/W film.
Maybe I shouldn't, but I've been de-saturating via iPhoto most of these shots because they show an almost dried blood red in the shadows. Is that normal? But then, what is the point of buying special (more expensive) B/W film if I'm going to de-saturate it once it goes digital?


The Kodak BW400CN is not a 'real' B/W film but a film that can be developed like any other color film in the C-41 process. Therefore developing the film is much easier because you can give it to any laboratory that developes color film and pay the same amount as for color prints. Google tells me there can be at least two possible sources for the color shades you encounter in your prints: for one the base of the film is orange like with a normal color film. When the prints are made on paper usually used for color prints you can get some color shades in your prints. Another reason might lie in the automatic of the printer. If the printer doesn't 'now' that the prints should be just B/W the same effects can occur.

But you should google that for yourself. It's a little bit difficult for me to describe the problems with this film in English.

Anyway - other people have also encountered the same problem and maybe someone has a good tip which true B/W film to use in order to get real B/W prints.

[JoeV]

Kodak's BW400CN film has an orange tint to the film base, designed to permit it to work best when being printed onto RA-4 paper in mini-lab machines.

If you try enlarging these negatives onto MG silver paper in your home darkroom, you won't be able to get good tones because the orange base acts as a severe contrast filter for the MG paper. Hence, Kodak's C-41 B/W film is not "amateur-friendly".

OTOH, Ilford's XP-2 Super, also a C-41 B/W film, has no orange tint to the film base, and prints nicely onto traditional silver paper.

You can tell which of these two companies understands the photo-enthusiast market, and which one doesn't.

~Joe

Post Script: In the future, try using the Ilford XP-2. But to salvage whatever images you've already exposed on the Kodak film, try using graded printing paper, which shouldn't be as color-sensitive to contrast as would MG paper. Select a medium-high contrast grade, maybe grade 3. Just guessing; I haven't done this with Kodak BW400CN. I prefer to give my money to the company that supports us amateurs.

Post-Post Script: I've studied Kodak's website over the years; they don't officially recognize the enthusiast amateur as even existing. It's either "pro" or "amateur" for film; amateur implying quick printing on minilabs, with dumbed-down color film that doesn't even have an ISO rating. They don't recognize that there is a potential customer base (who have subsequently given their business to others, like Ilford, Adox, Foma, et al) who are as sophisticated in technical knowledge as the "pro", but still prefers to print at home, but may want a mini-lab to process the film for them. Plenty of niche markets here that they've totally ignored. That, and in 2005 when they ended their B/W photo paper business.

[Jack Conrad]

Wow, people, all this information is truly appreciated.
I followed your directions, bundok, and it was a piece of cake. The asa dial is in the correct position now, although I have no idea why Yashica made those dials to float like that when a simple tab or pin would have solved the issue.

Anyway, thanks.

And JoeV, I guess I have a lot to learn about film. Back in the day, I never bought prints because slides were cheaper... and today I've been forgoing prints and developing straight to CD's. Why? Because it's cheaper. Same reason I shoot with a Yashica and an XA. They're cheaper. Olympus e-520? Cheaper. Manual lenses? Cheap. Scotch? Bottom shelf cheap. Women? Why else would I be so cheap?:rolleyes:

[Frontman]

Here is a shot taken from my CCN. I shot this using Acros, I probably would have gotten better results with Neopan 400.

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj268/Frontman7/YashicaCCNDecember014.jpg

[nathanp]

A colleague in work recently brought in his father's Electro 35 GSN to see if I was interested in buying it so I loaded it up with some expired Tri-X and went out in my lunch break to try it out...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4356799947_399499def4.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/4357549146_6a8b3fd590.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4357547028_4b8ae8d96c.jpg

I think I'll be keeping it! (event though the frame counter didn't advance).

[Gradskater]

Electro GTN, legacy pro 100 - larger (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4396916094_60ae672883_b.jpg)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4396916094_60ae672883.jpg

[Dan Grisez]

From my Electro 35 GSN...

http://grisez1.smugmug.com/Photography/Yashica-Electro-35-GSN-Test/FH000003/216668693_SUshp-M.jpg

http://grisez1.smugmug.com/Photography/Yashica-Electro-35-GSN-Test/FH000009/216669498_P255y-M.jpg


Dan

[Dan Grisez]

From my MG-1...

http://grisez1.smugmug.com/Photography/Yashica-MG-1-Test/R1-8A/798970198_NYPVW-M.jpg

http://grisez1.smugmug.com/Photography/Yashica-MG-1-Test/R1-6A/798970067_5UiJW-M.jpg

http://grisez1.smugmug.com/Photography/Yashica-MG-1-Test/R1-24A/798971968_z29Hy-M.jpg

Dan

[pesphoto]

Yashica CC test run

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/6/0/5/6/24882_109119169100251_100000065062880_228688_64117 07_n.jpg

[Penzes]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4401441967_b37ca173e1_o.jpg
No Photoshop, just old fashion look of film without ICE.

22th., February 2010, at home
Yashica Electro 35 GSN
Color-Yahinon DX 45mm 1,7 @ 1,7
Kodacolor 400 VR plus
Coolscan 5000

[martin-f5]

No Photoshop, just old fashion look of film without ICE.

22th., February 2010, at home
Yashica Electro 35 GSN
Color-Yahinon DX 45mm 1,7 @ 1,7
Kodacolor 400 VR plus
Coolscan 5000

so nice!
congratulation

[Penzes]

Thanks Martin. I was just shooting with the Yashica to try it after the CLA. I'm quite pleased with the results so far. I need to pull a b/w film through it. Lucas loves the camera to!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4403942991_405c999cf5_o.jpg
No Photoshop, just old fashion look of film with ICE.

22th., February 2010, at home
Yashica Electro 35 GSN
Color-Yahinon DX 45mm 1,7 @ 1,7
Kodacolor 400 VR plus
Coolscan 5000

[Carterofmars]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2717/4404969055_03ea52a906_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33433234@N07/4404969055/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4404978507_475289765f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33433234@N07/4404978507/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2801/4404988579_9aed7a7ddb_b.jpg (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/%3Ca%20href=)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2710/4405018617_c59a84b4ee_b.jpg (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/%3Ca%20href=)

[Papercut]

nice visual pun! :-)

Yashica CC test run

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/6/0/5/6/24882_109119169100251_100000065062880_228688_64117 07_n.jpg

[ampguy]

here's an old one with Reala 100, and the GSN here (http://tedmphoto.blogspot.com/2008/06/birdfeeder-swaying.html)