Give us a sample picture from your Yashica

[whereshaldo]

FInally have enough film through the GSN to come up with some photos. These are all from a recent trip to Vietnam. Quality of the actual photos is much better than these images -- I used Walgreens Photo CD service to get these, but I felt the digital images excessively grainy compared to the actual prints.

Hal

[Gabriel M.A.]

Diomedes: very very nice!

[b1bmsgt]

Hi!
Here are a couple of shots from my GSN, which I cleaned and re-leathered recently. The POD was made of a clear material which was still in perfect condition. I have noticed this on some GSN's, while others have the deteriorating pile of goo. (I currently have about 20 Electro's in various stages of dissassembly...)
Anyway, I had the GSN out yesterday and shot a roll of Plus-X. Processed it last night and printed out a few of the beter ones, of which these 2 are the best. The third shot is a digital of my GSN.
The Yashica's and the Ciro-flex TLR's that I recently discovered (I have 7 of them right now!) inspired me to get back into the darkroom after a 19 year lull. Forgot how much fun it is!! I still use my digital occasionally, for snap-shot purposes and ebay listings, but the Yashica and the Ciro-flex are for more serious photography. Now I have a new excuse for going back to all the museums that I have been to a million times!!

Regards to all,

Russ

[sf]

Originally Posted by IGMeanwell

Hi everyone, I am new to the forum .... I figured this would be a good place for my first post since my main rangefinder is the Electro 35 GS

TO IGMeanwell : fantastic shot. The most noble of uses for a camera.

[sf]

Hey, Chris, I LOVE your little subtitle there about UPS. They have done a number on me lately.

Nice shot, too. Has luminosity - the person by the aquarium.

[cp_ste.croix]

Thanks guys...and no worries Jan

Yeah UPS has lost my business forever, their 'customer service' was merely a collection of misinformation told to me by several different people over several weeks. just terrible.

[jan normandale]

I don't mean to hijack this thread with UPS stories.... but... I quit using them unless forced to by a vendor. I now choose USPS, Canada Post, British Post Office etc. Cost less , far less "surprise" add on charges and the delivery time is only one or two days difference when using a "priority parcel" postage rate

[Kevin]

I received my first Yashica electro today, a 35 GSN. No battery in it but it sure looks clean. I read somewhere that the shutter should still fire (with no battery) at 1/500. Mine does not. Is this true or will this rf only fire with a working battery?

Thanks for any info.
Kevin

[cp_ste.croix]

hmm...I will check this with mine when I get home if no one has answered it by then.

[cp_ste.croix]

That look familiar to what mine look like if memory serves...I should be home in about 2 hours

[filmgoerjuan]

I have a GSN that I just got (no battery, waiting on the Yashica Guy adapter to arrive) and it will still fire when I cock and release the shutter. I believe you're right that it's supposed to default to 1/500 of a second without battery.

The Yashica GSN page on Matt's Cameras mentions the default 1/500 shutter speed.

[Kevin]

Yes I have been reading that on many different pages. Unfortunately this one's shutter does not open at all. I think the blades are stuck.

Looks like I will either have to return it or repair it myself. POD is not present - the film advance produces a healthy clunk.

[cp_ste.croix]

Yeah, it sounds like it needs repairs...mine fires without a battery as well. They are great cameras however, son't let this minor setback dissuade you from owning one.

[b1bmsgt]

Hello Kevin,

From your picture your shutter blades look normal. They are not supposed to be symmetrical. As far as your shutter problem, you might try this:

Remove the bottom of the camera by removing the three screws. Above the gears of the winding system there are two shafts with screwdriver slots, a large one and a smaller one. (See the picture attached) With a jewelers screwdriver of the proper size, turn the smaller one counter-clockwise a turn at a time and try your shutter after each turn. It is possible that there is not enough travel to trip the shutter lever that comes out of the lens assembly. Turning the shaft will increase the travel. If after 5 or 6 turns it still doesn't trip the shutter, there may be something more seriously wrong.

Hope this helps.

Russ

[jon_flanders]

It is quite likely that the shutter blades are stuck together with old lube. You need to take ou the front lens element and clean the blades with q tips and lighter fluid. I have fixed quite a few old leaf shutters this way.

Its not a difficult repair really. It might take a few days of letting the blades dry and checking before you are sure that the problem is gone.

[Kevin]

Thanks for all your repair tips, I have decided to keep this after seeing all the great images in this thread!!!

[ush]

ok my turn,
my first electro-fied roll just got back from the lab, and after a big fight with my old filmscan 200 and XP i can now proudly present you Jeanne, my daughter =)

there's a few more shots on My Gallery

[enochRoot]

Originally Posted by qaiade

Yes, she's quite the gangsta.

hehehe. then the photo is backwards, or she did it backwards. now it says "boold"

btw...i'm waiting on a 35cc i just bought. but i checked the tracking number today, and it seems to have been sent to california (instead of ohio). i hope the guy gave me the wrong tracking number as opposed to it actually being sent to the wrong place. i'm excited to try it out!

[goodharbor]

http://static.flickr.com/18/70955706_edf60107b0.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/33/55667617_1b134c9330.jpg

[luketrash]

This is probably a good place to say 'Hi' to everyone. I've had my Yashicas since 2000 when I bought them at GoodWill. At the time I didn't know much about photography. I got a test roll of film back from the GS and was hooked. That was late 2004.

Any G, GS, or GSN shots I scan end up here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/luketrash/sets/406352/

They're great cameras when they work right. In my opinion the build quality of the G I have is better than the GS, and the GS better than the GSN. They all work the same.

I prefer them over my Yashica TL Electro-X SLR camera that has a 50mm Yashinon f1.4 lens.

[ErnestoJL]

Hi folks!
To be honest I should have posted some pictures some time ago, as I had a Lynx 14 and a GSN since September 2004. Instead, I uploaded some pictures in My Gallery.
All of them but two were taken with Yashicas (the other two with a New Canonet 19 (don´t have it now)).

Ernesto

[X360]

[ush]

X360 two questions if you don't mind

1) do you have a higher resolution pic, i can't read her phone number
2) do you know that guy on the right, maybe he's got a better view of the situation

=)

[X360]

No, I wish I knew the guy on the left .

By the way that was taken with my electro GS. it was shot straight into the light. looks like I got some lense flare

[Iskra 2]

How did X360 post that picture?

(Linked)

Ok, Ok, I see now.

"Film is dead"! This "Made in China" Kodak Max 800-4 is a perfect example. Sold and processed by Martha K.

The old Color Yashinon DX is outdated, no plastic.

Oh well........ Kodachrome is still better for me.