YASHICA Y35
Oct 11, 2017 12:14:42 #
LFingar wrote:
You are aware, aren't you, that Yashica, the compa... (show quote)
It seemed odd that Yashica would resort to Kickstarter to launch a new product. I guess the new owners spent so much getting the rights to the name that they don't anything left to actually produce something.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yashica
Oct 11, 2017 12:16:45 #
rpavich wrote:
yeah. Posers.
Man-bun-hipsters.
No thanks.
Man-bun-hipsters.
No thanks.
That's funny, but only for personal associations. About twenty years ago a friend of mine was a doctor in the UK - general practice in rural Devon - had a beard and long hair. That was very unusual at the time, but he was a very good doctor. People - some of which were decades his senior, and very old school, conservative farming type people - came into the practice and asked to see "Dr. Ponytail".
He eventually took over the practice, and has now retired, no longer has the ponytail, but sometimes eccentricities work, if backed by competence.
The world is a strange thing, fashion even stranger.
Oct 11, 2017 12:20:18 #
Tom G
Loc: Atlanta, GA
rpavich wrote:
yeah. Posers.
Man-bun-hipsters.
No thanks.
Man-bun-hipsters.
No thanks.
Whaddya talkin' about? Man bun hipster? Spit it out for us old guys.
Oct 11, 2017 12:22:29 #
Tom G
Loc: Atlanta, GA
jerryc41 wrote:
I hope he was being sarcastic.
Who? and what's wrong with a little sarcasm?
Oct 11, 2017 12:32:51 #
blackest wrote:
This new camera has just appeared on kickstarter a... (show quote)
Well, you're incorrect, you don't have to change film, because it does not take film!
Oct 12, 2017 07:18:31 #
blackest wrote:
This new camera has just appeared on kickstarter a... (show quote)
Interesting but I was hoping they would do something more generic - such as a "DigiFilm" that could be used in ANY 35mm film camera. There are technical and marketing challenges but it would be more practical. Leica has a rangefinder model that is digital but has no LCD screen so it is treated like a film camera. You have to connect the camera to a computer to "develop" the pictures.
Oct 12, 2017 07:56:36 #
speters wrote:
Well, you're incorrect, you don't have to change film, because it does not take film!
It is the paradigm that they are using, a 'film' shaped canister to set the photo characteristics, It could have been a switch. The film advance lever doesnt cock the shutter or advance any film, it does seem to make the camera active and ready to receive the shutter press.
It seems silly and it is really, at least you are not winding out a piece of film to limit you to 36 exposures :)
A toy or a game maybe it's got some basic rules for you to follow. Getting good results from it, will be a challenge. Probably no light meter built in so you will have to figure out the light level and the shutter speed to use. You won't know what you captured till you retrieve or 'develop your film'.
It's the complete opposite of todays camera's that try to help you out as much as possible. If you get a good photo with this camera you earned it or got lucky. kind of film like, but at least on this your mistakes are free.
It could have been so much more a serious tool, maybe they will make a better model.
Oct 12, 2017 08:06:19 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
blackest wrote:
This new camera has just appeared on kickstarter a... (show quote)
Example of a modern trinket.
Oct 12, 2017 08:57:19 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I read about that last night. I wonder if it will sell. Instead of moving a dial or pushing buttons, you have to insert different "rolls of film" to make changes. I hope the price is low.
If you like the Idea of shooting 35mm why not go on E Bay and buy a 35mm camera for a lot less money?
Oct 12, 2017 09:07:42 #
I read somewhere that it is very cheaply made. All plastic and very fragile. There is a long thread covering it in detail somewhere else. Maybe Lensculture?
Oct 12, 2017 09:22:53 #
Years ago I donated my Yashica 35 mm film camera bought new in late 1980 early 1981. That’s where I learned to shoot 35mm film and discovered the joys of Aperture priority. I also became fairly adept at manual focus.
I’m nostalgic enough to view the thread but not enough to buy this kinda weird camera.
I did understand the man-bun hipster reference after seeing the new man-bun Ken of Barbie and Ken fame. I’m old school not cool, but that’s OK. I remember the original hipsters and don’t need to imitate the look, sound, or language because imitation isn’t cool IMHO.
I’m nostalgic enough to view the thread but not enough to buy this kinda weird camera.
I did understand the man-bun hipster reference after seeing the new man-bun Ken of Barbie and Ken fame. I’m old school not cool, but that’s OK. I remember the original hipsters and don’t need to imitate the look, sound, or language because imitation isn’t cool IMHO.
Oct 12, 2017 10:50:49 #
Hard telling if it will 'take off' but I can personally speak for Yashica's products from 'yesteryear'. When I was operating the Photo Dept. at our local newspaper many years ago, I introduced to our staff the Yashica 'Electro-35', which was a fantastic camera, especially for those reporters who were not familiar with photography/cameras, etc. It was fully automatic and simple to learn, with a great lens. It enabled many inexperieinced reporters to come back with some very well done shots, for publication. Film days were fun in their own rite, but are now memories. Only a 'fun' hobby now in my opinion. It would be interesting to try this new digital model out.
Oct 12, 2017 11:16:05 #
blackest wrote:
This new camera has just appeared on kickstarter a... (show quote)
Significant warning sign of the impending end of digital, followed by the return to what makes film so much more successful. Slow down and compose! Hope the Canikon mfrs are watching. Yashica lenses were nearly as good as Zeiss glass in their day.
How very exciting.
Oct 12, 2017 12:19:42 #
Papa Joe wrote:
Hard telling if it will 'take off' but I can perso... (show quote)
Except that this new novelty is a Yashica in name only. Yashica, the company that built my first "real" camera, the Electro 35, and my first SLR, the TL Super, hasn't existed in years. The company that is trying to market this current camera is a Hong Kong company that bought the Yashica name. Nothing about Yashica's former reputation can be attached to this new company. Only the name.
Oct 12, 2017 18:08:05 #
Sounds like an April fools joke. Is this sold only to blonds or in Poland? Ok, here it comes, the stereotyping out of a type of people, but come on, you all know what I mean.
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