Trying Out A New Camera...

Yashica Electro G35 - Shot on Kalimar A 35mm Zone Focus Camera

Yashica... A camera company that has made some impressive cameras, and glass.  They are no longer in business today, as they were purchased by Kyocera in 1983.  They had a long and great history producing but point and shoot, 35mm SLRs, and some amazing TLR cameras.  Today I spent the day using a very nice EE (electronic eye) or AE camera known as the Yashica Electro G35.  It's a neat little camera that is pretty much fully automatic, except it's more along the lines of a Auto Exposure Aperture Priority camera.  Most manual shooters will prefer the Aperture Priority method of AE over shutter priority.  For myself, it is irrelevant.  I will shoot my AE-1 which is Shutter Priority, and easily switch to a fully manual Spotmatic or K1000, back to my T80, fully auto Program, and then to a Aperture Priority camera without missing a beat.
But for those that prefer Aperture Priority, this is a camera for you.  It'll give you a warning, telling you "OVER" or "SLOW" for "UNDER" exposure. Yet, not only will it do that, it'll even control the shutter up to 30s open, which is near unheard of in the 50's, without a cable release, yet this camera did it!

Although this should be more under my gear blog it just doesn't seem to fit in there quite yet.  As I am testing this camera out, not just for myself, but for a fellow photographer John Meadows.  It has performed remarkably well, and the negatives from todays shots look great!  Sure, there are some over-exposed images, but, for the most part, they look great!  Sharp, clean, and looks quite decent.

The hour of shooting this camera went very nicely.  The camera performed, mostly, as it should have, compensating the shutter speed for the amount of ambient light, f-stop and film speed.  Its rangefinder is bright, big, and contrasty, while also very easy to see though.

I was extremely impressed with this camera, as it just worked as it should have.  There were minor hiccups along the way, such as the shutter staying open to long a couple of times, but that's either USER error, or an error on the camera through the battery, as it was an older battery, and probably not really a smart battery to be using for this camera

I do hope that, when, I return this camera, I get to see more images taken on it from John.

Cheers for now!