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on Apr 7, 2021 12:21:23 GMT
Posted: Apr 7, 2021 12:21:23 GMT
Camera-wiki has a list of the Zoomate series ... but you have to add in the Campus and Elite variants and even some Power Zoom and EZS Zoom models too, to get the bigger picture!
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on Apr 7, 2021 14:27:54 GMT
Posted: Apr 7, 2021 14:27:54 GMT
Camera-wiki has a list of the Zoomate series ... but you have to add in the Campus and Elite variants and even some Power Zoom and EZS Zoom models too, to get the bigger picture! Ouch. I'm not sure my bank balance can cope with that many... I think I'll just wait for the 110W as I fancy that 28mm lens.
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on Apr 7, 2021 17:28:50 GMT
Posted: Apr 7, 2021 17:28:50 GMT
Ouch. I'm not sure my bank balance can cope with that many... I think I'll just wait for the 110W as I fancy that 28mm lens. If my numbers are anywhere near correct, there are a total of 220 models of both the standard rangefinder-type cameras (Electro 35, Lynx 14/14E, etc.) and all the various compact and PnS models. If you'd subtract the early Yashica metal RF types and the pre-Kyocera Point-n-Shoots, I'd think that could easily leave 3/4 of that number as those produced during the Kyocera years as the mega-menagerie of permutations and spin-offs that would quickly cost a small fortune to represent by getting every one they made. Other than getting a very select few of them (a couple of the T's, and a FineCam digital, so far), I decided to leave the rest of the plasticky kinds of PnS acquisitions on the back burner and focus on the earlier stuff for now. I don't think I'll be able to stock an entire museum, but a small gallery wing might be doable. :)
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on Apr 8, 2021 10:46:31 GMT
Last Edit: Apr 26, 2021 14:09:31 GMT by biggles3
This very neat little camera, the Yashica Zoomate 70Z, appeared today, bought because it looks so different to its Zoomate 70 predecessor. Zoomate 70ZThe Zoomate 70Z sports a Kyocera 38-70 f5.2-9.1 AF zoom lens which is reputedly every bit as sharp as the Yashica version on the Zoomate 70; they both share the same 5/5 optical formula. It weighs just under 7 ounces (189g) without its 2 AA batteries but feels really solid, belying its lightness. By contrast, here's the Zoomate 70... Zoomate 70
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on Apr 8, 2021 11:22:29 GMT
Posted: Apr 8, 2021 11:22:29 GMT
Thumbs up for all AA battery powered cameras, film or digital.
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on Apr 8, 2021 21:41:28 GMT
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Thumbs up for all AA battery powered cameras, film or digital. Couldn't agree more! My only problem is that with all my working gear, I go through about 500+ AA and about 120 AAA batteries each year, including rechargeable ones. And don't get me started on Contax NiCad packs from the 1970s...
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on May 24, 2021 10:47:28 GMT
Last Edit: May 24, 2021 10:49:48 GMT by biggles3
Gradually nearing the end of the Zoomate series; here's the Yashica Zoomate 115. Yashica Zoomate 115I've not yet tried it with film but there are a few reviews and sample piccies on-line which suggest that the camera and Kyocera 38-115 zoom lens are decent though not spectacular performers. Like many zooms, picture quality is best towards the wider end with photos taken at 115mm being rather soft and with the camera's AF having issues in focusing at the longer focal lengths. Being produced in 1999, this camera is part of the more compact Zoomate range that developed over time. You do have to ask though whether there was a need for all of the 38-105, -115 and -120 models; I have ignored the 110mm as this featured a very different lens offering a wider angle of 28mm as with the 90W.
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