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on Sept 8, 2021 15:09:56 GMT
Last Edit: Jan 17, 2024 22:43:43 GMT by biggles3
This is one of the hardest Yashica TLRs to find outside Japan: the delightful Rookie. Yashica Rookie TLR resAlthough a pretty basic camera, one of its biggest claims to fame came from it being dual-format; using a mask, it can shoot 6x6 or 6x4.5, like the much later and more sophisticated Yashica 635. It uses Yashimar 80mm f3.5 lenses and offers shutter speeds from 1/25 to 1/300s plus X. This one's Copal shutter is firing accurately at all speeds; remarkable after 65 years!
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on Oct 21, 2021 11:30:24 GMT
Posted: Oct 21, 2021 11:30:24 GMT
How typical! After waiting a decade or more to find an affordable, working Rookie and then buying it, another turns up out of the ether... Yashica Rookies - a brace I could have saved myself a few pennies had I waited a month or so but then, according to the Law of Sod, had I not paid for one, the other one would probably never have materialised. Ah well, with such ancient gear, it pays to have a back-up.
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on Oct 22, 2021 12:19:21 GMT
Posted: Oct 22, 2021 12:19:21 GMT
How typical! After waiting a decade or more to find an affordable, working Rookie and then buying it, another turns up out of the ether... ... and if another one turns up out of the ether again, you will buy it too
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Group: Moderator
Post: 2,077 (584 liked)
Join date: April 2014
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on Oct 22, 2021 13:06:04 GMT
Posted: Oct 22, 2021 13:06:04 GMT
How typical! After waiting a decade or more to find an affordable, working Rookie and then buying it, another turns up out of the ether... ... and if another one turns up out of the ether again, you will buy it too Hmmmm, you know me too well!
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