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on Jan 31, 2022 16:51:20 GMT
Posted: Jan 31, 2022 16:51:20 GMT
This was a new one for me: Yashica's Quadri-Viewer which from the appearance of the font in the Yashica logo dates back to the early- to mid- 1960s.  Yashica Quadri-viewerI have seen a Yashica Stereo Attachment which looks very similar but obviously has only 2 taking windows and fewer internal mirrors; indeed I see there's one for sale right now in Japan. Although my copy of the 4-way viewer/taker needs an internal clean, it functions pretty well so its mirrors have evidently never taken a heavy knock. The small eye-piece on the top allows you to frame the photo accurately through a bright-frame which is set behind the small central window. It's a very hefty piece of kit, weighing half a kilo. It uses a slip-on mount with a retaining screw to lock it onto a lens. |
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on Jan 31, 2022 17:55:35 GMT
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I'm guessing that the frosted and smaller second window near the edge provides an overlaid frameline like a rangefinder camera would display... or am I taking a leap too far with that assumption? Your post reminded me to do a search again for info on something I'd previously seen up for sale (at $2500+)... a stereo Yashica FX-D. There are two mentions of it after a quick look, so it's worth pointing to both links for anyone else to follow for reference. A short review: drt3d.blogspot.com/2008/02/first-impressions-of-yashica-fx-d.htmlA brief mention about the camera and it's creator - Fritz O (a.k.a., Fritz Ochotta, from Germany): 3d-nahaufnahmen.de/about_me.htmlI don't think there was ever a proper stereo (or multi-view) camera built by Yashica, but obviously there were at least some accessories provided, and this is a fascinating find. |
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on Jan 31, 2022 20:07:26 GMT
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I'm guessing that the frosted and smaller second window near the edge provides an overlaid frameline like a rangefinder camera would display... or am I taking a leap too far with that assumption? Your post reminded me to do a search again for info on something I'd previously seen up for sale (at $2500+)... a stereo Yashica FX-D. There are two mentions of it after a quick look, so it's worth pointing to both links for anyone else to follow for reference. A short review: drt3d.blogspot.com/2008/02/first-impressions-of-yashica-fx-d.htmlA brief mention about the camera and it's creator - Fritz O (a.k.a., Fritz Ochotta, from Germany): 3d-nahaufnahmen.de/about_me.htmlI don't think there was ever a proper stereo (or multi-view) camera built by Yashica, but obviously there were at least some accessories provided, and this is a fascinating find. You are perfectly correct about the frameline, which makes it very easy to use efficiently. If I had deeper pockets, I'd also grab the Yashica Stereo Attachment but as stereo types are more common, I thought it best to spend my few pennies on this more unusual quad version. I freely confess that in looking through the various Yashica product brochures for the 1960s, I have yet to find any reference to this particular accessory. That lovely stereo Yashica set-up appears quite regularly on Ebay from a top-end seller (in Austria I think) who tends to ask high prices for everything Contax/Yashica but I do know from experience that he's open to offers. As far as I know, you are also correct in believing that Yashica never produced any multi-view cameras; I think the nearest they came was in providing the lens for a Polaroid-type camera which produced 4 images and was used by some police forces in Japan and the USA. |
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on Feb 1, 2022 1:23:34 GMT
Posted: Feb 1, 2022 1:23:34 GMT
I don't think there was ever a proper stereo (or multi-view) camera built by Yashica, but obviously there were at least some accessories provided, and this is a fascinating find.
Well it wasn't officially manufactured by Yashica, but I have seen a few instances where creative shutterbugs have affixed a LEFT- and a RIGHT-handed Samurai together -- Z or Z2 only, of course -- including some creative connections on the bottom, to make in effect a stereo camera.
You can check out one such pair at:
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on Feb 1, 2022 9:24:10 GMT
Posted: Feb 1, 2022 9:24:10 GMT
I don't think there was ever a proper stereo (or multi-view) camera built by Yashica, but obviously there were at least some accessories provided, and this is a fascinating find.
Well it wasn't officially manufactured by Yashica, but I have seen a few instances where creative shutterbugs have affixed a LEFT- and a RIGHT-handed Samurai together -- Z or Z2 only, of course -- including some creative connections on the bottom, to make in effect a stereo camera.
You can check out one such pair at:
That's a fascinating find! Looking at the angle of the two Samurai bodies relative to each other, you can see that it is not so much a stereo as a 3D set-up.... Full marks to the maker - the idea of 3D half-frame images is very cool. |
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