Flash-O-Set surprise
Apr 19, 2022 13:23:11 GMT
on Apr 19, 2022 13:23:11 GMT
Posted: Apr 19, 2022 13:23:11 GMT
It's amazing how stupid one can feel when you've failed to spot something that's been right in front of your eyes - in this case perhaps for some 60 years or more.... Doh!
This is a close-up of the lovely 4cm lens on the original Yashica Flash-O-Set rangefinder camera.
Flash-O-Set filter
As you can see (and until now I failed miserably to do so) there is an inverted 1961 Yashica logo peeping out from behind the lens' bezel.
It was only because I was replacing the 15v battery that I had the camera tilted in such a way as to catch the light and reveal the branding. It is part of a factory-fitted UV filter which was not, of course, fitted to the two Flash-O-Set II models with their lenses being surrounded by a glass bezel for the selenium cell, and carrying a filter ring.
With Yashica, much more than Contax, one's education never seems to finish...
This is a close-up of the lovely 4cm lens on the original Yashica Flash-O-Set rangefinder camera.
Flash-O-Set filter
As you can see (and until now I failed miserably to do so) there is an inverted 1961 Yashica logo peeping out from behind the lens' bezel.
It was only because I was replacing the 15v battery that I had the camera tilted in such a way as to catch the light and reveal the branding. It is part of a factory-fitted UV filter which was not, of course, fitted to the two Flash-O-Set II models with their lenses being surrounded by a glass bezel for the selenium cell, and carrying a filter ring.
With Yashica, much more than Contax, one's education never seems to finish...
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