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on Oct 5, 2022 14:20:07 GMT
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on Oct 5, 2022 14:36:30 GMT
Posted: Oct 5, 2022 14:36:30 GMT
Hi Ariel It's a really nice piece of kit! Mine gets used a lot although I don't usually involve the bulb-holders for lighting as I prefer LEDs for consistency and coolness. One thing though, it takes quite a few minutes to set up and is a real pain to try and get back into the box! If you do a lot of macro work or copying, it's very handy.
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on Oct 5, 2022 18:07:12 GMT
Posted: Oct 5, 2022 18:07:12 GMT
Although I haven't used a copy stand in decades, my previous experience has been tied to Testrite stands... the larger and much taller CS-9 and the moderately sized CS-2, which has a center column and mount similar to this Yashica model. I'm not a fan of the desktop lamp style hinged swing arms used for the lamp holders, specifically for the reason noted by Graham about teardown and storage whenever you can't have dedicated space for them to remain assembled. They can also be limiting in their movements to adjust light angles independently when you're not shooting perfectly flat or near-flat objects.
Having said all that, I am surprised that the Yashica stand is as complex as it is for a consumer model, and having a grid on the base is something that was usually an option on the commercial types.
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on Oct 6, 2022 19:30:56 GMT
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At least it looks like that the swing arms could be removed completely by sliding it out of the axis. And based on both feedbacks here, it is highly probable that people ended up doing that.
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on Oct 7, 2022 5:57:58 GMT
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At least it looks like that the swing arms could be removed completely by sliding it out of the axis. And based on both feedbacks here, it is highly probable that people ended up doing that. After reading this, it prompted me to see if Yashica may have taken the same approach that Testrite did, where they had a couple of different setups using the same base and column (the CS-1), and then included add-ons like adjustable camera mount arms and different lighting kits, and then packaged them as successive model numbers, as CS-2, CS-3, etcetera. I figured that if there was a Yashica Copy Stand Type II, there might also been a Type I and maybe even a Type III or IV. A search popped up a (new to me) 1980 Yashica/Contax dealer price list (from Pacific Rim), but there is only a single model listed for that year... the Type II, at $200 MSRP, and $124/117.95 dealer net prices. That would probably have put it into the same price bracket as the similar Testrite models, or a few others, like the Bogen kits. I did find another one of the Yashica models (suggested to be from 1971), but it isn't labeled on the box as a "Type II"... yashicasailorboy.com/tag/copy-stand
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on Oct 7, 2022 9:37:38 GMT
Last Edit: Oct 7, 2022 12:55:38 GMT by biggles3
Hi lumiworx , The original version on Chris' website is in effect Copy Stand 1; there being no expectations of revisions to it, it was simply branded as Yashica Copy Stand. The Yashica Copy Stand II has some detail differences and one ergonomic improvement. Although the grid pattern and number/size of squares are both identical, the base has rounded corners; also the bakelite bulb housings have made way to metal ones. The ergonomic change was in the position of the column lock which was sensibly moved from behind the column to its side where it is much more easily accessible. Both versions are made to a very high standard and critically, the column is always perfectly vertical - there's never the slightest hint of movement. The ensemble weighs a hefty 6 kilos (over 13lbs). It was always seen as an integral part of the Contax Real Time System and featured in all the early system brochures and was one of only three Yashica items to appear in the Contax brochures. The two other items were the Medical DX 100 Macrophoto System and the Microscope Adapter F. By 1985, they had been dropped from most Contax literature but could still be seen in Yashica SLR brochures, such as Kyocera's first one in 1983, titled simply as: Yashica SLRs.
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