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on Feb 6, 2015 17:18:16 GMT
Posted: Feb 6, 2015 17:18:16 GMT
I just spotted a very rare Yashica 35mm camera which I had completely forgotten about; check out: www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Carl-Zeiss-M35F-Microscope-Camera-Winder-M-/360488333513?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53eec770c9
This particular model is doubly unusual in that it the very rare Flash version of the rather rare M 35 camera, and is designated M 35 F. It is in essence a cut-down FR, without any frills or pentaprism/metering; I think this means that the M 35 variants are the only non-SLR versions of the FR. Unless of course you guys know differently....?
The photos show it attached to the Yashica Power Winder and many were also fitted with the Data-Back - as you can see from the images, the back is removable.
I have spotted one for auction in the UK and so will try to grab it; if successful, I'll report back.
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on Feb 19, 2015 2:28:49 GMT
Posted: Feb 19, 2015 2:28:49 GMT
I was at first set off by the fact it was being touted as a Carl Zeiss camera (seeing as you identified it as a Yashica FR variant), until I saw the logo in the one photo. Then the dumb thought went through my head of "Why does a microscope camera need a hot-shoe?", until I recalled you put a cord connecter there, and hook up one or two flashes at the stage. Okay, senior moment is over.
PF
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on Feb 19, 2015 14:32:04 GMT
Posted: Feb 19, 2015 14:32:04 GMT
Hello PF,
It has to be admitted that these cameras are of limited value these days but a curio all the same. Unfortunately I didn't win the one on Ebay I was watching, which was incorrectly identified as a Nikon M 35 'with a Yashica Data Back and Winder' and I walked away from the bidding when it reached £34. Although I pointed out the error in identifying the camera manufacturer to the seller, the listing remained unchanged; the Nikon M 35 models still get bought for good money but I suspect the winning bidder may be quite upset when it emerges that s/he's bought a Yashica and not a Nikon. Who knows, it may reappear on that auction site again and I'll have another bid; I'm just curious to have a look at the revisions from a standard FR.
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on Feb 20, 2015 2:23:59 GMT
Posted: Feb 20, 2015 2:23:59 GMT
So, you didn't stick around to see what it went for? I'm always putting things on my watch list because I'm curious about what they may cost if I were to try and add them to the collection. But at the moment I'm only bidding on or buying stuff I plan to use, not let sit on the shelf. But with a bigger budget, I'd probably have all sorts of oddities sitting around here. Or I could drive up to the Camera Heritage Museum in Staunton, VA for a look around. PF |
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on Feb 20, 2015 16:56:48 GMT
Posted: Feb 20, 2015 16:56:48 GMT
It sold for £35 BUT that does not necessarily reflect the maximum price that the winner placed; the Nikon variants sell for £65-75 so the bidding could have gone a lot further. Like you I suspect, if it wasn't for budget limitations I'd have been tempted to keep bidding as the camera is quite a curio. I don't think Yashica made many of them - certainly fewer than Nikon - but their tie-in with Zeiss on the Contax Real Time System possibly obliged them to set up a production line. Usually, when these Yashica M 35s appear, they are the result of hospital/laboratory clear-outs so a few surface each year on Ebay.com but don't make the international Ebay sites as they tend to be marked for US-only posting. Very frustrating...
Maybe the next one....
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on Feb 21, 2015 1:56:10 GMT
Posted: Feb 21, 2015 1:56:10 GMT
Every so often I see some Olympus proctoscope gear for sale, but it's rarely attached to a special body, just a normal OM camera.
PF
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