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on Jul 15, 2016 21:31:34 GMT
Posted: Jul 15, 2016 21:31:34 GMT
I was looking at a couple of items on Ebay and realised that we don't have a category on this Forum for any digital cameras.
There has been a healthy online debate elsewhere as to the relative merits/demerits of the Yashica/Kyocera Finecam SL300R and SL400R vs the Contax SL300RT.
I love the Contax SL300RT and i4R cameras - they are design icons and can produce beautiful images using their Zeiss lenses, even though they use only 3MP sensors. I have never owned the Yashica SL300R - they don't appear that often here in Europe and I have the Contax version already. Today I have just bought the updated version of the Yashica camera, the Kyocera SL400R, from a US seller and will check it against the Contax. The Finecam has a 4MP sensor rather than the 3MP in the Contax which one would think might resolve the mtter in favour of the Finecam but the Contax has the Zeiss glass with its T* coating which the online debate suggests is superior to the Yashica/Kyocera camera's lens.
If it's of any interest to members of this Forum, I'll report back with some piccies to provide a definitive comparison. |
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on Jul 16, 2016 1:28:39 GMT
Posted: Jul 16, 2016 1:28:39 GMT
The only Yashica digital cameras I remember seeing for sale were p&s type, with the quality of a Holga.
PF
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on Jul 16, 2016 8:59:36 GMT
Posted: Jul 16, 2016 8:59:36 GMT
The only Yashica digital cameras I remember seeing for sale were p&s type, with the quality of a Holga. PF You are right about those nasty looking p&s types.
However, when the SL300R was first released, it was marketed under a 'Yashica Innovate Digital' brand, albeit with the Kyocera logo, before eventually being sold as a Kyocera product. It was seeing a box for the SL300R with the Yashica Innovate Digital logo that got me thinking. You imply leaving things as they are and I'm sure on reflection that you're right; those p&s nasties do a disservice to the Yashica heritage...
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on Jul 18, 2016 1:18:11 GMT
Posted: Jul 18, 2016 1:18:11 GMT
Oh, I'm not implying anything, just that I never knew the SL300R and SL400R existed. The EZ F521 and FX581 (same camera, two different market names) were made after Kyocera sold the brand. They looked nice, but the lens reminds one of those "Optical Glass Lens" fixed focus plastic craptastic cameras of the eighties.
PF
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