More good things in small packages: Yashica Electro 35CC

Hi Folks, I had a chance to test my new/old Yashica Electro 35CC camera on a dreary, rainy day with Ilford Delta 100 film. Well, I certainly can't complain about the quality of the 35mm lens or the way the Delta 100 renders old architecture and textures on a rainy day. I like the Delta much more than the Kodak BW400CN that I tested before. I often had the horizon off, so I need to practice holding the camera level. These examples are from Edwards, Mississippi, a rather beat-up little town just south of Interstate 20 and near the Big Black River in western Mississippi. The town was much more prosperous up through the 1970s, but has been losing commerce and population since then, similar to many other Mississippi towns. If you like this type of photography, Mississippi has a wealth of opportunities. Thank for reading.

Nice work. I do like that style of photography - archiving and preserving the history of places like this.

Those Yashica's were excellent cameras with nice sharp lenses, my sister had a 35GSN with the 45mm f1.7 lens. Always good solid cameras and reliable, keep shooting

Ian

Love the OOF areas on the first shot. Looks like it's vibrating. I was always put off the CC because of the 250th top speed. Kinda feels like it's nullifying the creative possibilities of the aperture priority a bit. I would like to get myself a GX at some point though.

"Temps perdu"

I do like those pictures!

Arbitrarium said:

I was always put off the CC because of the 250th top speed. Kinda feels like it's nullifying the creative possibilities of the aperture priority a bit. .

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You are right that the 1/250 is a problem sometimes, especially when using 400-speed film. I found I had to use a polarizer as a substitute for a neutral density filter in sunny conditions. But the strength of this little CC is the shutter will stay open as long as about 15 sec., and I take many pictures in dusk or in old buildings. To handle reciprocity, I adjust the ISO rating, which is clumsy but it fools the meter.