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Talk me out of a flawless Yashica Lynx 14 DX

Yeahhhhhhh!!!! Congrats!! You will be thrilled to have this tank of a camera!!
 




Love the all-metal lens. This should be called the Like-a.

It will need light seals, and eventually a battery. NO fungus in the lens. Absolutely flawless copy. Everything works.
 
It is a BEAST!!! This week I'm going to work on getting the light seals done and getting a battery for it.
 
Wait, into or out of? The camera as a great lens as far as I'm concerned, though I rarely use it during the day. I need to take out out more, just to see what it can do in daylight with slower film.



 
Congratulations, j-dogg! I bought a Yashica last year purely for its fast lens (Electro 35 GSN f1.7) and while my digitally inclined friends exclaim over the 'oh my, it's a brick' factor, they're always astonished that I've been sitting there taking photos of them while they're talking. Rangefinders are brilliant in terms of discretion, regardless of their size, and sooooo quiet compared to my Canon. Your Lynx is gorgeous. Enjoy!
 
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I hope to have this up and running by the time our next photowalk comes......gonna trip some of them out with it. I might even do analog only on the walk. 45 1.4 is plenty good enough for walking around
 
Yes, I did this recently with a friend who wanted to try out his brand new Canon 60D. A group of tourists showed up and I was the one who wound up with people coming over to ask questions when they saw me loading up another roll of film.
 
j-dogg said:




Love the all-metal lens. This should be called the Like-a.

It will need light seals, and eventually a battery. NO fungus in the lens. Absolutely flawless copy. Everything works.
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Good for you!

You go dawg!
 
Excellent. I have a Yashica Minister which is nice..... but not quite as nice as this!


Steve.
 
M.A.Longmore said:
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Check Your Starfleet Engineering Corps Manual,
for the proper spelling !
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Or refer to the International Aluminium Institute: http://www.world-aluminium.org/




Steve.
 
Well why do Americans call it aluminum, when it's actually not called aluminum? It's not that hard to say.
 
tomalophicon said:
Well why do Americans call it aluminum, when it's actually not called aluminum? It's not that hard to say.
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Being as " Starfleet Academy " is located in San Francisco, USA !
I'll stick with Aluminum, besides, I have a 304.8 meter roll in the kitchen cabinet.
Maybe when that runs out ...

Ron
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M.A.Longmore said:
I have a 304.8 meter roll in the kitchen cabinet.
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Are you sure? Isn't it 304.8mm wide? Also known as one English foot!

And apologies to Mr j-dogg for using his thread for light hearted banter but it seems to have been superfluous as he has bought the camera despite our best efforts to dissuade him!


Steve.
 
There's a GAS alert switching in my brain at the moment (the red light and the blip sound, saying "GAS danger", "GAS danger", "GAS danger", you know that already).

The present destination of my Canonet 19 is to be loaded with an 800 ISO colour negative film for those situations of low ambient light and no flash, or low ambient light, flash, and very high decorated church ceiling. The Lynx 50/1.4 might serve that purpose even better. Generally speaking, I have no lens more open than my 45/2, a f/1.4 would be a useful addition to my gear (or so the GAS devil whispers in my ear).

The question is: how precise and how "usable" is the range-finder at f/1.4? Does it allow to reach the maximum sharpness the lens is capable of? Or is the range-finder the limiting factor in sharpness, at full aperture? I'm talking about serious sharpness here, the one you would expect from a top-quality lens. I'm sure the Yashica lens is top-quality, I wonder if the range-finder is up to the task at full aperture.
 
Diapositivo said:
I wonder if the range-finder is up to the task at full aperture.
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I expect that the rangefinder was very accurate when the camera was new. It might still be but needs to be checked.

It's quite easy to focus on a variety of things and use a tape measure to check the actual distance against the distance marking on the lens. The question is, how accurate is that lens marking compared to what is actually being focused onto the film?

In reality, a roll of film with various subjects being photographed with the aperture wide open will either delight or dissapoint. That's probably the easiest way to find out.


Steve.
 
Dog - That is a great camera! Congrats. I have the 14E and found it easy to find the battery. I looked on the net for a A640PX 1.5V Alkaline Battery and got one in no time for next to nothing. Works great in the 14E's meter. My exposures look spot on.
 
OK...
Buy it then send it to me...

Sent from my HTC Inspire using Tapatalk
 
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