Yashica Half 17

PtJudeRI

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• Nov 23, 2014

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I have had this camera for a while now, it's in pristine condition, but I think the meter has died on it. Any chance to get it working again, or is it just a shelf queen now? I think it's such a neat little camera, I'd love to use it more! Any advice would be great!

 

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• Nov 23, 2014

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it would cost vastly more than the camera is worth to replace the cell, assuming you could find someone willing to try (Zack's?) -- several of those have a manual mode, though. They are cute, I've got a couple.

 

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• Nov 23, 2014

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If I understand correctly, that camera has a flash mode in which the shutter speed is fixed at 1/30 and you can manually control the aperture. I've used my Olympus Pen EE-S that way.

 

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• Nov 24, 2014

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Meh, I guess its back to the shelf. Oh well....