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Azpentax · 09-14-2020, 08:50 PM

I have a small Yashica Electro 35 collection, would like to compare notes with other Electro collectors out there.

Astro-Baby · 09-14-2020, 11:27 PM

Well I have a busted one that I cant fix.......thats about it. Would have been. Ice to get it going so would welcome any tips if you have ever fixed one. Tried doing it a’ la Yashica Guys process but his guide is no help

Azpentax · 09-15-2020, 06:57 AM

Originally posted by Astro-Baby

Well I have a busted one that I cant fix.......thats about it. Would have been. Ice to get it going so would welcome any tips if you have ever fixed one. Tried doing it a’ la Yashica Guys process but his guide is no help

try ebay #323195089089 for your repairs....

REPAIR SERVICE & CLA for YOUR Yashica ELECTRO 35 GX GS GT GSN GTN GL Camera

lesmore49 · 09-15-2020, 07:21 AM

I have a Yashica Minister lll, that I inherited. I don't know really anything about it, Don't know if it is in the Electro family. Seems in good shape, although I haven't tried to take any pictures with it.

Azpentax · 09-15-2020, 07:36 AM

Originally posted by lesmore49

I have a Yashica Minister lll, that I inherited. I don't know really anything about it, Don't know if it is in the Electro family. Seems in good shape, although I haven't tried to take any pictures with it.

The Yashica Minister with an f/2.8 4.5 cm Yashinon lens was released in February 1960 and features a selenium cell exposure meter for the first time.

Yashica 35 for more info

Winder · 09-15-2020, 10:04 AM

I'm not a collector, but I do own one (35G) that is in working condition.... or was the last time I ran a roll of film through it.

Astro-Baby · 09-15-2020, 11:05 AM

Originally posted by Azpentax

try ebay #323195089089 for your repairs....

REPAIR SERVICE & CLA for YOUR Yashica ELECTRO 35 GX GS GT GSN GTN GL Camera

Unfortunately I am not in the US and by the time I pay off the US national debt in postage costs (judging from how much the post seems to cost from the US I imagine thats what the government is doing, pay down the national debt in one go...simples just charge a trillion dollars to post something

)

I could get it looked at locally but repairs will cost far more than the camera is worth to me. Normally I would cough up cos I am sentimental about old cameras, steam engines, folk music, trams and other things that died out but this thing is such a banger just for once I am letting head rule heart and disposing of it for spares but I may just leave it on the shelf and have another go at it. Its got a lot of charm to it and I had an idea to recover it in something exotic if I can ever get it going.

**Sam_I_am** · 09-15-2020, 01:19 PM

I have been looking at different Yashicas, but not in the right place for the right price yet.

LesDMess · 09-15-2020, 03:34 PM - **1 Like**

I have the Yashica Electro 35 GT to go along with a few Yashica SLRs . . .

Astro-Baby · 09-15-2020, 11:41 PM

Yep thats the same as mine les though mines a non runner and now missing its leatherette while I had a go at fixing it.

Angelic Layer · 10-31-2020, 01:20 AM

I have a GSN which I inherited not long ago, but I hadn't bother getting the battery adapter for it, and the camera is aperture priority only.
Would like to have a Lynx someday.

Lhorn · 11-01-2020, 08:19 PM

These are interesting cameras. I tried to bid on a few on shopgoodwill but always got outbid, perhaps fortunately. Ultimately with pretty much everything they sell being "untested" I got gunshy of buying a brick. I think they are aperture priority cameras - no manual exposure right? So if their decades old electronic are failing, it's not usable. At least that's my understanding. Great looking cameras though.

Astro-Baby · 11-02-2020, 12:07 AM

They are prone go bricking from a problem called ‘Pad of Death’ theres a small rubber pad inside that perishes and once its gone the camera bricks. Its fixable but quite hard to do and sadly its not the only ill they seem to suffer from.

Angelic Layer · 11-02-2020, 12:14 AM

Originally posted by Lhorn

These are interesting cameras. I tried to bid on a few on shopgoodwill but always got outbid, perhaps fortunately. Ultimately with pretty much everything they sell being "untested" I got gunshy of buying a brick. I think they are aperture priority cameras - no manual exposure right? So if their decades old electronic are failing, it's not usable. At least that's my understanding. Great looking cameras though.

Their electronics are quite robust I hear, most of the failures are from the so called "pad of death".
Going to get a battery adapter for it and see how mine goes.

Lhorn · 11-02-2020, 10:16 PM

Canonets are the other range finder of that era that I found intriguing

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Astro-Baby Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Reigate, Surrey Posts: 764	Well I have a busted one that I cant fix.......thats about it. Would have been. Ice to get it going so would welcome any tips if you have ever fixed one. Tried doing it a’ la Yashica Guys process but his guide is no help

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Azpentax New Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 23 Original Poster	Originally posted by Astro-Baby Well I have a busted one that I cant fix.......thats about it. Would have been. Ice to get it going so would welcome any tips if you have ever fixed one. Tried doing it a’ la Yashica Guys process but his guide is no help try ebay #323195089089 for your repairs.... REPAIR SERVICE & CLA for YOUR Yashica ELECTRO 35 GX GS GT GSN GTN GL Camera

09-15-2020, 07:21 AM	#4
lesmore49 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Western Canada Posts: 12,350	I have a Yashica Minister lll, that I inherited. I don't know really anything about it, Don't know if it is in the Electro family. Seems in good shape, although I haven't tried to take any pictures with it.

09-15-2020, 07:36 AM	#5
Azpentax New Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 23 Original Poster	Originally posted by lesmore49 I have a Yashica Minister lll, that I inherited. I don't know really anything about it, Don't know if it is in the Electro family. Seems in good shape, although I haven't tried to take any pictures with it. The Yashica Minister with an f/2.8 4.5 cm Yashinon lens was released in February 1960 and features a selenium cell exposure meter for the first time. Yashica 35 for more info

09-15-2020, 10:04 AM	#6
Winder Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 6,617	I'm not a collector, but I do own one (35G) that is in working condition.... or was the last time I ran a roll of film through it.

09-15-2020, 11:05 AM	#7
Astro-Baby Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Reigate, Surrey Posts: 764	Originally posted by Azpentax try ebay #323195089089 for your repairs.... REPAIR SERVICE & CLA for YOUR Yashica ELECTRO 35 GX GS GT GSN GTN GL Camera Unfortunately I am not in the US and by the time I pay off the US national debt in postage costs (judging from how much the post seems to cost from the US I imagine thats what the government is doing, pay down the national debt in one go...simples just charge a trillion dollars to post something ) I could get it looked at locally but repairs will cost far more than the camera is worth to me. Normally I would cough up cos I am sentimental about old cameras, steam engines, folk music, trams and other things that died out but this thing is such a banger just for once I am letting head rule heart and disposing of it for spares but I may just leave it on the shelf and have another go at it. Its got a lot of charm to it and I had an idea to recover it in something exotic if I can ever get it going.

09-15-2020, 01:19 PM	#8
Sam_I_am Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Toledo, OR Posts: 851	I have been looking at different Yashicas, but not in the right place for the right price yet.

09-15-2020, 03:34 PM - 1 Like	#9
LesDMess Pentaxian Join Date: May 2011 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Photos: Albums Posts: 3,235	I have the Yashica Electro 35 GT to go along with a few Yashica SLRs . . .

09-15-2020, 11:41 PM	#10
Astro-Baby Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Reigate, Surrey Posts: 764	Yep thats the same as mine les though mines a non runner and now missing its leatherette while I had a go at fixing it.

10-31-2020, 01:20 AM	#11
Angelic Layer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 254	I have a GSN which I inherited not long ago, but I hadn't bother getting the battery adapter for it, and the camera is aperture priority only. Would like to have a Lynx someday.

11-01-2020, 08:19 PM	#12
Lhorn Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 554	These are interesting cameras. I tried to bid on a few on shopgoodwill but always got outbid, perhaps fortunately. Ultimately with pretty much everything they sell being "untested" I got gunshy of buying a brick. I think they are aperture priority cameras - no manual exposure right? So if their decades old electronic are failing, it's not usable. At least that's my understanding. Great looking cameras though.

11-02-2020, 12:07 AM	#13
Astro-Baby Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Reigate, Surrey Posts: 764	They are prone go bricking from a problem called ‘Pad of Death’ theres a small rubber pad inside that perishes and once its gone the camera bricks. Its fixable but quite hard to do and sadly its not the only ill they seem to suffer from.

11-02-2020, 12:14 AM	#14
Angelic Layer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 254	Originally posted by Lhorn These are interesting cameras. I tried to bid on a few on shopgoodwill but always got outbid, perhaps fortunately. Ultimately with pretty much everything they sell being "untested" I got gunshy of buying a brick. I think they are aperture priority cameras - no manual exposure right? So if their decades old electronic are failing, it's not usable. At least that's my understanding. Great looking cameras though. Their electronics are quite robust I hear, most of the failures are from the so called "pad of death". Going to get a battery adapter for it and see how mine goes.

11-02-2020, 10:16 PM	#15
Lhorn Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 554	Canonets are the other range finder of that era that I found intriguing

Any Yashica Electro 35 collectors out there?

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