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« on: June 08, 2011, 11:18:25 AM » |
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One of my junkstore buddies told me about a, what looked like a Rolieflex at another store so I went out and looked at it.
It was a really clean Yashica 635,a little over priced but I bought it anyways :cool:
After I had paid for it the clerk asked me if I wanted it in a bag,then the clerk next to him said 'I believe that black bag under the counter goes with that camera', so he put it into that bag.
It has been a bit busy for me,{ I had to drive over to Montana to see the new G-Grandson} This makes three new ones in the last four months :rolleyes: Almost like lambing time in sheep country?
Well anyways I didn't know what a 635 was till I Googled it and found out that it could be converted over to 35mm. I seen some filter cases in the bottom of the bag,so I looked again and I'll be darned, there was all the stuff to convert it,along with three sets of close-up lens and a telephoto lens, along with the instructions on how to use the thing.
I put a test roll through it and everything worked for 35mm. If the weather ever warms up a little I'll give it a try :p
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LarryD
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« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2011, 03:14:17 PM » |
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Cool catch.
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Film photography and the Soviet Union are not dead. Just downsized.
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« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2011, 03:51:42 PM » |
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Those are nice cameras Ronald. The 35mm adaptor kit is kind of hard to find. The taking lens is 75 or 80mm. So using 35mm film, this kit is great for portraits.
Enjoy ! Love to see some images when you can post 'em !
Charles
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"Everything is made of light, a photograph is our reminder."
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Dean Williams
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« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2011, 04:19:40 PM » |
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Neat find, Ron. You hardly ever see them with the 35mm adapter complete.
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Ronald Bishop
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« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2011, 04:58:58 PM » |
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I will run another dry roll of film thru it today. I had to trim just a tad off the canister spool to make it fit,but once in it worked fine.
The camera has a Yashinon 80mm lens,plus Yashinon Aux Telephoto lens, I have no idea what the magnification is for it? I wonder if it could be used with 35mm film? Guess I will find out as soon as the weather straightens up :mad:
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« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2011, 08:08:27 PM » |
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The Yashinon (Tessar type) lens models were made towards the end of the run, and are considered the better ones, as too many complained about the softness around the image edges of the Yashicors (triplet) in the original 635's. You did good Ronald. I don't recall what the maginification was on the tele adapters, but if it's anything like all the other w/a-tele adapters I've seen (especially Yashica's), it probably gets you to somewhere between 95-100mm.
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« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2011, 08:10:21 PM » |
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That's great! The Yashinon 80mm lens is also a four-element Tessar copy, which produces very sharp images. I posted a thread here about a test roll with a Yashica 635 sporting the "inferior" Yashikor three-element lens: http://nelsonfoto.com/SMF/index.php/topic,23360.0.htmlThese cameras, regardless of lens "grade," are capable of really good results. |
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Ronald Bishop
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« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2011, 10:30:45 PM » |
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Bad on me Joho, it has the Yasikor 1:3.5 lens. But can't complain.
I ran a roll of 35mm through it and don't see much wrong with the Yashikor, Hope I have a roll of color 120 :cool:
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