Hi Frank! It is a nice (but heavy) camera and the lens is very good. The electronics cannot be repaired but you can always find another one. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Frank Theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 22. lokakuuta 2001 23:32 Aihe: Re: Yashica Electro 35 - was: Vs: Cheating >Hi, Raimo, > >Yeah, I know you can pretty much figure out the shutter speed with the method you >mention. Thats what I've been doing, and it works acceptably well for what I've been >using the camera for. My point simply was that I would prefer a manual override, or >at least some sort of indicator in the viewfinder or >somewhere as to what the shutter speed is. No big deal, though. For what I paid for >it, I am more than happy with the results I've been getting. > >As for the "poor man's Leica" thing, well, that wasn't from me. A lovely camera (for >the price) it may be, but it ain't no Leica! I am a poor man though... :-) > >regards, >frank > >Raimo Korhonen wrote: > >> If you want a specific shutter speed it is not that difficult to get: overexposure >is over 1/500 and shake warning is under 1/30 - so watch when one of those >illuminates and adjust aperture the required number of stops. I tested one a couple >of years back for the Finnish magazine and the lens is really good. >> But poor man�s Leica is the Canonet GIII. >> All the best! >> Raimo >> > >-- >"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it >is true." -J. Robert >Oppenheimer >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
