Last year I strayed from the SLR path to discover fixed-lens rangefinders. I bought and tried seven, kept two. Each is a 1970s Yashica Electro with a 6-element, 4-group color Yashinon DX f/1.7 lens. The lens is so sharp at f/2 that I'm selling my Pentax 50/1.2 PKA. (It's already in the hands of a potential buyer; if he declines, I'll offer it to the list.) The sharpness was confirmed in contemporaneous reviews in Amateur Photographer. I keep one in my car and use the other at school events to quietly take close-up photos of the audience and the actors.
The 4-element Yashinon is not as sharp as the Yashinon DX or Color Yashinon DX. William Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Heh. What's up with all these Yashica tlr's? I'm supposed to take delivery of a Yashica D this week... and it has the 4 element Yashinon lenses also. Do we need like a sub PUG (yug???) for us new yashica owners? :-) Paul Franklin Stregevsky 13 Selby Court Poolesville, Maryland 20837-2410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] H (301) 349-5243 - 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 .
