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Post by John Farrell on Oct 26, 2023 1:58:58 GMT
 Here we are - the beauty photograph of the camera. The replacement leatherette is fitted, the shutter is working, the rangefinder is clean and accurate. I have cleaned up the camera as far as possible, but none of the spare rewind shafts I have fit, the filter ring is too battered to fix, and the lens front element has haze, like a network of fine scratches. I could replace the filter ring with one from a YK or YL, and some YL cameras have the same lens as this one, but they are almost as rare as Yashica 35s. The rewind shaft from a YK could fit the camera. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2023 6:20:08 GMT
Very impressive, John.
You did a remarkable job with what you were given to you, having taken on this project was an enormous task and not for the faint-at-heart. Even with the YK rewind shaft, it would still be your own camera that stands out from the crowd, FWIW I say go ahead and use the YK filter ring.
Cheers,
Simon.
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Post by John Farrell on Oct 27, 2023 6:39:39 GMT
Very impressive, John. You did a remarkable job with what you were given to you, having taken on this project was an enormous task and not for the faint-at-heart. Even with the YK rewind shaft, it would still be your own camera that stands out from the crowd, FWIW I say go ahead and use the YK filter ring. Cheers, Simon. I have to find a YK, first, Simon - they don't come up for sale often here. |
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Post by John Farrell on Oct 31, 2023 21:17:48 GMT
I'm watching an auction for a Yashica J camera, one version of which has the same lens barrel as the YK (the other version is the same shutter and lens as the YK, but in a silver coloured barrel).
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Post by gray1720 on Oct 31, 2023 21:47:47 GMT
I'm watching an auction for a Yashica J camera, one version of which has the same lens barrel as the YK (the other version is the same shutter and lens as the YK, but in a silver coloured barrel). Then, when you've cannibalised that to fix the YK, you'll need to find another J for parts to fix the J, then.... |
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Post by spinno on Oct 31, 2023 22:09:40 GMT
I'm watching an auction for a Yashica J camera, one version of which has the same lens barrel as the YK (the other version is the same shutter and lens as the YK, but in a silver coloured barrel). Then, when you've cannibalised that to fix the YK, you'll need to find another J for parts to fix the J, then.... And I thought GAS was bad... |
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Post by gray1720 on Oct 31, 2023 22:39:52 GMT
Oh, I know all about GAS. The missus has threatened to flare me off like an oil rig.
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Post by peterba on Nov 1, 2023 12:33:57 GMT
Oh, I know all about GAS. The missus has threatened to flare me off like an oil rig.
That reads like one of your rather dodgy euphemisms, Adrian.  |
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Post by gray1720 on Nov 1, 2023 14:23:08 GMT
I resemble that remark!
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Post by John Farrell on Nov 6, 2023 5:25:08 GMT
I won the auction for the Yashica J - I'll soon see if I'm right about the parts that might fit the 35.
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Post by John Farrell on Nov 15, 2023 0:31:13 GMT
 The Yashica 35 with its donated lens tube, and an unhappy J wearing the old one. I still need to find a rewind shaft and knob - it looks like the shaft in the J has to be removed with the bush it fits in. |
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