{"id":15849,"date":"2015-09-26T09:15:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T16:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=15849"},"modified":"2015-09-26T09:15:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T16:15:37","slug":"yashica-mc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=15849","title":{"rendered":"Yashica MC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"YashicaMC-6373\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u00a0always liked how the Yashica GX was a downsized version of the Yashica GT and original Electro 35 but the Yashica MC takes it a step further packing it all into a diminutive package.\u00a0 The only trade offs seem to be that the lens has a maximum\u00a0aperture of 2.8\u00a0rather than 1.7\u00a0and it is zone focusing rather than a rangefinder but it ups the cute by a factor of 10.\u00a0 As for the zone focusing\u00a0it does have a needle in the viewfinder that points to different icons to represent distance.\u00a0 If you wanted to\u00a0you could memorize what different locations represented such as if the\u00a0needle points at the nose it’s 4 feet or the base of the mountain is 20 feet while the top is infinity.\u00a0 The exposure system appears to be derived directly from its larger siblings with its aperture control and infinitely variable electronic shutter\u00a0from 4seconds to 1\/500 seconds.\u00a0 The lens on the MC is a 40mm f2.8 comprised of 4 elements in 4 groups and as far as I can tell is pretty good.<\/p>\n

\"YashicaMC-8594\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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One thing about one camera:\u00a0 Without batteries you can still take pictures with the Yashica MC but the shutter operates at 1\/500 sec.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t