{"id":1779,"date":"2010-10-05T22:23:51","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T05:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2011-02-22T15:27:55","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T23:27:55","slug":"yashica-electro-35-gt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=1779","title":{"rendered":"Yashica Electro 35 GT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-1781\"><span><span><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1781\" title=\"_K7_2896\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/K7_2896.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/K7_2896.jpg 800w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/K7_2896-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Yashica Electro 35 rangefinders are wonderful cameras with an electronically controlled shutter and aperture priority.\u00a0 The f 1.7 lens allows plenty of light for low light shooting, however there is no shutter speed indicator beyond the basic over exposure and slow shutter warning.\u00a0 If you can live within those limitations it provides\u00a0 sharp well exposed images.\u00a0 I shot these images using Kodak professional plus-x.\u00a0 Kodak describes the film thus &#8221; PLUS-X\u00a0125 \t\t\t\t\tFilm offers a combination of sharpness and fine grain \t\t\t\t\tthat makes it the ideal film for beautifully printable \t\t\t\t\tnegatives in moderate-to-bright light.&#8221;\u00a0 I would agree and because it has been used for so many years it has a particular look that many people expect when they view a B&amp;W image.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 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portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Sept_2010_Yashica_GT025.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Sept_2010_Yashica_GT025-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Sept_2010_Yashica_GT023.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Sept_2010_Yashica_GT023-150x150.jpg\" 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style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Here is a detail from one of the images.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-1789\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Sept_2010_Yashica_GT013_closeup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1789\" title=\"Sept_2010_Yashica_GT013_closeup\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Sept_2010_Yashica_GT013_closeup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Sept_2010_Yashica_GT013_closeup.jpg 490w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Sept_2010_Yashica_GT013_closeup-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- End Content Table --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yashica Electro 35 rangefinders are wonderful cameras with an electronically controlled shutter and aperture priority.\u00a0 The f 1.7 lens allows plenty of light for low light shooting, however there is no shutter speed indicator beyond the basic over exposure and slow shutter warning.\u00a0 If you can live within those limitations it provides\u00a0 sharp well 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