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Been spending a lot of time on here!
I found this near mint, 2½ pound bruiser in a box of "photo junk" at a yard
sale the other day, a Yashica TL Electro X.
Fortunately, it was still in its case and hardly had a mark on it. It's
also working perfectly and that big 55/1.4 lens is amazingly clean.
All it needed was new light seals which I replaced last night.
This camera accepts M42 screw-mount lenses and has a metal-bladed
electronically controlled shutter. One nice feature about the shutter
is that at the slow speeds (below (1/30) the shutter speed dial has no
click stops and intermediate settings can be used by small adjustments
of the dial. It also has a mirror lock-up feature for vibration-free, long
exposures. And, it uses an easy to find battery (PX28), like the ones
used on the Canon A-series cameras.
sale the other day, a Yashica TL Electro X.
Fortunately, it was still in its case and hardly had a mark on it. It's
also working perfectly and that big 55/1.4 lens is amazingly clean.
All it needed was new light seals which I replaced last night.
This camera accepts M42 screw-mount lenses and has a metal-bladed
electronically controlled shutter. One nice feature about the shutter
is that at the slow speeds (below (1/30) the shutter speed dial has no
click stops and intermediate settings can be used by small adjustments
of the dial. It also has a mirror lock-up feature for vibration-free, long
exposures. And, it uses an easy to find battery (PX28), like the ones
used on the Canon A-series cameras.
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