To avoid accidental photos, the shutter release can be locked. Without, the shutter speed is et to 1/500 s. The camera has not only an electric light meter, but also an electric shutter, so you really need a battery to properly shoot with it.

The later GTN and GTS feature a hot shoe, so I would suggest to look for one of those later models. They are the third models of the Electro 35 family, “the world’s first commercially successful electronically controlled 35mm camera”, produced from 1965 till They can use a wider range of film then their predecessors (25 – 1000 ISO) and have gold-plated electric contacts, which makes them less vulnerable for electric problems caused by corrosion. Luckily, if found a solution for problem number one and just accepted problem number two.Ībout the camera: The Yashica Electro GT and her sister model, the silver Electro 35 GS are electro-mechanic rangefinder cameras produced by Yashica between 19. It is as big if not bigger than most of the SLR of that times. Second, it is a really big and heavy camera. First, it needs batteries, and in this case (unlike my Pentax Auto 110 super) mercury batteries, which are for really good reasons not in production anymore. However, the camera has some downsides, which made me consider to buy one or not for more than half a year (I bought my other cameras usually on first sight). I got it at a flea market for reasonable 38 € with a leather case. The low depth of field of the of 1:1.7 combined with the ultra sharp lens and the precise rangefinder makes it also the perfect camera for portraits. The Yashica Electro 35 series is famous for its fast 1:1.7 lens and the automatic electromechanical shutter which takes exposures up to 30 seconds, which makes this cameras perfect for shooting in the evening. And due to the cold, you are mostly indoors anyway. Which is quite bad if you live in Berlin, where the Winter days are short. Before I bought the Yashica Electro 35 GT, none of my cameras was really good in low light conditions.

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