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Post by John Parry on Nov 19, 2006 18:45:51 GMT -5
It's as bad as that - I'd actually forgotten I'd put a bid on for this one. Only found out I'd won it in the eBay "You need to pay for...." section. No hope for me. But I'm glad I've got it. The best Yashica AF ever made - with a back-up AF lens on board too!
I have a 200-AF and a 270, but they're nowhere like the standard of the 230.
Regards - John
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Post by nikonbob on Nov 19, 2006 19:00:22 GMT -5
Lucky you, except for the memory bit. I have not used my 230 AF kit in at least 10 years but I will say that it worked very well but that the AF hunted at times. I think I can forgive that considering most AF cameras of that period did so. All in all a pretty capable camera.
Bob
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Post by John Parry on Jan 5, 2007 10:56:20 GMT -5
Finally received the Yashica 230AF. The people in the shop downstairs had received it, put it under a chair and forgotten about it!
It's superb. In original packaging, not a mark on it, all the accessories and flash in their slots in the styrofoam. Going to put a battery in it tonight to try it out. I don't honestly believe this has ever been used. With its own 50mm lens and a 35 - 70mm macro zoom, all for £28 ($50), including postage, this may be one of the best buys I've made on eBay up to now!
Regards - John
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Post by nikonbob on Jan 5, 2007 17:11:07 GMT -5
Wow, that would not even cover the sales tax on that kit new. Do you have the tele converter to use C/Y MF lenses on the 230? Seems to work just fine.
Bob
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Post by John Parry on Jan 6, 2007 19:25:02 GMT -5
This Yashica 230AF is something else. Well, they say never look a gift horse in the mouth, so I gave the seller glowing feedback, thank you very much. But this is odd. I've had a really good look at it now, and this camera has never been used. You can tell, right? None of the tiny scratchmarks where the lens has been locked in place, or oil from the fingers around the release button or other controls.
I asked the seller if he had ever used it and he made a joke about being obsessive about original packaging and needing to get a life.
The thing is though, what I actually bought was "Yashica camera with original and additional zoom lens and 'clip-on' flash all in very good condition and boxed in original boxes." What I got was the camera, flash and AF 35 - 70mm lens, plus a Yashica 50mm f1.9 ML lens. The 50mm doesn't fit the AF camera. As the zoom alone is probably worth what I paid, I'm not going to argue. It works just fine!
Bob - as it happens, I have the converter, which should work ok with the ML lens (which will give me an 80mm f2.8 portrait lens as well!). Haven't had many hunting problems except in really poor light, and even then the 230AF hunts a lot less than the EOS 1000FN from around the same time. I do like the EOS's full film wind-on and work backwards arrangement though. I have a 'back-up' 230AF which doesn't realise that you have come to the end of the film, and superimposes images over the last shot until you realise and manually initiate rewind.
Regards - John
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Post by nikonbob on Jan 6, 2007 22:23:12 GMT -5
John
When I switched to Nikon, to have more glass selection available and not because there was any problem with the 230, I noted that the F90x had a far better AF. But, by then the AF was another generation or so on and is not really a fair comparison. The rapid advances made in AF back then remind me of the rapid advances in digital today. All this 230 talk has me thinking it is about time to put a battery in mine and see if it still works.
Bob
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Post by John Parry on Jan 15, 2007 6:38:59 GMT -5
Just won on a bid for a 300AF to complete my Yashica AF collection. Didn't part with too much - I just want to be able to say I've got one, and they are fairly unusual over here, although I know the 230AF is a better camera.
I'm not expecting anything from it, as the seller says it's untested as he hasn't got a battery. It doesn't come with any leads or software (so there's a good chance that he really doesn't know anything about cameras!!), and it also has a small plastic cover missing from the bottom.
I'm a little intrigued by the latter, as the AF series' batterys are on the side. Hope he doesn't mean that the whole bottom plate is missing! Hopefully he thinks there should be a cover over the film rewind switch combination....
Regards - John
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Post by tsiya on May 4, 2011 15:49:14 GMT -5
I just picked up a 230-AF at my favorite thrift shop, It looks good but no signs of life. The batteries show about 4 volts, shouldn't that be enough to run the LCD? Does it have an internal battery as well? My plan to collect only manual focus Minolta gear is now completely off the track!  |
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Post by nikonbob on May 5, 2011 14:41:57 GMT -5
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Post by tsiya on May 5, 2011 16:59:05 GMT -5
I ordered a battery, prices around here are beyond insane, it's a tourist area. I'm thinking maybe the battery is below the threshold needed to function. The manual does mention an internal battery but I've been told it is for the data back and I don't have that model.
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Post by nikonbob on May 5, 2011 22:28:38 GMT -5
My mistake, it does make mention of a backup battery in the owners manual. If it is gone the manual suggests sending it to a Yashica service center. There is also a safety circuit which trips to protect the camera from too much static electricity. That feature is owner resettable.
Bob
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Post by tsiya on May 6, 2011 7:56:46 GMT -5
I've been trying to find some kind of information on the backup battery, Yashica service centers are out of the question. The safety circuit reset seems to be simple. I should get the battery soon, can't really tell without it.
Yashica really seems to be an orphan, there isn't much data on the net.
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Post by nikonbob on May 6, 2011 8:54:42 GMT -5
Yea, I found the bit about sending it to a Yashica service center a bit amusing too considering the present circumstances. The only thing I could find on the net was that the top plate has to come off to get at the back up battery but the link to the detailed info was broken. I hope the new battery is all that it needs. I still say that the 230 AF was a very good camera in it's time and so were the Yashica af lenses for it.
Bob
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Post by tsiya on May 7, 2011 17:03:32 GMT -5
It's still dead, the new battery makes no difference. I'll put it on hold for a while and look for more data.
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Post by nikonbob on May 8, 2011 9:03:50 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that. Let us know if you are able to rejuvenate the old girl.
Bob
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