Doug T.
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Post by Doug T. on Nov 9, 2012 17:58:05 GMT -5
Hi All! I got another camera in the mail today. This time it's a Yashica FX-D that I paid .99 cents for with 9.50 USD shipping.  I was told that the shutter was jammed and got it for parts. I cleaned up the contacts, put in a fresh set of batteries, and it works just fine ;D I'll give it a good cleaning and new leather. It looks like circumstances are turning me into a Yashica collector. I just keep finding them! Doug |
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Post by SuperDeluxe on Nov 15, 2012 0:41:30 GMT -5
Looks like you got yourself a pretty good deal. I sold mine for $11 a few weeks ago  Yashica used the cheapest possible leather on this particular model. Almost every other FX-D Quartz that you see out there looks like yours (and mine). |
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col
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Post by col on Nov 15, 2012 2:32:35 GMT -5
Another beaut deal.. well done!
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Post by pompiere on Nov 18, 2012 10:47:07 GMT -5
My favorite aspect of collecting is finding things that someone else has deemed broken and bringing them back to life. It must be the engineer in me.
Except for the leather, that is a nice Yashica. Recovering will make it perfect. I have been resisting buying one more lens mount, but I am sure it is only a matter of time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2012 11:27:26 GMT -5
good for you, ..and for the "lost" cameras out there.
I know what you mean by the covering on these.
I have just cleaned off the crumbling mess, and left the lower level.
looks fine to me. may not provide protection from the elements, but I don't take them out in foul weather.
the lower level material on some of these is almost as black as the outter material., not grey as yours .
I have also wondered about dying it some artsy color.??
just my a thought. anybody else??
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Post by Randy on Nov 18, 2012 13:50:42 GMT -5
AKI-ASAHI makes covers in all kinds of colors for 14 shipped. You can't beat that. Peel & Stick and you are done.
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melek
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Post by melek on Nov 27, 2012 19:19:36 GMT -5
I bought a black one last year. Body covering was in the same condition. I thought I would have some fun with this, so I got a special yellow lizard covering from Aki-Asahi.
By the way, this is the Yashica sibling to the Contax 139 Quartz. Features are identical, and most controls are nearly the same.
Plus, they can use the same winder. The Contax 139 winder is nice, because it has a shutter release on it when shooting a vertical photo.
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Post by Randy on Mar 2, 2013 17:07:38 GMT -5
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Post by lloydy on Mar 2, 2013 19:34:55 GMT -5
now that's spooky......I've got a lovely FX-D on my desk that I picked up today from a charity shop, it's a chrome one in lovely condition except for the leatherette and the light seals, there are no marks on it at all and it has a very nice 35-105 zoom attached. My problem is, I haven't bought it - yet  I get all the photographic gear from a few local charity shops to check and value before they sell them, and this nice Yashica is in the box of stuff I picked up today. Secondly, I don't have any Contax Yashica stuff and I need yet another system like a hole in the head! but it's a nice camera, and I have some lovely vintage leather from the seats of a WW2 Dakota DC3 that I re cover it with, so it will match the Chinon CE-5. And it will automatically make me a better photographer, I just know it will.  Randy, that gorgeous Contax isn't helping me at all, Help me, please...... |
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Post by Randy on Mar 2, 2013 21:57:57 GMT -5
That is what they call crocodile.
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lloydy
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Post by lloydy on Mar 3, 2013 5:36:51 GMT -5
That's no help at all ! you should be telling me to resist buying yet another camera. I'm doomed, she's going to strangle me with a camera strap one of these days.  |
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Post by Randy on Mar 3, 2013 10:37:13 GMT -5
Lol...Resistance is Futile.
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lloydy
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Post by lloydy on Mar 3, 2013 19:41:23 GMT -5
Lol...Resistance is Futile.  You're probably right....... |
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I get all the photographic gear from a few local charity shops to check and value before they sell them, and this nice Yashica is in the box of stuff I picked up today. Secondly, I don't have any Contax Yashica stuff and I need yet another system like a hole in the head! but it's a nice camera, and I have some lovely vintage leather from the seats of a WW2 Dakota DC3 that I re cover it with, so it will match the Chinon CE-5. And it will automatically make me a better photographer, I just know it will. 
