My favorite collectible is a Yashica YF, a Leica M copy, with the LTM mount.
Jim A. > From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 19:16:39 -0500 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Kyocera Pulls Plug in Contax? > Resent-From: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Resent-Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 19:16:40 -0500 > > On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:26:02 +0000, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> <http://www.dpreview.com/news/0503/05030301kyocera.asp> >> > > Hmmmm... > > That is big news. And, sad news, too. > > The article doesn't mention what's to become of Yashica. They've made > some pretty capable good cameras over the years. My dad had a Yashica > A tlr back in the 50's. I have a Mat and an Electro 35, both of which > I use from time to time, just for fun, and the image quality is pretty > damned good (but they don't focus very well - oops, that's me that > doesn't focus well... <LOL>). > > I know Yashica dates back to at least the 50's, probably earlier. It > would be almost as sad to lose them as Contax (but not quite). > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >
