Well the one adaptor is $15 which is more than she paid for the camera. It
was $10 and another $5 for a slide projector that at least seems to work.
An Argus I believe.
I shouldn't bother but I know I probably will at some point buy the adaptor.
The electronic shutter won't work without it. Probably be better off buying
film but if I am going to collect a camera I would rather it be a camera I
could use if I wanted to.
I am going to check around first to make sure someone doesn't make a battery
that would work before going to the adaptor route. A $5 battery long term
wouldn't make sense if a $15 dollar adapter lets it take AA or AAA, but to
see if the camera is even worth messing with it does.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 1:03 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Wife brings home a garage sale camera
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Blackwell" <markb1958@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 9:55 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Wife brings home a garage sale camera
I thought of this possibility and just forgot to mention it. Adaptor lenses vary. Some, like these, are simple lenses with positive or negative diopter values which modify the focal length of the lens they are put on but degrade the correction of the lens. Some of the fancier ones are chromatically corrected, some, like the common "close up" lenses are not. Another, and more elaborate type is the type of lens where the entire front component is changed. This is found on some 35mm cameras with between the lens shutters like the Kodak Retina. This type of lens has very much better performance than the diopter lens but is not quite up to a dedicated lens.Richard I did look further and as the previous reply stated they do seem to screw on to the front of the 45mm lens that was there. Just seemed counter productive from an optical stand point to have a lens over a lens.I wonder if there were two versions of this camera, one with and one without interchangeable lenses.
--- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I wonder how Yashica couples these adapters to the rangefinder. Since the focal length of the lens is changed its entire focusing range is also changed. Perhaps they rely on guess focus. For that matter, I don't know how the rangefinder on the Retina is coupled.
I suspect the battery adaptor may cost more than the camera is worth.
---
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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