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Pen312
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Username: Pen312
Post Number: 1
Registered: 07-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 10:31 pm: | 
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I came across a Yashica 8 camera while in Wisconsin. Besides the name, I don't know much else about it though. I got the camera and it's instruction booklet. Here's some pictures:
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2200/photo0012dd9.jpg
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/5194/photo0013dn2.jpg
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5981/photo0014vz8.jpg
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9136/photo0001ba1.jpg
I'd like to find out some things about it such as:
Year it was made
How much it's worth now
If i can still find film for it
It's rarity (if any)
That's it. Thanks in advance  |
Msiegel
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Username: Msiegel
Post Number: 34
Registered: 03-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 01, 2008 - 08:42 am: |
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From what I can decifer from the booklet it's a normal 8 (regular 8 or double 8) camera. FIlm is still available. THe film is 16 mm wide and you run it twice through the camera. After it is developed it will be cut in two 8mm stripes which glued together to the full length 8mm film. Don't mix it with super 8 film which does not work with your camera. Here a source I found over google:
http://www.yalefilmandvideo.com/S8_and_R8.htm#Regular%208
This one does colour processing:
http://www.dwaynesphoto.com/newsite2006/overview.html
There are probably more sources for the film you need.
Can't tell you anything about the camera specifically. The 8mm format in general became popular sometimes in the 1930ies for consumeer cameras. When Super 8 was introduced it almost died out. |
Pen312
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Username: Pen312
Post Number: 2
Registered: 07-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 08:51 pm: |
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Thanks, now i just have to find out more about the camera. |
Tracy
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Username: Tracy
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 05:27 am: |
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Hi
I was fortunate enough today to also purchase a Yashica-8 camera although I was told it doesn't work (it may be that they did not have the film etc for testing). I do not have an instruction booklet and so would appreciate any information about how to use the camera and where I may be able to obtain an instruction booklet. Any help and advice please? |
Mndean
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Username: Mndean
Post Number: 109
Registered: 08-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 03:56 pm: |
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Tracy,
Try to run it without film first. Some Yashica 8 models need batteries, which can be a weak point as sometimes corrosion sets in the contacts. Also, many 8mm Japanese cameras with batteries (including my Yashica) have a battery case - you put the batteries in the case, then put the case in the camera. I don't know the model you have, so I can't give advice here until I do. If yours happens to have a spring motor, wind it up and open the film gate and check the shutter and pull down claw to see if it works. I have an older battery-powered Konica which I like a lot as it's very flexible, allowing me pretty much everything I'd want to do. I don't shoot much 8mm nowadays, though. |
Chiccolini
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Username: Chiccolini
Post Number: 14
Registered: 06-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 06:33 pm: |
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The best source for movie stuff is http://www.chamblesscineequip.com
I have one of these. It uses some quirky little battery holder. Mine is rotted out. Standard D mount interchangeable lens. Aside from that, it works the same as all the other movie cameras. |
