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Wernerjb
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Username: Wernerjb
Post Number: 70
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 12:44 pm: | 
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Quite often when a camera to be restored has been resurrected by using parts or components from donor cameras or junkers beyond repair there is a surplus of spare parts, but what remains is never enough to make another complete specimen. When I looked at all the incomplete Yashica Electro 35 wrecks (different models, slightly different wiring, rangefinders, etc.) I decided to put into practice what I had been pondering over for some time, namely the construction of a very personal unique model.
The chrome body came from a very early 35, the lens/shutter was once in one of Yashica's latest model, the black satin finish GTN, electronic parts like battery test lamp unit plus film sensitivity selector (brass type, 17 steps as usual, but different models cover different speed ranges!) are a mixture from parts of G and GS types, and, of course, the RF control had to be newly adjusted to indicate the correct actual setting. I had had in mind to use an old GSN top cap because of its hot shoe, but the differently positioned strap lugs on the old model prevented that idea.
Especially on Y E 35s you can sometimes find components that obviously have been put in by professional repair people when original spare parts were no longer available, so crossover models do exist!
My backyard special recycling model camera works perfectly and looks nice, W. |
Henry
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Username: Henry
Post Number: 45
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 29, 2006 - 07:21 am: |
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Wow! Good job. Did it take any special machining?
Now you have something truely to be proud of.
Henry |
Wernerjb
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Username: Wernerjb
Post Number: 71
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 29, 2006 - 12:20 pm: |
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Hi Henry, the only real problem I was faced with was the differently shaped arm of the (newer) RF coupling on the lens which at first produced wrong distances and/or simply did not join well with the small protruding lever of the (older) RF module, but trial and error (and slightly bending the arm) was all that was necessary, now it is exact at all distances when I compare it to other Electros.
After the camera had been completed I had a closer look the archives and searched some other sources on the net for more info on the compatibility of parts and the differences of the various types of metering control units, and all I can say is if I had read all that partly contradictory info beforehand I would not have started my project, so I guess its positive outcome is largely coincidental.
Which teaches me that a pragmatic approach and rational planning are different matters, somehow.
W. |
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