Andy Collins Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 https://www.dpreview.com/news/8486497158/yashica-might-be-about-to-make-a-comeback-in-the-camera-market Check this out! How cool if it happens!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Amazing! Wouldn't that be an exciting move. Lovely little video clip, too. Many thanks for posting, Andy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Should be interesting. I hope they can make this happen. I would guess it'll be a digital that is retro styled (like a GSN). I base that on the girl in the video holding the camera out in front like one would to use an LCD screen for framing. I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42dave Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Yashica-brand digital cameras and products have apparently been sold in Japan for quite a while now: 製品情報 : YASHICA | 株式会社ドリーム・トレイン・インターネット・エグゼモード事業部. In fact, it looks like they still sell a couple of point-and-shoot 35mm compacts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Harpold Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Doesn't look like it has a rear screen, maybe they are using and old film camera for a prop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I see now. The girl is attempting a selfie. However, the original GSN would not be able to focus that close. But if it's a prop, it's okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Collins Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 Maybe they will produce another film rangefinder. Film and film cameras seem to be making a bit of a comeback...Kodak Ektachrome, Polaroid's 'new' One-Step and new Polaroid instant film, who knows what's next! It's exciting, for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Wishful thinking, but if Yashica were to bring in a rangefinder model I'd love to see something like the Lynx series (mechanical shutter and match needle) rather than the automatic only GSN series. Regardless, they should sell if the price isn't too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Williams Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Perhaps there's more to it than this, but I think a Hong Kong company is just using the classic camera heritage of the brand they purchased from Kyocera to sell an accessory lens for smartphones: YASHICA | The Silence of Story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Williams Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 It seems there is more to it after all: YASHICA Official 'Expect the Unexpected The Unprecedented Camera by YASHICA October 2017, Kickstarter.' Still nothing solid about what type of camera this might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 At first glance it looks like another accessory lens for cell phones, but with a famous name. I might be wrong, but I don't see how this company could bring back a film camera and keep the price reasonable since the original equipment for producing such cameras is probably long gone. Even if still around, the cost might be more than most would be willing to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_foreman1 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 I also read a reference that this might be just an accessory lens.. or maybe they ( Yashinon) is making lenses for digital/mobile phones. I really can not imagine anyone making a real film camera. Cosina with the Zeiss Ikon was probably the last and similar RFs are nominally still in production through Voigtlaender. I also would never have imagined a monotone only sensor in or as a Leica would be brought to market let alone be successful. ...so don'T ask me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 But wouldn't a Yashica GSN or even an MG-1 be awesome to have if Kodak were to bring back Panatomic-X? The GSN showed up in some of the videos here, but the only effect I see from that is a few might seek out a used one. Unfortunately, the "pad of death" issue plagues many of what otherwise look to be in good condition. I did notice a Yashicamat G in another video. During their peak production they were a bargain, but the last few years they were available (after production actually stopped) they were pricey. Not meaning to turn this thread into a history lesson, buy Yashica also sold a couple of nice Super-8 cameras that had lap dissolve capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_miller5 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I can say that the owner of the camera shop on the corner who has vintage cameras piled up to his ears told me two months ago that he had already sold three times as many cameras in the past 6 months than he sold in the past 2 years and his prices are going up and he is not negotiating like he used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecaz Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 There are more videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6en9TEc7y9rSiawMVfgxSg Yes, there apparently is a cell phone accessory, but these videos don't seem related to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_foreman1 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Well it seems it is an "unexpected" digifilm camera ...cough cough...after all! It seems to be modelled on, and playing upon the Electro 35. Claims to model the feel ..taking the time of shooting film etc . Seems a fixed f2,8 with 6 speeds. They show a cassette of sorts .. "digifilm" offered in popular flavors color,b&w,HighSpeed etc., Clever that they tap into this raging retro fad and exploit or create a niche for young people looking for... just this!!! Expect the Unexpected. digiFilm™ Camera by YASHICA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Thanks Chuck...It will be interesting to watch this project. If it gets going it might just find a market niche... And perhaps assist in the re-awakening of film. I'd better polish up the Electro 35's! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecaz Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I'm in. It was just too irresistible at the 24 Hour Kickoff price of $150 US for the camera, all 4 DigiFilms and, most importantly, the Yashica post card ;-) Now I just have to live long enough to receive the actual product. Seven months seems unnecessarily long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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