Yashica T5 or minox 35gt?

[alekos_elefteriadis]

<p>-Hello to all friends. I shoot b&w film with my Mamyia 645 and i wont to have with me a small camera with color negative film. So i have the two camera above, minox and Yashica, both have their strength and weaknesses.<br />-I like the minox for the small body and the filing that give me, also have better tonality in the shadows, but the meter is a crap and the manual meters have very small ring, also the same for the aperture ring.<br />-The Yashica on the other hand is dead on with the auto focus and exposure (also you can lock exposure with the half press), the lens is amazing sharp but not so good in the shadows as the minotar. The body is bigger and feel not so good in my hand. I am happy to give me some advice for what i use, thank you very much.</p>

[nickc1]

<p>Urban legends regarding camera reliability can often be safely ignored if you know what to look for;</p>

<p>BUT:- <br>

I have had 4 Minox GTs - One works but eats batteries, one worked but has now stopped and the other two were given to me as non-working ('you like messing around with cameras, don't you...')</p>

<p>I think they are a great concept as a pocketable carry everywhere camera but caveat emptor!</p>

<p>Nick</p>

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[Troll]

<p>I carried the little 8x11 Minox (of various types) in my pockets for 50 years. They were 100% reliable, but the 35mm Minoxs I've owned have been universally unreliable. I have no experience with the Yashica, but found the Olympus XA excellent. (PS, I've switched to a Sony RX100M2).</p>

[alekos_elefteriadis]

<p>-My biggest problem with Minox is the plastic barrel of the lens which is pathetic and loose, so i can't use aperture 2.8 & 4 because the left corners is blur... Also the position of the photocell in front of the lens give me always underexposure.. But i like the compactness of the body and special the tonality of the lens when they work... Tomorrow i develop a color film that i have expos half in both of them an i take my last chance, thank you very much.</p>

[Robin Smith]

<p>Unless someone has had both and used both extensively this is not easily answered. I had a Minox 35GT and it was excellent in every way. Of course it only had guess focus, but that was how it was designed. I found it metered well for Kodachrome (not so easy) so that was a big positive for me.</p>

[pensacolaphoto]

I also have been lucky to have a GT that works well. The lens is sharp, and the AE is excellent with slow slde film.

The size of GT is tiny.

[alekos_elefteriadis]

<p>-Well i develop a 100asa color film which i use in both of them. The focus is not my problem in MINOX and the lens i like better in the shadows with great tonality, no light leak or problem with film advance. <br />The tessar in Yashica have better colors but is contrast for my taste.<br />-In the end while Yashica is dead on with exposure and focus, the Minox have those problem with exposure. I put 50 asa in the camera and still underexpose even when i put x2 overexpose in camera button the negative miss the right density. A so sad.. i like those lens and camera handling but its a waste overall..</p>

[MTC Photography]

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/5786350-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="503" /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/5786343-md.jpg" alt="" width="678" height="425" /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/5807352-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="530" /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/5786365-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="481" /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/5786356-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="452" /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/16664814-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="517" />Later Minox such as Minox GT-E, Minox 35ML(later version) and Minox M.D.C are more reliable.</p>

<p>You you like Zeiss lens, you may consider Contax T, Contax T2, Contax T3, or Rollei 35, Rollei 35S.</p>

[MTC Photography]

<p>The body of Minox 35 cameras is carbon fibre reinforced plastic,strong and durable<br>

The F2.8 Lenses for Minox 35 were designed by Leitz, with rare earth element optical glasses, its composition is similar to Leitz Elmar 35.</p>

[aplumpton]

<p>Alekos, I have used (and still have 2 in working order), the Minox, GT (sold), GTE and Rollei 35SE, each with great Tessar optics. The meter on mine (GTE) works fine, but I never liked the simple (two) diaphragm blades, which make DOF use of the lens a problem, as the opening is not circular at all at intermediate f stops but has a sort of American football shape (elliptical) that makes it difficult to know which distances are in focus, or not.</p>

<p>I wouldn't want to pay for servicing of either, as they are very complex in that regard. When the meter quit on the 35SE Rollei I simply decided to use it without the meter.</p>

[nikos_k]

<p>Yashica by all means! I had many Minox 35s (EL, GL (3x), GT) and they all had eventually failed. They are lovely cameras, but will not last long (plus, when your eyes start giving up it will be hard to read those figures on their lens barrels).</p>

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