Electro 35

I got this old Yashica — though not old enough for the Classic forum —

which works very well, but I was unprepared for the aesthetic of its design. I mean, yes, it's

a pretty little gem and all, but it's all so ... quaint and friendly. These introduced

electronically-controlled automatic exposure, so it proudly reads "Electro 35" in a font

that, in the 1960s, said, "Here's something involving computers; something from the

future!" (and even sport a small Niels Bohr-style atom graphic on the front, not visible

here, as if electronic might mean atomic). It communicates to the user with two

little colored lights in the finder and on the top deck. If the red light lights, turn

the aperture ring in the direction of the red arrow until it goes out (how friendly is

that? ). A camera that has good DOF indicators and yet has a picture of a cloud by

the f/4 mark is one made by people who thought it was OK to be both competent and

helpful, or even ... friendly.

I still have one of these cameras. Cheers

Me too. And I agree with Don, it's a very friendly camera.

This might have been more prophetic if taken with a digital camera :) LOL. Too bad the new digitals are not as sturdily made!

Thanks, all! For those who're curious how well it does, here is the one photo I've posted so far taken with it. For those who have such a camera: run some film through it and see what it does to your process. Yeah, Jayme, I should've at least used my N90s (as modern as I go) for this shot. Imagine how obsolete a modern DSLR will probably be in 30 years, should they prove to stand up to that much use. Makes me melancholy to think of parents not being able to pass their cameras down to their children. I'm happy to use film cameras and acoustic musical instruments, and sometimes even listen to LPs, so I'm well on the road to curmudgeonhood.

I have this one working!!. :)