Yashica Electro 35 GT

When looking for a decent, functional analog camera which delivers good results, I came across Yashica Electro 35. There are many versions of this camera, which have some minor differences, but the GT version was the easiest one for me to get.

I did a lot of research on it, turned out that the battery for it is no longer available and replacements have to be used, but overall, there was nothing stopping me from using this camera.

The first thing I noticed when I first laid my hands on it was the size of it - I expected it to be smaller! The camera is almost the size of a DSLR - it's on the big side, I wouldn't call it compact.

The good thing is that the camera is very well built. All the dials, knobs... well, actually there aren't any, this is a simple camera where you can set focus and aperture, nothing more! Either way, the camera looks solid.

Just got the camera and haven't shoot anything but will post something as soon as I get some pics.

This is a rangefinder camera with central shutter. This means two things: firstly, rangefinder is used to measure distance and set the focus and secondly, shutter is build into the lens. Other rangefinder types can have focal plane shutter build out of two curtains which travel left-to-right or top-to-bottom. One thing you would immediately notice with central shutter is it's quiet operation: it's just a simple click, very silent. Curtain shutters (like in FED-5 camera) are quite loud, similar (or even louder) to DSLR.

Yashica Electro 35 GT wa manufactured between 1969-1970 and you can find more details here: https://kenrockwell.com/yashica/electro-35.htm

I've shot Kodak Ektar 100 on this camera, and results are quite decent.