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Did Yashica make the perfect rangefinder?
In the mid 1960s Yashica did something unprecedented; they made a fixed lens rangefinder with an f/1.4 lens 45mm lens.
Even today you don't hear about fix lens cameras that fast, is that for good reason or is the Lnyx-14 a secret masterpiece out of time? And it often goes for under 100 dollars US today which could be an incredible deal!
The Lynx-14e was the follow up which features an integrated circuit meter (ic) in a similar body with the same lens.
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While the Lynx is a super interesting concept, I feel that it sacrifices on rangefidners strong suits to achieve it's unique specs. For some it may be the perfect camera but for me; the reason to pick up a rangefinder over alternatives like TLRs or SLRs is often because of the performance you can get from a significantly smaller camera;
when the size factor is no longer an advantage; the decision to pick up a rangefidner becomes more difficult even if it is fully featured.
Some great high speed rangefinder alternatives to the Lynx-14 in a relatively similar price point would include;
the Canon P with its 1:1 finder and the canon 50mm f/1.2 which is going to shave off some size and weight
Or something like the compact Canonet with its 45mm f/1.7 lens goes way further if your willing to compromise a bit.
I feel like these options make for a better balance in many ways but to each their own! If you dont mind the size and weight the Lynx is certainly an interesting option especially for the price!
00:00 intro
00:50 Yashica Lynx-14 overview & history
02:04 All in one rangefinder
03:04 Viewfinder
03:15 Downsides
03:43 Upside
04:03 Design
04:38 Practically using f/1.4
05:26 Light meter
05:51 Size matters
06:27 Alternative rangefinder options
06:59 F/1.4 on a rangefinder
07:26 Would an SLR be better?
07:47 A part of camera history
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Some cameras might capture their era, but only a few can capture the whole picture of photography's history. The Minolta TC-1 is certainly one of those cameras and remains one of the smallest full frame cameras ever made. 00:00 intro 00:44 Minolta TC-1 01:42 History of compact film cameras 02:59 Time tested design 03:28 Waterhouse aperture 04:46 Forward thinking design 05:54 Form factor benifit...
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TTartisan 25mm Anamorphot 1.33x cine lens, insta360 go 3 and Leica Summicron 28mm ASPH v.1TTartisan 25mm Anamorphot 1.33x cine lens, insta360 go 3 and Leica Summicron 28mm ASPH v.1
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In this video we explore the world of waist finder film camera accessories! A small but very interesting subsect of analog accessories. Part one focuses on shoe mounted waist level finder accessories, while part 2 covers modular SLRs and their versatility. One unique accessory I wish I could have covered in this video is Canons "speed finder" which can quickly swap between eye and waist level. ...

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  • @gavenevans
    @gavenevans 4 дні тому

    That transition deserves some praise 🤌

  • @MarsAlexandre
    @MarsAlexandre 13 днів тому

    2 years old video and still so insight and up to date ! Super interesting !

  • @ThaexakaMavro
    @ThaexakaMavro 14 днів тому

    200 unit only such a shame

  • @Imonkung
    @Imonkung 23 дні тому

    I own lynx-14 and still using it, after CLA it was amazing picture from this camera, love it.

  • @theronwolf3296
    @theronwolf3296 24 дні тому

    My first 35 was a Yashica Lynx 1000. I worked in a camera store and sold some 1.4 Lynx, but never owned one.

  • @NoosaHeads
    @NoosaHeads 24 дні тому

    I have a brand new Lynx-14 in its box with all the guarantee cards and paperwork.

  • @CamPunkJunkie
    @CamPunkJunkie 24 дні тому

    Thank you!! This is super helpful and straight to the point. Just what I was looking for.

  • @JoHansen0801
    @JoHansen0801 25 днів тому

    Cool video and interesting camera! In some shots there was a Fujica Compact D, will you do a video like this for that camera too? It's a very special camera design as well.

  • @TheWutangclan1995
    @TheWutangclan1995 25 днів тому

    These cameras are fun to use. But shouldn’t be treated like a serious rangefinder. That 1.4 lens sounds great, but back then, people don’t shoot wide open because the photos were soft.

  • @shang-hsienyang1284
    @shang-hsienyang1284 26 днів тому

    I have tried one. The internal meter is unreliable. The ergonomics is poor. It's also very difficult to get the focus right when the focusing distance is close. So I agree for most people a good SLR and a f/1.4 lens is a better choice.

  • @atl_mx5
    @atl_mx5 26 днів тому

    what about compared to the canonet ql17

  • @LoFiAxolotl
    @LoFiAxolotl 26 днів тому

    It's a really... meh lens... nobody who uses a rangefinder wants to shoot wide open... you'll miss focus way too much... also it's just a soft lens with some bad CA... if you want a cheap rangefinder go for a Canon 7 or Minolta Hi-Matic 7s you'll get a lens that's better and the camera isn't going to die because If you want to get serious about photography stop thinking about aperture or whatever useless spec you find on datasheets... photography is all about the image and every image you see on posters, advertisement, in books and from great photographers is not shot wide open but between f4-f11.... make your backgrounds interesting... they're part of the story... study people who have actually created the art that inspires you... be it photographers or painters or sculptors... the camera doesn't matter... the lens doesn't matter... the film stock doesn't matter

  • @Rutherfordium2023
    @Rutherfordium2023 26 днів тому

    Electro 35 where?

  • @user-34832w
    @user-34832w 27 днів тому

    내가 상상 하던 셋팅이었어 좋은 정보 고마워 !!!!

  • @jasonwroyal
    @jasonwroyal 27 днів тому

    Nice video, where did you pick up the 3rd party focus ring?

  • @jojoanggono3229
    @jojoanggono3229 27 днів тому

    For non-interchangeable RF, I'd say Konica Hexar AF is the goat.

    • @LoFiAxolotl
      @LoFiAxolotl 26 днів тому

      sure after the Nikon S-Cameras, the Canon rangefinder, like 50 different Zeiss and Voigtländer Rangerfinder and anything Leica has done... Konica is a good option... just absolutely not worth the ridiculous price people are asking for it... why pay Leica prices and then get a Konica?

    • @shang-hsienyang1284
      @shang-hsienyang1284 26 днів тому

      Because some people want to actually take photos, rather than having a prestigious brand camera which in reality the worst performance.

    • @LoFiAxolotl
      @LoFiAxolotl 26 днів тому

      @@shang-hsienyang1284 so let me get this straight... you think a light tight box... is worth $3000... but not when it's a brand that proved that it can make cameras that last 60 years without problems... because you think the performance of that light tight box... which is nothing but the shutter... which is incredibly unrealiable and the times are off by a significant amount and nobody makes parts or knows how to repair them... is better than that of a name brand.... when said no name brand (Konica isn't a no name brand it's just became popular again because some influencers used the camera and idiots of course had to jump on that) uses the name brands mount and lenses which actually dictate picture quality? Good sir you might be an idiot

  • @lensman5762
    @lensman5762 27 днів тому

    As far as the pertect rangfinder is concerned, it was and still is the Leica M3. From the mechanical quality to that superb viewfinder and the precision of the rangefinder it is still unsurpassed. All other Leica 'P' desginated cameras that came later were pretending to aspire to the mecahnial/optical quality of the M3. The caveat is that a decent M3 is still very expensive, and the Leica optics even more. Persoanlly I wouldn't recommend the use of a very fast lens with a rangefinder camera. For fixed lens rangefinder, I still use my old Olymus 35 RC and RD. Very nice video, BTW.

    • @LoFiAxolotl
      @LoFiAxolotl 26 днів тому

      I prefer the M4 but i've been using it since '72... but i wholeheartedly agree with the shooting wide open... i don't know when that trend started... it's just a bad idea because especially with manual focus you'll miss way too many shots... Olympus, Minolta, Canon... all made very very very amazing Rangefinder that you can find under $100

  • @10rollsoffilm11
    @10rollsoffilm11 27 днів тому

    Enjoyed the video! I owned Lynx-14E for a couple of years and while it certainly wasn't the most versatile or easy to use rangefinder I've come across, it did have a particular sweet spot (to my eye): f/2-2.8, mid-distance, very sharp and slightly contrasty b&w film (think Tmax or Delta), maybe a touch of backlighting. That combo of low contrast/low(er) sharpness lens and a sharp, contrasty film was bringing something very special to the portraits I took with it.

  • @robin9339
    @robin9339 27 днів тому

    having large aperture lens is one of the least important to me and overrated IMO. the best price with a great lens and awesome viewfinder is konica IIIA/M imo.

    • @lensman5762
      @lensman5762 27 днів тому

      I have been using film cameras for over 50 years and Leicas for longer than I can remember. I have great difficulty getting critical focus with my M6 and 35mm Summilux F1.4 ASPH at close range even if I put the 1.2X magnifier on. Even with a my Nikon F3 HP and 50mm AI-S F1.4, a real effort is required to get acceptable focus at close range @ F1.4. I normally opt for F2.8 and if I really had to F2 at a push to shoot at close range. I have a 50 F1.2 but I only use it @ F1.4 or F2 with my M TYP 240 using the focus aid, otherwise forget it. With cameras having good AF, the use of these large aperture lenses becomes more practical, aesthetics not withstanding.

  • @ChrisBrogan
    @ChrisBrogan 28 днів тому

    Wow, you had me from the launch. Really great video. I ate up all the details. My only (so far) film camera is a Fujica Auto M from pretty much the exact same era. This has me really thinking it over. Quite impressive video, and even the part where you talked about "gave up on taking certain photos," I feel so validated. :)

  • @RaymondMiney-i1x
    @RaymondMiney-i1x Місяць тому

    Nice job, good review

  • @andresgsur
    @andresgsur Місяць тому

    We´re fighting for film to stay, like culture to stay

  • @Threetails
    @Threetails Місяць тому

    I'm just glad Ilford is going all-in on having their name on new-ish products. I'm still keeping the box! Got quite a collection of box art from the Film Renaissance going and it's only getting better. BTW if you want a real "Ilford" color stock go for Harman Phoenix. It was developed from XP2.

  • @jasongold6751
    @jasongold6751 Місяць тому

    nearly all of those lenses have haze! Unreapirable! Caused by lubricants used by Leitz and the soft glass.. WHY DO YOU RECOMEND CRAP!?

  • @marlonsouza9224
    @marlonsouza9224 Місяць тому

    So nice!!! Thanks so much!! This camera is a beauty in itself and that has to be part of the fun… o had an Afga 6x7, enjoyed it so much. Thanks for the fantastic content…

  • @marlonsouza9224
    @marlonsouza9224 Місяць тому

    Wow! What’s a video!! Thanks a lot! That’s a very underrated video. Maybe you should add at the title the name “Olympus pen”. I watched many videos on the Olympus pen series, but yours didn't show up. Only when looking for other things like street photography your video showed up.

  • @artistjoh
    @artistjoh Місяць тому

    I like the look of this film. Kind of a cross between Metropolis and Color '92. I don't really care what marketing is on the package, just performance and price. This repackaging malarky has been a standard practice for decades. In the 1970's I used Pacific film and Hanimex. Neither company was manufacturing film, and we all knew that their films were probably repackaged Kodak, but at a lower price. Who cares if my teal packaged Hanimex film came back from processing in a red/orange Pacific sleeve, when really it should have all been Kodak yellow? It didn't matter. Even back then there were only four or five film manufacturing companies, but in the camera stores there were dozens of brands of film available for sale. Then, as now, we chose film based on speed, format, the sort of color palette you want, negative or slide, and price. The Ilfocolor looks good to me.

  • @jonjanson8021
    @jonjanson8021 Місяць тому

    It's crap knock off film using the British, UK Ilford name which they are legally entitled to. British, UK Ilford (Harman Technology). Make high quality black and white films plus the new Harman Phoenix color film.

  • @winc06
    @winc06 Місяць тому

    I had one of those and an M3 that I used for many years until it was stolen.

  • @MB-or8js
    @MB-or8js Місяць тому

    It's a great lens - unfortunately infinity focus of this lens does not work with Leica cameras of the M 240 and M10-R with exemption of the standard cameras in the M10 and M11 series. The lens shaft can be modified to allow to work on all digital Ms with a shaft piece at the lens mount removed.

    • @john_murch
      @john_murch Місяць тому

      I used one of those modified 50/2 summicron DM's on my M9. Nice vintage lens but you lose that extra close focus functionality.

  • @kaziqmaziq6703
    @kaziqmaziq6703 2 місяці тому

    Genial gemacht! Danke! With Love from Shithole Germany!

  • @crispin8888
    @crispin8888 2 місяці тому

    Very informative, thank you.

  • @MichaelGrundler
    @MichaelGrundler 2 місяці тому

    Very interesting! I have one of those 12.5 mm anamorphic adapters lying around and since I've just upgraded to an iPhone 13 Pro I feared it would see even less use now that I don't have a way to mount it to my new phone. I even thought for a moment about disassembling the lens to create a new mounting solution but thought the chance of it actually working would be very small. I particularly didn't expect the back element to be that big. That opens up completely new possibilities.

    • @MichaelGrundler
      @MichaelGrundler 2 місяці тому

      Update: I've taken apart my adapter and tested it by holding it in front of several of my lenses. I found a few where it sort of works but not very well. The ‘problem’ is that I have an APS-C camera and here the lenses are generally a bit bigger than those from Micro 4/3 cameras like the GH5. Turns out the rear element wasn't that big after all. The adapter does cover the whole frame on some lenses but the image is generally pretty soft, particularly towards the sides. While I do like the effect of everything that's not in the center of the frame getting continually blurrier, it is difficult to determine what actually is in focus. What works pretty good though is holding it in front of the main lens of my iPhone 13 Pro, like it was intended. So I will probably create some mounting solution for that.

  • @ChrisBrogan
    @ChrisBrogan 2 місяці тому

    What a really great video. I'm finding it a year late, but I love it. Nicely made.

  • @GonzoRedSox
    @GonzoRedSox 2 місяці тому

    I have this beautiful camera but wondering what size filter to use on it. Any suggestions?

  • @nakedexposure964
    @nakedexposure964 3 місяці тому

    God damn these videos are beautiful! Feeling this at the moment, had my Leica M4 for a couple years now but on the street it feels far too much pressure to use such a ‘pristine machine’ - might use a beater camera and see how I go

  • @vanessali1150
    @vanessali1150 3 місяці тому

    Hi I just got autoboy prisma date and found out the date can be set just up to 2019. Is there a way to imprint the year after 2019?

  • @ScottFilmCompany
    @ScottFilmCompany 3 місяці тому

    I have a canon 310xl. Everything works correctly. shutter opens when filming, film moves forward. used Kodak 50D film. But when I got my processed film back from pro8mm. It was blank. The gave a few reasons why, such as those listed but none were the issue. Any idea what may have caused the blank film?

  • @brettburton1477
    @brettburton1477 3 місяці тому

    The word is impractical not “unpractical”

  • @Film.look.addiction
    @Film.look.addiction 3 місяці тому

    Maybe you can try super16mm lenses with c mout some of them forks even M4/3 sensor. I personally almost finished my own anamorphic single focus adapter( ISCO GOTTINGEN optics ,Ultra ANAMORPHIC MC 2x)with has same princeple as on phone and drone anamorphic adapter and it super compact and works even with 20mm T1.9 so it dont need lens support becase its even more compact than what yuo find in market today for beeing 2x anamorphic.

  • @laceyv1993
    @laceyv1993 4 місяці тому

    Really informative and helpful! Thanks so much for making this. I found my first Super 8 film camera for $2 at a rummage sale and all the indicators seem to point that it should work. Bought some film and hopefully it's all good!

  • @scon1425
    @scon1425 4 місяці тому

    The Zeiss cinema lenses that produce triangle bokeh are called “b speeds”. Super speeds have circular bokeh.

  • @shayshay_triple
    @shayshay_triple 4 місяці тому

    Two questions! Did that lens hood come with it? Or what lens hood are you using AND have you found any sort of manual for this camera? Searching everywhere. Thanks! Great review.

  • @SuperHonestReview
    @SuperHonestReview 5 місяців тому

    How do you use the hotshoe for external flash?

  • @doozledumbler5393
    @doozledumbler5393 5 місяців тому

    I believe you can turn the flash off as default in the advanced settings. I'm not sure because my version has the switch like the 28Ti but I'm pretty sure you can.

  • @christiangranum7387
    @christiangranum7387 5 місяців тому

    Still my favorite 50mm lens to this day.

  • @ruok3351
    @ruok3351 5 місяців тому

    YO WHAT IF YOU PAIR THIS WITH THE SONY RX100 SERIES

  • @manada2259
    @manada2259 6 місяців тому

    I have brought a Chinon super 8 507s XL camera, after I done filming, how do I rewind the film?

    • @TheWholePicture
      @TheWholePicture 6 місяців тому

      Thank you for the comment! Super 8 cannot be rewound, once you finish the film you will see a lead that has some letters on it and a different shape, this is the end of the roll and it has to be sent for processing. Super 8 is like any other film format, it is light sensitive so if you rewound it and used it again it would lead to double exposures. I hope that helps!

  • @cantal88
    @cantal88 6 місяців тому

    Hello. Its posible to fix this lenses on SONY RX0 II ?

  • @dalian8677
    @dalian8677 6 місяців тому

    I am new to the world of film photography and I just ordered a cheap Olympus Pen D online to try out film photography myself. Watching these kinds of videos about the Olympus Pen cameras makes me feel like a made a good choice of picking a half frame camera to start learning photography. Thank you!