Category Yashica Collectibles

More good stuff – CC Design Studios

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As many of you know, I have a very successful camera shop hosted on Etsy. I’ve had this shop for ten years now. I’ve sold camera gear on eBay since 2010.

Here is a small sample of what’s in my shop. Visit http://www.ccstudio2380.com.

Many of the items are in mint condition and have been fully tested by me. My reputation is stellar.

I also have a large collection of Canon, Nikon, Mamiya, and Yashica cameras, lenses, and gear that I haven’t listed yet. Drop me a note; I may have just what you’re looking for.

Thanks for stopping by, Chris

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Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan

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Happy SUNday! – Wonderful Yashicas

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A Yashica TL Electro-X ITS, purchased new in 1973 in Okinawa, Japan. I’m the second owner.
I keep it in new condition, mostly on display.
The original Yashica TL Electro X is on the left, and the enhanced ITS is on the right. It’s mostly a marketing move rather than any real changes.
Sales brochure from 1973.
This brochure features the famous Auto Yashinon 55mm f1.2 lens made for Yashica by Tomioka Optical.

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Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan

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SUNday SPOTlight

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*SUNday Spotlight*

Yashicaflex Rookie 1956

Medium-format TLR (6x6cm)

Yashima Optical later became Yashica in 1958.

All of my ‘Rookie Stuff’ together for this display. As a Japanese domestic-market-only camera, the Rookie is unique outside Japan.

It is a wonderfully fun camera to use… It always gets strange looks whenever it’s out and about.

My Etsy camera shop can be visited at www.ccstudio2380.com

Complete set from 1956.
It was likely called ‘Rookie’ because of its simple design and basic operation. Perfect for beginners, hence Rookie.
Triple play!

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Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan

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In the Shop – New arrivals and more.

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I’ve added some really nice items to my camera shop at CC Design Studios http://www.ccstudio2380.com. Everything’s on sale, too!

Some NOS cameras and gear.
Canon gear, including still-new classic camera straps.
Lots of brochures and instruction books.

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Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan

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Friday Flashback – Yashica Pentamatic ’35’

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It was Yashica’s first 35mm SLR, and production began in late 1959 with the help of the recently acquired Nicca Camera Company.

It features a unique, clean, uncluttered design.

In May of 1959, Canon released its first 35mm SLR, the Canonflex.

Canon’s first 35mm SLR.

In 1959, the Nikon F also made its debut.

Side by side with the Canon.
One of the complete sets in my collection.

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Happy SUNday!

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Some of the items I have in my Etsy Camera Shop and On Sale! Visit http://www.ccstudio2380.com.

See something you like? I accept offers.

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Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan

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New arrivals in my camera shop this week.

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Hi all! Lots of new items in my Etsy Camera Shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com.

Canon, Nikon, and Fujifilm.
Canon, Yashica, and Leica.
Contax, Canon, Nikon, and Yashica.

I have hundreds (maybe thousands) of neat items in my extensive collection. Contact me if there’s something you’re looking for. I may have it!

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Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan

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Yashica brochures in my camera shop. Let’s make a movie!

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I’ve just added some hard-to-find Yashica sales brochures and instruction booklets in my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com.

Probably one of the most popular Yashica cameras ever made.
Yashica movie camera brochures are often difficult to find.
This was a very sophisticated Super 8 camera, as good as any made during that period.
A popular movie camera of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan

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Yashima Flex – 1954

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As it would have looked back in 1954, leaving the factory in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Built by the talented craftspeople of Yashima Kogaku Seiki Co., Ltd.

Yashima’s first twin-lens reflex camera was to bear the company name. The Yashima Flex launched a wave of TLRs manufactured by Yashima and later Yashica. By the end of the 1950s, Yashica produced more of these types of cameras than anyone else in the world.

We are very lucky to add such a historic camera to our collection. We enjoy sharing these simple machines with others and hope to pass along a better understanding of the importance of these classic film cameras.

My original set from 1954.
Earliest English advertisement.

If you have a chance to chase this camera, it will be worth your time. The build quality is impressive.

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Happy SUNday! – Back to 1959

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Three “new” cameras from 1959.
The Asahi Pentax H2 shown here in its Honeywell Heiland badges, the Canon Canonflex, and the Yashica Pentamatic ’35’. All three made their debuts that year, although the Yashica more formally in March 1960. The Asahi is the 4th pentaprism 35mm SLR after their original in 1957. The Canon and Yashica were their first-ever SLRs. The Asahi Pentax more or less set the standard for what a compact 35mm SLR would look like for the next decade. Not pictured with this trio is the Nikon F, which was also released that year.

Three gems from the late 1950s. These were the standard lenses that would have been attached as part of a ‘kit’.
The most compact of the three.
This one is a beast! It’s about the same size and weight as the Canon F-1, which was released much later in March 1971.
Of the three, I think the Yashica has the cleanest design and looks the most modern for the time period.
It takes two hands to handle the Canon. The Canon’s lens is radioactive. Not quite enough to heat your dinner (I hope).

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