Happy SUNday! – Wonderful Yashicas

September 6, 2026September 6, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

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.

This brochure features the famous Auto Yashinon 55mm f1.2 lens made for Yashica by Tomioka Optical.

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wordless wednesday

July 8, 2026July 8, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

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USS Midway (CV-41)

May 27, 2026May 27, 2026Chris and Carol 2 Comments

USS Midway (CV-41)
Anchored off the coast of Western Australia near Fremantle.
September 1977.
In the lower left of the image, you can see the Liberty Party about to board one of the many ferries that carried us ashore.
The Midway was a grand old ship, first commissioned in September 1945.
I served onboard in the Operations Department, OA Division, as an Aerographer’s Mate assistant forecaster from March 1977 to March 1980.

Yashica TL Electro X 35mm SLR on Kodacolor.

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Old Florida

October 29, 2025October 30, 2025Chris and Carol Leave a comment

I was going through some photographs I took of the first house I lived in while going to college in 1973. Sandy’s was a converted roadside fruit stand, mostly oranges, and when I lived in it, it still looked like a fruit stand inside. Shot with my Yashica TL Electro-X on Kodak Ektachrome.

Sandy’s right on US1 just north of Stuart, Florida. Just to the right of the drainage ditch is the edge of US1. Cars and trucks were likely doing 60 mph or more by the time they passed my bedroom window (pictured, center).

My fruit stand house. January 1973. Palmetto bugs, wolf spiders, snakes, and an occasional raccoon. No AC, typical Florida living.

It appears that Sandy’s is no longer there. Replaced by endless strip malls.

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Yashica Gems – Friday Fotos!

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Yashica TL Electro X ITS (in black) and TL Electro X with Auto Yashinon-DS f/1.7 50mm lens (foreground).

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Comments are always welcomed as I’ve learned quite a bit from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by, and while you’re at it, feel free to visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios hosted by Etsy). – Chris Whelan

School outing to Kamakura, Japan – 1977

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Late Spring 1977. I believe these steps led up to The Great Buddha (Kamakura Daibutsu). I do not know which school the students were from.

Camera & Film – Yashica TL Electro X Kodak Ektachrome 64

This is not my actual first camera but it’s the first 35mm SLR model that I owned and purchased new in early 1972.

I’ve shot quite a few rolls of this back in the 1970s. Kodachrome was a great color slide film but its ASA was only 25 so if you wanted a bit more speed you needed Ektachrome 64 and later High-Speed Ektachrome 200.

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Throwback Thursday – Reflections on a lens

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021Chris and Carol 2 Comments

**Auto Yashinon 55mm f1.2 by Tomioka Optical – 1973**

Monster glass from Tomioka. The lens has a super low serial number that puts it within the first few months of production. The camera is the Yashica TL Electro X – ITS made in April 1973.

This image first posted on my Flickr site in November 2019 and so far has been a very popular image amassing over 70 favorites. Image was taken with my Samsung Galaxy S8+ using natural light.

Comments are always welcomed as I’ve learned quite a bit from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by and while you’re at it, feel free to visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios hosted by Etsy). – Chris Whelan

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wordless wednesday

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Friday Fotos! – Cocoa Beach FD

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021Chris and Carol 1 Comment

For a short time in the Spring of 1972 I was a volunteer firefighter trainee with the Cocoa Beach Fire Department – a professional department that was kind enough to take on a young college student and give me full access to their facilities and training. Here’s a few pics I shot with my new Yashica TL Electro-X 35mm SLR on Kodak Plus-X film that I developed and printed myself (for a school project).

I don’t have his name but he was a friendly firefighter that was more than happy to help with my training (as were all the others in the department).

It looks ancient now but completely open cabs were common back then. Engine 4 getting re-stowed after a run.

One of their newer engines in 1972 which featured a new to them semi-enclosed cab.

Me with my favorite truck. I’m just back from a very long and very hot purpose set fire for training.

The Best of Yashica – 1972

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021Chris and Carol Leave a comment

From the Yashica book The Creative System of Photography. Some of the lenses pictured here are nearly impossible to find today in mint or near mint condition. I do know some intrepid Yashica collectors that have come very close to owning all of this.

To chase down all of this is a pretty monumental task so I’d give it a Chase Factor of a solid 10 (CF-10). Good luck chasers!

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Happy SUNday! – Wonderful Yashicas

wordless wednesday

USS Midway (CV-41)

Old Florida

Yashica Gems – Friday Fotos!

School outing to Kamakura, Japan – 1977

Throwback Thursday – Reflections on a lens

wordless wednesday

Friday Fotos! – Cocoa Beach FD

The Best of Yashica – 1972