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from Estate sale Summary:I love this camera. It is really reliable when I do studio work when I am looking for a certain look in my portraits on film. I usually use a digital camera for metering and use the Yashica for my overall work.
I compete with DSLRs that cost around $3,000 dollars or more and I show up with a $10 dollar camera I bought from a flea market.
The secret is not the body but the lens that it can hold. The Yashica FX-3 or Super 2000 is the gateway to awesome Zeiss Lenses! Zeiss lenses that are often used with adapters on Canons and Nikons digital cameras.
Even when electronic Contax cameras are breaking down or digital SLRs become dirt cheap because of yearly updates of models.
The Yashica FX-3s holds it value on reliability and mechanical simplicity. It can be fixed and repaired easily since it was mass produced with quality materials
I used it on assignment on far reaching places in the Philippines, Vietnam and Tibet. The camera has been to harsh conditions and is still working and reliable. The battery last forever and it is tough as nails when it comes to overall reliability
Strengths:-Simplicity
-Reliability
-Accurate meter
-Access to Zeiss Lenses
-Studio work Weaknesses:If you are doing street photography then this is not for you. Similar Products Used:Hasselblad 503CW, Leica M6, Canon 5D Mark II Customer Service:The company does not exist anymore but Mark Hama repairs Yashica Cameras superbly = )
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