Way back in the late summer of 2015 a package arrived at my door. All the way from Australia it had come (that’s a long way from Sherwood Park, Alberta). I was so pleased to greet the Travelling Yashica at my door. I immediately opened the package and loaded it with some Lomochrome Turquoise* film and started snapping away.
![Travelling Yashica Roll 1-11](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-1-11-1024x675.jpg)
![Travelling Yashica Roll 1-10](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-1-10-1024x676.jpg)
![Travelling Yashica Roll 1-7](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-1-7-671x1024.jpg)
![Travelling Yashica Roll 1-6](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-1-6-1024x678.jpg)
As I had a week to play with this little beauty, I took my time and visited various locations through out the city…
![Travelling Yashica Roll 1-14](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-1-14-1024x674.jpg)
![Travelling Yashica Roll 1-15](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-1-15-1024x679.jpg)
![Travelling Yashica Roll 1-17](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-1-17-671x1024.jpg)
…and to Elk Island National Park…
![Travelling Yashica Roll 1-19](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-1-19-1024x675.jpg)
![Travelling Yashica Roll 1-18](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-1-18-1024x672.jpg)
..and some more around town.
![Travelling Yashica Roll 1-26](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-1-26-1024x676.jpg)
![Travelling Yashica Roll 1-25](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-1-25-1024x676.jpg)
I stopped for a bite to eat and a pint here..
![Travelling Yashica Roll 1-30](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-1-30-1024x674.jpg)
…and dropped the camera. Not from a great height but I did manage to scuff the camera a bit. I quickly finished the roll and sent it off to develop to see if I had damaged the camera. Realizing that I wouldn’t get the roll back from the lab in time, I quickly loaded some Ilford HP5 into it and ripped through a roll to develop at home in time to see if I was going to go down in history as the man who ruined the Travelling Yashica.
![Travelling Yashica Roll 2-1](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-2-1-674x1024.jpg)
![Travelling Yashica Roll 2-7](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-2-7-1024x674.jpg)
![Travelling Yashica Roll 2-12](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-2-12-1024x677.jpg)
![Travelling Yashica Roll 2-14](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-2-14-1024x680.jpg)
![Travelling Yashica Roll 2-17](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-2-17-1024x674.jpg)
![Travelling Yashica Roll 2-18](https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Travelling-Yashica-Roll-2-18-1024x676.jpg)
Luckily our little camera still worked like a charm and I (with some regret) sent her off to her next destination in Ontario. May the Travelling Yashica travel for many years to come. Would I buy one for myself? In a heartbeat.
Cheers!
John
*Lomochrome Turquoise film doesn’t have a DX code so the camera defaulted to 100ISO for the roll and I’m sure glad it did. The film is supposed to be good for 100-400ISO but I’ve had mixed results shooting above 100.
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