The camera came to me really quick, after a few days long travel from Ireland. I was shocked when postman told me he has something for me. 🙂 First impressions were pretty bad. Plastic, plastic, plastic. And even not the best one. My Olympus AF-10 is better built, seriously. Then: the shutter button. It’s nearly …
The Traveling Yashica: Dominik Mrzyk, Upper Silesia, Poland. Read More
When Inge tweeted about the traveling Yashica I called it fate. At the time I had a window open on my computer browsing information about compact 35mm cameras. I shoot a lot of pinhole and medium format stuff and I had been looking around for a camera that would fit in my pocket. I needed …
When I read about the project, I knew instantly I wanted to join it. I have shot with point and shoot cameras before, but never liked them. Some people on Twitter convinced me this was different, and I had to see for myself.
‘Review’ I wouldn’t argue with you if you said it was overpriced in the used market. This is due to certain people connecting the camera to a certain photographer (TR). I wanted to stay away from the Yashica and was happy using other small cameras.
So here they are the shots from the first stop of the Traveling Yashica. Unfortunately I had a lab scan the negatives and they did a really, really bad job. Well, you get what you pay for, I guess. Next time I’ll send my films to a better lab …
