Re: Yashica SLR Digest V1 #6

[Gary Schloss <schloss@datadepot.com>]

CharlesW99@aol.com wrote:

>I bought an FR-2 with the Yashica 2/50 ML lens for something like
>$60. McBrooms says the shutter on the FR series is the same as the
>Contax RTS. This surprises me as the Contax goes to 1/2000.

Feature-wise, the FR-I is probably the closest to Contax RTS. It
looks like Yashica was affraid that if the two cameras were too
similar, the RTS price and sales might suffer, so FR-I shutter
speed range was reduced -- easy to do since this shutter is
electronic.

>I found the Zeiss 1.7/50 T* Planar to be sharper than the Yashica
>wide open, but of course, little difference by f5.6 or 8.

Most 50/2 lenses are cheaper, lesser, single-coated lenses geared
to the student/amateur market (see Minolta MD 50/2, SMC Pentax 50/2,
etc.). The Yashica ML 50/1.4 is much closer to the Zeiss T* 50/1.4
in performance (and in price!).


/Gary Schloss.
Studio City, CA
schloss@datadepot.com