Since I’ve started buying Pentax and Yashica-things I’vre realized that there are Pentaxforums (and now a Takumar-forum) but no specific forum for us interested in Yashicas.

So I bought the domain www.yashicaforum.com and have installed a forum-application. Eventhough it’s basic functionality at the moment and has to be filled with interesting information and discussions, I hope you will help me – welcome as new member, and feel free to come with suggestions about the site! :)

About a week ago I bought a Pentax Spotmatic with three lenses and lots of good accessorie. The Pentax S-M-C Takumar 55mm/1.8 that came along I new was gonna be good. But there were some surprises too, specially a Tele-Tokina 105mm/2.8, a preset adaptall lens. It really creates sharp, nice images. The only thing I’m unsure about is the colour saturation (colour pictures will be published later on).

Here is a B&W shot of my daughter learning to eat.

My daughter

Picture of the lens on Flickr (more can be found in a Set).

Today I recieved the Pentax Super Takumar 28mm/3.5 I won on ebay (fast shipping!). I took it out for a first try.. here are some images. Observe, the bumblebee is a 100% crop! Review will come eventually.

Suflower

100% crop bumblebee

Mushrooms

Broken tree

It is my intention to publish a series of interviews on Retrocamera.net. The first one out is Joe Marcel Wolff who runs the site www.yashica-guy.com, an important bookmark for everyone with an interest in Yashica rangefinder cameras or in need of a battery adapter – make sure to pay a visit to the site. But first I like to thank Joe for interesting answers! :) Now, lets start the interview….

Yashica Guy

A lot of enthusiast that love photography and starts with digital, now get interested in film-cameras – the old SLR’s and rangefinders. There’s lots of groups on Flickr, and Youtube videos on street photography. How do you feel about this development? Will this small renaissance for old cameras fade, you think?

“I was not aware that there were many people starting out with digital cameras and then switching to film but rather the reverse.

Part of the problem, if this is in fact a trend, would be that many digital cameras have too many “Bells & Whistles” and take too long to get into ready to shoot mode and the time lag in writing data.

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Took the Yashica ML 35mm/2.8 out in the woods the other day. Just wanted to show how sharp it can be.