Those card inserts are certainly interesting. The first thing it reminded me of was a digital camera introduced around 2017 branded the 'Yashica Y35'. It used dummy 'film' cassettes to set the camera to various shooting modes (color/b&w, ISO value, 3:2 or square format). It even had an 'advance lever' that needed to be used between each photo! Quite a novel idea, but I prefer the real thing in the Electro 35 😃📸
Not a high point of film cameras, imho. With auto focus and auto wind drawing juice, batteries could get very expensive. I had a couple of Nikons from the same era, and if the in-camera flash was used as well, I could get through a battery in two rolls of film, and they weren't rechargeable! IIRC the CR5s were £15 in 1990, or around £40 today.
@@theoldfilmbloke Battery prices have come down a lot, and you can get rechargeable versions of most of them. It's possible I misremembered the price, but they were certainly expensive. You could buy a 10 pack of process paid Fuji slide film for £50 (a fiver a roll!). Unthinkable in 2024, when slide film and processing costs an arm and a leg. I think cameras were better before and after the late 1980s-early 90s.
Nice one mate. Forever the Pro explaining these later era of finicky film cameras.
I think I’d lose patience with them 😊
Those card inserts are certainly interesting. The first thing it reminded me of was a digital camera introduced around 2017 branded the 'Yashica Y35'. It used dummy 'film' cassettes to set the camera to various shooting modes (color/b&w, ISO value, 3:2 or square format). It even had an 'advance lever' that needed to be used between each photo! Quite a novel idea, but I prefer the real thing in the Electro 35 😃📸
Very interesting cameras, Peter
G'day Pete, lovely to see you on again buddy.
Nice, as always!
Thank you!
Working out by deduction, you are either 86, 87, 88, years old and so congratulations on your longevity along with mental acuity.
Shame Minolta, have gone ,they were a very innovative camera company
Sorry i didn’t do it by your life story, i watched your video on the Asahi when you got your original one back.
Not a high point of film cameras, imho. With auto focus and auto wind drawing juice, batteries could get very expensive. I had a couple of Nikons from the same era, and if the in-camera flash was used as well, I could get through a battery in two rolls of film, and they weren't rechargeable! IIRC the CR5s were £15 in 1990, or around £40 today.
Those CR5 batteries are Much Cheaper than that -- Batteries have lasted very well so far.
@@theoldfilmbloke Battery prices have come down a lot, and you can get rechargeable versions of most of them. It's possible I misremembered the price, but they were certainly expensive. You could buy a 10 pack of process paid Fuji slide film for £50 (a fiver a roll!). Unthinkable in 2024, when slide film and processing costs an arm and a leg. I think cameras were better before and after the late 1980s-early 90s.
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I have a 7000i. It eats batteries if you leave them in the body.
Crikey, Minolta was popular during the eighties. I didn't admire the plastic bodies or lenses.