Comments on: Yashica Electro 35 GSN Film Camera Review

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:16:52 +0000

In reply to DS.

Hey DS. Thanks for the kind words.

That’s quite a run you’ve had with your Electro! Fully agree about the quality of the lens, and I really don’t recall many of my images ever being under or over-exposed either. Even the low light or indoor ones shot without a flash. In hindsight I’m really glad I used my Electro so much when I lived in Shanghai as those photographs are important memories for me, and having shot them with this camera in particular means the vast majority of them came out well.

Hope you can get the pad on girlfriend’s repaired without too much trouble! 🙂

Lee

By: DS

DS — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:28:04 +0000

Thanks for the post. I bought a GT in 2000. It was my favorite travel camera during my frequent flier years and has gone everywhere. It only cost me $15usd so I didn’t worry about it much, the lens is fantastic, and it has always given me perfect exposures, day or night, color or b/w. I use the shotgun shell 4LR44 adapter.The pad of death hasn’t even died…yet. I think if the lens was detachable there would be a lot of Electros on ebay without a lens. The Tomioka lens compares very favorably with any 35mm lens of similar focal length and aperture I’ve used. Truly an outstanding camera.
How I came across your website is because my girlfriend likes my GT a lot so I recently bought her a beautiful Hong Kong GTN. Unfortunately it’s pad has died so I’ll be learning the repair.
Keep up the good work!

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 19:38:41 +0000

In reply to Nuno S. Cheers Nuno, I appreciate your saying thank you :) I specifically bought the Electro because I prefer aperture priority over shutter priority, so not having the latter was never an issue for me. :) But yeah, I guess being able to see exactly what speed you were at for a given aperture could have been useful, but for me so long as I was inside the orange and red lights that was enough. Thanks again man and happy shooting :)

By: Nuno S

Nuno S — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 11:24:20 +0000

Thank you so much for your review. My only complaint is the lack of shutter speed mode, and not be able to see at what speed I am shooting. The camera works fine, but I have a small problem with the electric contact. When I press the shutter the red or orange light sometimes disapear. I probably need to see if it can be fixed.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:39:18 +0000

In reply to Yaura. No idea. Only one way to find out. Let us know how it goes. :)