Film: Affordable Excellence. Yashica T4 35mm Tessar f3.5

[Jim Galli]

This little camera gets talked about a lot on Google. It's a definite contender for the folks that want a film camera with a superb prime lens like the Konica Hexar 35 f2.

These are a bit of a cult camera if you check ebay completed sales.

This one is in OB with instructions. Works perfectly.

One little funkiness on these, the battery door latch wasn't much good and most of them you'll see will have a little piece of tape holding the door shut. Nature of the beasty. $155

 

[Umesh Bhatt]

Has the price of this increased since we moved to digital? I remember getting this for $80 about 6 years ago (for a perfectly mint version). In any case - this is a gem of a camera....

 

[Mike Shimwell]

They have become a minor cult item since mfr has long ceased. I checked ebay completed sales and set my price point well below (many at just under 200$) equivalent identical cameras hoping I could avoid listing it in an auction. So much easier and nicer to sell to folks here. I suppose I should post it at the RFF forum also. These have long been the "poor man's Konica Hexar" which of course is the poor man's Leica. It's a really neat little machine for $150 bucks.

I really really wanted one of these a few years ago. In the UK they seem to go on ebay for around £100. Nice cameras with an excellent lens.

Mike

 

[Jim Galli]

Thanks for all the nice interest in this. In fact I DID list it over at RFForums and it sold in about 8 minutes!

 

[Asher Kelman]

Go to New thread on Choosing a nice portable film camera at a good price!

Thanks for all the nice interest in this. In fact I DID list it over at RFForums and it sold in about 8 minutes!

Jim,

Still we have the basis for an interesting topic on portable high quality film cameras for folks to recommend, here.