I'll admit - I got hooked by the intriguing videos put up as part of the pre-Kickstarter Marketing Blitz, but I smartly (rare occasion!) kept my powder dry and my wallet firmly under my tuckus.
Seriously though, I would have never thought someone had the gumption to put out a POS this stinky and on fire. A freaking piece of metal to make it feel more hefty? Yowsa. (NSFW the videos have colorful but amusing language).
A Review and Teardown of the 'S**t' Yashica Y35 Camera
TL;DR:
Both the camera and the “film rolls” are found to be mostly empty plastic shells containing minimal electronic components. Even the “lens” is simply an empty shell that’s just there for looks with a smaller cheap lens is hidden inside.
Inside the top plate of the camera, under a small circuit board, is an unusually heavy piece of metal that simply exists in the camera to give it some weight. Without the metal weight, the Y35 would feel even cheaper and lighter.
If you were skeptical of the Yashica Y35 Kickstarter and didn’t back it while it was the talk of the photo world, congratulations: you dodged a bullet with this one.
https://www.facebook.com/petapixelc...AOgcclL4Wfv0SkR-pwyfFo56C_dJt3uQmZs5oGSpziaCQ
Seriously though, I would have never thought someone had the gumption to put out a POS this stinky and on fire. A freaking piece of metal to make it feel more hefty? Yowsa. (NSFW the videos have colorful but amusing language).
A Review and Teardown of the 'S**t' Yashica Y35 Camera
TL;DR:
Both the camera and the “film rolls” are found to be mostly empty plastic shells containing minimal electronic components. Even the “lens” is simply an empty shell that’s just there for looks with a smaller cheap lens is hidden inside.
Inside the top plate of the camera, under a small circuit board, is an unusually heavy piece of metal that simply exists in the camera to give it some weight. Without the metal weight, the Y35 would feel even cheaper and lighter.
If you were skeptical of the Yashica Y35 Kickstarter and didn’t back it while it was the talk of the photo world, congratulations: you dodged a bullet with this one.
https://www.facebook.com/petapixelc...AOgcclL4Wfv0SkR-pwyfFo56C_dJt3uQmZs5oGSpziaCQ