It does not use through-the-lens (TTL) metering, the CdS cell is located to the right of the rangefinder, but it still does a great job. The camera is aperturepriority - that is, you set the aperture from f/1.7 to f/16 and the camera will choose the shutter speed from 1/500 sec to 30 seconds automatically for you.

Interesting quirksThe Copal leaf shutter is entirely stepless from 1/500 to about 30 seconds.

Using the text or images on this website without permission on an ebay auction or any other site is a violation of federal law. Only the GSN enjoyed the tremendously long run of 17 years. There was a series of compact bodied Electros - the GL, GX, and ML1- but these were relatively short lived. The GSN is the last of the large bodied Electro series. The Electro 35 in 1968, the series added the new Copal-Electro shutter, which was electromagnetically controlled. The Yashica GSN traces its lineage to the Yashica Lynx of 1960 (actually the Yashica 35 of 1958 is earlier, but the family resemblance is further). If that wasn't bad enough, I bought a third one in late January 2003 as part of a lot with a Yashica Lynx and Electro GX that I wanted. I then found one at an antique store in early January 2003 and compulsively bought it as a backup. I purchased my GSN in excellent condition on eBay for $175 in October of 2001. The lens on the camera really sparkles and is excellent in low-light. The lens is a Color-Yashinon DX 1:1.7 f=45mm lens made in Japan. The serial number of my first body is #H6913xx and it has a 'Made in Hong Kong' stamped on the bottom. The Electro 35 GSN was released in 1973 by Yashica. intervened which made it $175 in 1980 or $381 in 2002 dollars. By the end of the model run in 1980, the yen-dollar rate had plummeted to about 200/$ but inflation in the U.S.

Taking inflation into account with the AIER calculator, that's $400 in 2002 dollars.

The exchange rate was approx 292/US$1in 1975 so that comes out to US$119. Yashica Electro 35 GSNby Karen Nakamura Overview and Personal Comments The Yashica Electro 35 GSN is a coupledrangefinder, leafshuttered 35mm camera with aperturepriority automatic exposure.

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