Yashica Electro 35 GSN

A well-featured rangefinder camera from the 1970s with an unusually fast lens

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The Yashica Electro 35 GSN is one of several rangefinder cameras that have had the epithet 'The Poor Man's Leica' bestowed upon them. As with various other cameras, they have been through a bit of a cult phase, with prices peaking and then receding. At their height, in the early 2010s, they would command upwards of £200, but now you can easily find one for around £60 on eBay. I bought mine secondhand from a camera shop in the early 1990s, well before my quest to use as many cameras as possible started, and simply because I liked the look of it and planned to use it.