http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/ Engadget Comments for Yashica debuts EZ F521 digicam / webcam / snoozefest http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/
- Its cheap
-5 Mpix is not much, but sufficient for most (however i doubt that the sensor will be premium good)
- it runs on AA batteries!! that alone makes it worth getting
- it has an optical viewfinder!! again: that alone makes it worth getting
- it looks cool
-oh, and did i mention that its cheap and runs on AA batteries?

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Ever tried using a camera in the cold?
you need at least 4 sets of batteries (which will make you a poor man with most proprietary ones) and you can forget about using the LCD.]]>Oct 7th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/
The big wildcard for this camera is ISO performance and I can't find any reviews of the output.]]>Oct 7th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/
Let's start with:

1) retro design - nostalgic camera users
2) normal length (nearly exactly sqr(36^2 + 24^2)) - again, in the dawn of the SLRs most were sold with normal lenses (50mm mostly)
3) focus-free / hyperfocal preset - to appeal to street shooters that don't wan't to raise the camera to eye level
4) plastic lens - holga/pinhole/alternative photography lovers

Basically, a camera targeted toward film users with plastic lenses cameras
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this would be awesome but no.]]>Oct 7th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 7th 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 8th 2009 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/I would like to ask you a few questions about classic electro 35 Yashica GTN. I would be most grateful if you could answer them. The questions are as follow:


1. are you still building this camera, or it has been discontinued?
2. I bought my camera in Bristol, England in 1975. At the time I could provide "closeup" and "wide angle" lenses, but could not get any telephoto lens for this camera. Do you provide this lens?
3.If the answers to above questions are positive, I desperately need it. I would be thankful if you could inform me the conditions for buying the telephoto lens for Yashica electro 35 GTN in Iran. I will accept your conditions and pay you according to your regulations.

Yours sincerely, N.Razvizadeh]]>Oct 9th 2009 4:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.japanexposures.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=349

Hopefully navigating the menus in Japanese isn't too daunting and that I don't format my SD card by accident.]]>Oct 8th 2009 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/Oct 9th 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/yashica-debuts-ez-f521-digicam-webcam-snoozefest/
It could have been made much more compact though, and the lens should have been more crappy. Some built in film emulation/digital crappifyers would have been nice. Like that Chase Jarvis app for the iphone, but as shooting modes, not post-processing. That would make the images much more interesting and bring back some of that uncontrolled randomness that made toy cameras big sellers.

idea: 8
execution 5]]>Nov 4th 2009 5:17AM