{"id":2349,"date":"2009-11-01T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2009-11-10T17:32:29","modified_gmt":"2009-11-10T09:32:29","slug":"holgas-digital-cousin-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=2349","title":{"rendered":"Yashica EZ F521 : A Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of you might remember that I recently blogged about this camera that some call &#8216;the digital Holga&#8217;. There wasn&#8217;t any sample photos or details about the kind of photo it produces, so I guess most of the interest were kept in the &#8216;let&#8217;s just wait for some reviews&#8217; department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/images\/misc4\/yashicaf521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A friend just sent me this link that has a short video review as well as some sample photos taken with this retro looking digital camera. So how does it (not) perform? Check this video out &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7347064&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7347064&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Interesting?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here&#8217;s the link to &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanexposures.com\/2009\/10\/31\/a-first-look-at-the-yashica-ez-f521\/\" target=\"_blank\">A first look at the Yashica EZ F521<\/a>&#8216; for a pretty interesting review.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What got me kinda interested (ahem!) was the reviewer&#8217;s remark that <em>&#8216;Since the lens is screwed onto the body from the front, there might be some  hacking potential by replacing the lens with something else, if you are so  inclined.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If it is available here for a affordable price, I might just pick one up for some fun experiment by trying to replace the lens &#8230; with maybe a Diana lens? A Holga lens? LC-A? Hmm &#8230; Fisheye? Hmm. Damn.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you might remember that I recently blogged about this camera that some call &#8216;the digital Holga&#8217;. 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