Yashica is a camera brand that predates me by a few years, so it has a lot of history behind it. The company’s first twin-lens reflex camera came to market in 1953, and the iconic Yashica FX-3 SLR film camera pitched up when I was a teenager in 1979. That FX-3 is now copied by the retro-styled Yashica FX-D 100, 200, 300 and S300 digital cameras, and there’s also a range of more modern point-and-shoot style Yashica City 100, 200 and 300 cameras, all of them badged Yashica but made under license by a Hong Kong-based company that paid for the name.
The Yashica DigiPix 100 camera that I’m reviewing here is the most affordable in the current Yashica stable. I’d go so far as to say that it’s downright cheap to buy. Sure, it only has a relatively humble 5 megapixel image sensor and a basic fixed lens but it’s priced accordingly. All in all, it aims to be one of the best cheap cameras on the market and, considering its bargain basement price tag, maybe one of the best cameras for kids as well.
