I’m old enough to remember ‘proper’ Yashica cameras and they actually predate me, the first twin-lens reflex camera landing in 1953 and the legendary Yashica FX-3 35mm SLR pitching up in 1979, when I was turning 20. Only the name remains, bought up by a Chinese company that has set about making a slew of compact cameras. They include relatively cheap, retro styled copies of the FX-3, in the somewhat similar shape of the Yashica FX-D 100, 200, 300 and S300 digital cameras, and there’s also the more modern point-and-shoot style ‘City’ line-up, including the Yashica City 100, 200 and 300 slimline compacts.
Going one better, at least in the affordability stakes, there’s the super-cheap Yashica DigiPix 100, which only packs a 5MP image sensor and has a 2.4-inch fixed screen.
