Finding a Yashica...will it work for my street photos?

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Inspired by Vivian Maier's photography using a Rolleiflex and remembering my father in law was a keen photographer forty years ago, I rummaged around at home to discover this old Yashica ..now wondering if I can get it working well enough to try it out on the street..seems it needs a 'greener' replacement for the original mercury battery and slightly newer film than the 40+ year old film shown above...like the idea of holding the camera at waist level though...

Hmmm...a longtime since I used film...watch this space!