The "Organic" Look of a Transparency From the Old Yashica Mat 124 TLR
Apr 29, 2017 15:46:53 #
Laurence68
Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA
I "talked" in the previous post that I would post a close-up image of a Twisted Stalk (Streptopus amplexifolius) taken with the Yashica Mat 124 and its auxiliary close-up lens and parallax converter (hard to find these any more).
This was from medium format Provia film, and I feel it shows the sort of "depth" or "color mass", along with sharpness to be gained from using medium format film in photography. Plus...it's just plain fun, because it slows me down!
The clarity is very good from the nice old Yashinon lens - I can even see pollen particles from nearby Red Alder (Alnus rubra) trees on the leaves. I tried an Unsharp Mask in my old Photoshop 6 program, but I find that the sharpening was not needed, so left it in its original state, other than putting a little border around the image.
Yashica Mat 124
Auxiliary Close-Up Lens
Provia
This was from medium format Provia film, and I feel it shows the sort of "depth" or "color mass", along with sharpness to be gained from using medium format film in photography. Plus...it's just plain fun, because it slows me down!
The clarity is very good from the nice old Yashinon lens - I can even see pollen particles from nearby Red Alder (Alnus rubra) trees on the leaves. I tried an Unsharp Mask in my old Photoshop 6 program, but I find that the sharpening was not needed, so left it in its original state, other than putting a little border around the image.
Yashica Mat 124
Auxiliary Close-Up Lens
Provia
Apr 29, 2017 16:00:39 #
Apr 29, 2017 16:17:53 #
Laurence68 wrote:
I "talked" in the previous post that I w... (show quote)
With my extremely limited technical knowledge I don't really understand much of how you created this image. 😟 I do know a good image when I see one. I love the leaf dripping with raindrops.
Apr 29, 2017 19:40:09 #
Laurence68
Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA
Thanks Bob and annie-get-your-gun.
Annie: Nothing technical here at all. I just put the leaves into good focus, set the lens to about f:5.6 to get them in good focus front to back, but still blur the background a little, and hit the shutter button. :-) The most technical thing was getting my creaky body to twist into the right position, close to the ground, in order to get the right angle. :-)
Annie: Nothing technical here at all. I just put the leaves into good focus, set the lens to about f:5.6 to get them in good focus front to back, but still blur the background a little, and hit the shutter button. :-) The most technical thing was getting my creaky body to twist into the right position, close to the ground, in order to get the right angle. :-)
Apr 30, 2017 07:17:10 #
Apr 30, 2017 08:52:59 #
Laurence68 wrote:
I "talked" in the previous post that I w... (show quote)
Good shot, Laurence! Well done.
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May 1, 2017 02:13:37 #
Georgews
Loc: Wellington, New Zealand
Had a Yashicamat for years. Loved the prints from it and using slide film was way out there. Some days wish I still had it. Took me back to grassroots photography being totally manual. It got a bit beat up and I put it away only to discover some dreaded fungus on the taking lens. Still sold it for more than I paid for it new!
I used it mainly for b&w and some super slides. Could get super slide mounts to fit a 35m projector. Awesome
I used it mainly for b&w and some super slides. Could get super slide mounts to fit a 35m projector. Awesome
May 4, 2017 17:04:34 #
Laurence68
Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA
Georgews wrote:
Had a Yashicamat for years. Loved the prints from it and using slide film was way out there. Some days wish I still had it. Took me back to grassroots photography being totally manual. It got a bit beat up and I put it away only to discover some dreaded fungus on the taking lens. Still sold it for more than I paid for it new!
I used it mainly for b&w and some super slides. Could get super slide mounts to fit a 35m projector. Awesome
I used it mainly for b&w and some super slides. Could get super slide mounts to fit a 35m projector. Awesome
Super slide mounts - so nice when projected. Maybe you should go back and revive the fun you had​ again!
Apr 28, 2019 01:22:26 #
Bought a 124G couple of months ago. Did not know these were so capable! Beautiful capture!
Jan 5, 2020 15:57:49 #
Georgews
Loc: Wellington, New Zealand
A great combination of gear! I had a Yashicamat for many years and absolutely loved it. Used mainly for monochrome and spent hours in the darkroom making poster sized prints. Had close up filters but no parallax correction. Just measured it.
Anyway, great photo, you know how to use your gear!!
Anyway, great photo, you know how to use your gear!!
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