wj cody Loc: springfield illinois

there is nothing like medium format for wonderful pictures, wether black and white or colour transparencies. the fixed lens tlrs were and remain wonderful instruments for photography. you are to be congratulated for an excellent purchase!

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Thanks for the nice comments everyone.

I'm going to send the first color out to be developed and scanned and do the black and white at home.

I'm looking at turning an old DSLR into a copystand/scanner as 120 scanners are ultra expensive and the quality can't match even an entry level DSLR-scanner.

Shutterbugsailer Loc: Staten Island NY (AKA Cincinnati by the Sea)

Very nice. I got a Nikon D750 for my wife. Do you think it was a good trade?

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

Nice camera indeed!

I purchased a Ciro-flex TLR at a flea market 2 weeks ago, and I can't wait to use it. Since then, I've already picked up some 120 film for it (color, as well as b&w which I can process at home), and I have various drop-in filters which I have been using with one of my 35mm cameras. Although I don't expect it to serve as my go-to everyday camera, it will see plenty of action for sure. Should be an interesting experience shooting in square format.

GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan

High school yearbook for me. Two years with a Yashica D, one year with a 124. Really nice cameras.

One thing people rarely know about. When you lift the top to look down through the upper lens, you can also push the very front inwards. After doing that, look through the small square hole in the rear section and it let's you see directly to whatever you want to photograph. No glass or magnification, but for fast moving things it is very easy to use.

Clem B.

Very Nice. I have a later Yashica Mat124G, it was my first foray into MF in 1972. I love it.

AntonioReyna Loc: Los Angeles, California

Looks to be in great condition. I had a Mamiya C330 back in the day and loved the big negatives.

TREBOR77 Loc: Winchester Kentucky

I have 4 of these cameras for my collection and still shoot 2 of them...just love to shoot them without a meter to keep my mind sharp...It is a lot of fun as when ya make settings and ready to shoot ...the light changes and ya have to start all over again LOL

JaiGieEse Loc: Foxworth, MS

Talk about being on the same frequency! I was also issued a Yashica D TLR when I took my first photography course back in my university days (also in the late 60's). The next, advanced course, I was given a very basic SLR - NO electronics, no auto-anything. Had to use a handheld light meter. Not long after I left school, I bought myself a Nikkormat FT-2, which at least had a match-needle meter and a focusing aid - split circle. Shot a buncha film with that FT-2, mostly slides. Was processing my own film, via E6 kits, at the end.

Was living at Pensacola Beach, and when a tropical storm passed 30 miles offshore, I went out to the beach, hoping to get some storm shots. Got a few before the wind-blown salt spray got into the camera and jammed it good. Was nearly 20 years before I bought a digital, and I haven't looked back since.

bparr1 Loc: Carthage, TN

While TDY to Clark AB, P.I. in the fall of '65, several of us went on a weekend R&R to Japan. We eventually ended up on the, Ginza. My friend was specifically looking for a Yashica D. He went into a camera shop to find one. He didn't speak Japanese and the store clerk didn't speak English. Hugo was pronouncing Yashica as Ya-shi-ca which didn't compute for the clerk. Finally, the clerk understood by pronouncing it, Ya-shic-a. Cameras started to appear and among them was a model D. Hugo came out of the store with camera in hand and a grin from era to ear.

twowindsbear

Which Yashica TLR was concidered the 'top of the line?'

RichardQ Loc: Colorado

You both should have a lot of photographic "phun" with that baby, which appears to be a copy of the German Rolleicord. For most of my professional career, I used an Automatic Rolleiflex with a 75mm Carl Zeiss Planar lens for handheld work, supplementing my 4X5 view camera used on a tripod for large-format assignments. I suggest you explore whether Yashica made close-up lenses for their model. The Rollei catalogue offered several strengths, which came in pairs (one for the top lens (corrected for the parallax difference) and the other on the bottom. They attached with the bayonet. One of my best prizewinners used the closeup lens. Don't forget to get a sunshade!

I'm pretty sure you'll start to see a difference in your shooting angles. Keep in mind that you can easily take very low angle shots without having to kneel or lay down. Just look down into the ground glass. High angle shots are taken by holding the camera upside down above your head and looking up into the ground glass. Sneaky shots are taken by holding the camera at waist level and pointing it toward the subject while you are facing toward the right or left. Or you can stand behind a wall and hold the camera out past the corner, looking into the ground glass sideways but remaining hidden from the subject. You can use it at eye-level, too, if you prefer, but you'll find the natural tendency for waist-level shooting results in a different viewpoint.

Almost all of my UHH posts were scanned from 2-1/4 X 2-1/4 inch contact prints. If you're interested in checking them out, click on my avatar to read my topics and click on a couple of postings. Or if you'd like to ask questions, send me a PM. Meanwhile, congratulations!

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Thanks RichardQ,
I'll do that!

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

That would be the 124G, their last model. I used to have one of these, was a great camera. I traded it in on a Rollei however. I've read that the lenses in some of their older TLRs were just as good as the 124G.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

I believe that would be the Yashica-Mat 124G.
More here: http://pixelogist.me/2012/09/02/yashica-mat-124g-tlr-reviewed/