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The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
An image captured with a Yashica-MAT 124G won 2nd place in Popular
Photography's August 2007 Your Best Shot. My 124G is in regular use and
it's nice to know others appreciate its capacity to capture beautiful
images.
SW
An image captured with a Yashica-MAT 124G won 2nd place in Popular
Photography's August 2007 Your Best Shot. My 124G is in regular use and
it's nice to know others appreciate its capacity to capture beautiful
images.
SW
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
I've still got mine, but haven't used in about 6 months. Time to spring for
some film.
"Summer Wind" <summer-wind@theworld,net > wrote in message
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> An image captured with a Yashica-MAT 124G won 2nd place in Popular
> Photography's August 2007 Your Best Shot. My 124G is in regular use and
> it's nice to know others appreciate its capacity to capture beautiful
> images.
>
> SW
>
>
>
I've still got mine, but haven't used in about 6 months. Time to spring for
some film.
"Summer Wind" <summer-wind@theworld,net > wrote in message
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> An image captured with a Yashica-MAT 124G won 2nd place in Popular
> Photography's August 2007 Your Best Shot. My 124G is in regular use and
> it's nice to know others appreciate its capacity to capture beautiful
> images.
>
> SW
>
>
>
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
"Summer Wind" <summer-wind@theworld,net > wrote in message
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> An image captured with a Yashica-MAT 124G won 2nd place in Popular
> Photography's August 2007 Your Best Shot. My 124G is in regular use and
> it's nice to know others appreciate its capacity to capture beautiful
> images.
>
> SW
>
Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they to find?
"Summer Wind" <summer-wind@theworld,net > wrote in message
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> An image captured with a Yashica-MAT 124G won 2nd place in Popular
> Photography's August 2007 Your Best Shot. My 124G is in regular use and
> it's nice to know others appreciate its capacity to capture beautiful
> images.
>
> SW
>
Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they to find?
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
"William Graham" <weg9@comcast,net > wrote in message
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>
> "Summer Wind" <summer-wind@theworld,net > wrote in message
> news:4e4li.23$Dx2.15@newssvr17.news.prodigy,net ...
>> An image captured with a Yashica-MAT 124G won 2nd place in Popular
>> Photography's August 2007 Your Best Shot. My 124G is in regular use and
>> it's nice to know others appreciate its capacity to capture beautiful
>> images.
>>
>> SW
>>
> Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they to
> find?
>
You may find accessory lenses fit onto the camera lens, but no, it doesn't
have interchangeable lenses.
"William Graham" <weg9@comcast,net > wrote in message
news:f9ydnWjg9P7XwwjbnZ2dnUVZ_s6onZ2d@comcast,com ...
>
> "Summer Wind" <summer-wind@theworld,net > wrote in message
> news:4e4li.23$Dx2.15@newssvr17.news.prodigy,net ...
>> An image captured with a Yashica-MAT 124G won 2nd place in Popular
>> Photography's August 2007 Your Best Shot. My 124G is in regular use and
>> it's nice to know others appreciate its capacity to capture beautiful
>> images.
>>
>> SW
>>
> Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they to
> find?
>
You may find accessory lenses fit onto the camera lens, but no, it doesn't
have interchangeable lenses.
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:47:38 -0500, "Ken Hart" <kwhart@aec.nu> wrote:
> "William Graham" <weg9@comcast,net > wrote in message
> news:f9ydnWjg9P7XwwjbnZ2dnUVZ_s6onZ2d@comcast,com ...
> >
> > "Summer Wind" <summer-wind@theworld,net > wrote in message
> > news:4e4li.23$Dx2.15@newssvr17.news.prodigy,net ...
> >> An image captured with a Yashica-MAT 124G won 2nd place in Popular
> >> Photography's August 2007 Your Best Shot. My 124G is in regular use and
> >> it's nice to know others appreciate its capacity to capture beautiful
> >> images.
> >>
> > Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they to
> > find?
> >
> You may find accessory lenses fit onto the camera lens, but no, it doesn't
> have interchangeable lenses.
There's a telephoto accessory lens and a wide-angle one but the
performance of the latter is very poor at wide apertures, to the
extent that once you've trimmed off the blurred part the remaining
image covers a smaller field of view than the camera's lens alone.
Stopped down it's OK.
--
Matthew Winn
[If replying by mail remove the "r" from "urk"]
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:47:38 -0500, "Ken Hart" <kwhart@aec.nu> wrote:
> "William Graham" <weg9@comcast,net > wrote in message
> news:f9ydnWjg9P7XwwjbnZ2dnUVZ_s6onZ2d@comcast,com ...
> >
> > "Summer Wind" <summer-wind@theworld,net > wrote in message
> > news:4e4li.23$Dx2.15@newssvr17.news.prodigy,net ...
> >> An image captured with a Yashica-MAT 124G won 2nd place in Popular
> >> Photography's August 2007 Your Best Shot. My 124G is in regular use and
> >> it's nice to know others appreciate its capacity to capture beautiful
> >> images.
> >>
> > Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they to
> > find?
> >
> You may find accessory lenses fit onto the camera lens, but no, it doesn't
> have interchangeable lenses.
There's a telephoto accessory lens and a wide-angle one but the
performance of the latter is very poor at wide apertures, to the
extent that once you've trimmed off the blurred part the remaining
image covers a smaller field of view than the camera's lens alone.
Stopped down it's OK.
--
Matthew Winn
[If replying by mail remove the "r" from "urk"]
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
Matthew Winn wrote:
> There's a telephoto accessory lens and a wide-angle one but the
> performance of the latter is very poor at wide apertures, to the
> extent that once you've trimmed off the blurred part the remaining
> image covers a smaller field of view than the camera's lens alone.
> Stopped down it's OK.
>
If you wanted that though surely you'd be better off going down the Mamiya
Route?
--
http :// www .petezilla.co.uk
Matthew Winn wrote:
> There's a telephoto accessory lens and a wide-angle one but the
> performance of the latter is very poor at wide apertures, to the
> extent that once you've trimmed off the blurred part the remaining
> image covers a smaller field of view than the camera's lens alone.
> Stopped down it's OK.
>
If you wanted that though surely you'd be better off going down the Mamiya
Route?
--
http :// www .petezilla.co.uk
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
"Peter Chant" <pete@petezilla.co.uk> wrote in message
news:0uihm4-5ci.ln1@petezilla.co.uk...
> Matthew Winn wrote:
>
>
>> There's a telephoto accessory lens and a wide-angle one but the
>> performance of the latter is very poor at wide apertures, to the
>> extent that once you've trimmed off the blurred part the remaining
>> image covers a smaller field of view than the camera's lens alone.
>> Stopped down it's OK.
>>
>
> If you wanted that though surely you'd be better off going down the Mamiya
> Route?
>
Yes.....With today's "demise" of film, you can get rather good buys even on
some very good medium format cameras, such as Rolleis and Hassys.......
"Peter Chant" <pete@petezilla.co.uk> wrote in message
news:0uihm4-5ci.ln1@petezilla.co.uk...
> Matthew Winn wrote:
>
>
>> There's a telephoto accessory lens and a wide-angle one but the
>> performance of the latter is very poor at wide apertures, to the
>> extent that once you've trimmed off the blurred part the remaining
>> image covers a smaller field of view than the camera's lens alone.
>> Stopped down it's OK.
>>
>
> If you wanted that though surely you'd be better off going down the Mamiya
> Route?
>
Yes.....With today's "demise" of film, you can get rather good buys even on
some very good medium format cameras, such as Rolleis and Hassys.......
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
William Graham wrote:
> Yes.....With today's "demise" of film, you can get rather good buys even
> on some very good medium format cameras, such as Rolleis and Hassys.......
Don't think they are quite good enough for me yet!
I supose a Mamiya 6 or 7 would be nice, or maybe the Fuji folder for
something lighter.
--
http :// www .petezilla.co.uk
William Graham wrote:
> Yes.....With today's "demise" of film, you can get rather good buys even
> on some very good medium format cameras, such as Rolleis and Hassys.......
Don't think they are quite good enough for me yet!
I supose a Mamiya 6 or 7 would be nice, or maybe the Fuji folder for
something lighter.
--
http :// www .petezilla.co.uk
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:24:19 +0100, Peter Chant <pete@petezilla.co.uk>
wrote:
>William Graham wrote:
>
>> Yes.....With today's "demise" of film, you can get rather good buys even
>> on some very good medium format cameras, such as Rolleis and Hassys.......
That is a logical assumption, but ...
>Don't think they are quite good enough for me yet!
>
>I supose a Mamiya 6 or 7 would be nice
Very nice indeed, but I can't see any evidence at all of prices
dropping significantly for the Mamiya rangefinder cameras.
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:24:19 +0100, Peter Chant <pete@petezilla.co.uk>
wrote:
>William Graham wrote:
>
>> Yes.....With today's "demise" of film, you can get rather good buys even
>> on some very good medium format cameras, such as Rolleis and Hassys.......
That is a logical assumption, but ...
>Don't think they are quite good enough for me yet!
>
>I supose a Mamiya 6 or 7 would be nice
Very nice indeed, but I can't see any evidence at all of prices
dropping significantly for the Mamiya rangefinder cameras.
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
>
> Very nice indeed, but I can't see any evidence at all of prices
> dropping significantly for the Mamiya rangefinder cameras.
What has died is the wedding business. The RFs were never much in
demand for that and so the price isn't much affected. Serious amateurs
go through about as much film as ever-just they were a lot smaller
market than people thought.
>
> Very nice indeed, but I can't see any evidence at all of prices
> dropping significantly for the Mamiya rangefinder cameras.
What has died is the wedding business. The RFs were never much in
demand for that and so the price isn't much affected. Serious amateurs
go through about as much film as ever-just they were a lot smaller
market than people thought.
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:05:49 -0700, reseauplate@cbgb,net wrote:
>> Very nice indeed, but I can't see any evidence at all of prices
>> dropping significantly for the Mamiya rangefinder cameras.
>
> What has died is the wedding business. The RFs were never much in
>demand for that and so the price isn't much affected. Serious amateurs
>go through about as much film as ever-just they were a lot smaller
>market than people thought.
Thanks for pointing that out - it's a perfectly logical explanation
and also accounts for the Fuji RFs maintaining their value, too.
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:05:49 -0700, reseauplate@cbgb,net wrote:
>> Very nice indeed, but I can't see any evidence at all of prices
>> dropping significantly for the Mamiya rangefinder cameras.
>
> What has died is the wedding business. The RFs were never much in
>demand for that and so the price isn't much affected. Serious amateurs
>go through about as much film as ever-just they were a lot smaller
>market than people thought.
Thanks for pointing that out - it's a perfectly logical explanation
and also accounts for the Fuji RFs maintaining their value, too.
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
"William Graham" wrote:
> Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they to
find?
William,
This is the usual place that 124G owners go for accessories. Various
supplementary lenses, filters, step adapter rings and lens hoods are
available here,
http :// www .camera-depot,com /TLR.htm
I own a pristine 124G that I've used a couple of times for the SI. I have a
lifetime supply of PX625 mercury cells for the meter, which has been
professionally calibrated to match all of my other similarly calibrated
various meters. Within its normal operating range, it's dead on.
Great camera, albeit not for sustained, heavy-duty use.
Ken
"William Graham" wrote:
> Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they to
find?
William,
This is the usual place that 124G owners go for accessories. Various
supplementary lenses, filters, step adapter rings and lens hoods are
available here,
http :// www .camera-depot,com /TLR.htm
I own a pristine 124G that I've used a couple of times for the SI. I have a
lifetime supply of PX625 mercury cells for the meter, which has been
professionally calibrated to match all of my other similarly calibrated
various meters. Within its normal operating range, it's dead on.
Great camera, albeit not for sustained, heavy-duty use.
Ken
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
"Ken Nadvornick" <register.nadvor@verizon,net > wrote in message
news:XNGdnaVvyqzGXAjbnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@comcast,com ...
> "William Graham" wrote:
>
>> Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they to
> find?
>
> William,
>
> This is the usual place that 124G owners go for accessories. Various
> supplementary lenses, filters, step adapter rings and lens hoods are
> available here,
>
> http :// www .camera-depot,com /TLR.htm
>
> I own a pristine 124G that I've used a couple of times for the SI. I have
> a
> lifetime supply of PX625 mercury cells for the meter, which has been
> professionally calibrated to match all of my other similarly calibrated
> various meters. Within its normal operating range, it's dead on.
>
> Great camera, albeit not for sustained, heavy-duty use.
>
> Ken
>
>
There are 20 or 30 of them on eBay at any given time, usually for under
$200. I also wonder what's the difference between the 124 and the Yashika
44. It does look like a good way to get into medium format photography for
very little money....
"Ken Nadvornick" <register.nadvor@verizon,net > wrote in message
news:XNGdnaVvyqzGXAjbnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@comcast,com ...
> "William Graham" wrote:
>
>> Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they to
> find?
>
> William,
>
> This is the usual place that 124G owners go for accessories. Various
> supplementary lenses, filters, step adapter rings and lens hoods are
> available here,
>
> http :// www .camera-depot,com /TLR.htm
>
> I own a pristine 124G that I've used a couple of times for the SI. I have
> a
> lifetime supply of PX625 mercury cells for the meter, which has been
> professionally calibrated to match all of my other similarly calibrated
> various meters. Within its normal operating range, it's dead on.
>
> Great camera, albeit not for sustained, heavy-duty use.
>
> Ken
>
>
There are 20 or 30 of them on eBay at any given time, usually for under
$200. I also wonder what's the difference between the 124 and the Yashika
44. It does look like a good way to get into medium format photography for
very little money....
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
"William Graham" <weg9@comcast,net > wrote:
>
> "Ken Nadvornick" <register.nadvor@verizon,net > wrote in message
> news:XNGdnaVvyqzGXAjbnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@comcast,com ...
>> "William Graham" wrote:
>>
>>> Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they
>>> to
>> find?
>>
>> William,
>>
>> This is the usual place that 124G owners go for accessories. Various
>> supplementary lenses, filters, step adapter rings and lens hoods are
>> available here,
>>
>> http :// www .camera-depot,com /TLR.htm
>>
>> I own a pristine 124G that I've used a couple of times for the SI. I
>> have a
>> lifetime supply of PX625 mercury cells for the meter, which has been
>> professionally calibrated to match all of my other similarly
>> calibrated various meters. Within its normal operating range, it's
>> dead on.
>>
>> Great camera, albeit not for sustained, heavy-duty use.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
> There are 20 or 30 of them on eBay at any given time, usually for
> under $200. I also wonder what's the difference between the 124 and
> the Yashika 44. It does look like a good way to get into medium format
> photography for very little money....
>
>
>
The 44 uses 127 film.
"William Graham" <weg9@comcast,net > wrote:
>
> "Ken Nadvornick" <register.nadvor@verizon,net > wrote in message
> news:XNGdnaVvyqzGXAjbnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@comcast,com ...
>> "William Graham" wrote:
>>
>>> Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they
>>> to
>> find?
>>
>> William,
>>
>> This is the usual place that 124G owners go for accessories. Various
>> supplementary lenses, filters, step adapter rings and lens hoods are
>> available here,
>>
>> http :// www .camera-depot,com /TLR.htm
>>
>> I own a pristine 124G that I've used a couple of times for the SI. I
>> have a
>> lifetime supply of PX625 mercury cells for the meter, which has been
>> professionally calibrated to match all of my other similarly
>> calibrated various meters. Within its normal operating range, it's
>> dead on.
>>
>> Great camera, albeit not for sustained, heavy-duty use.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
> There are 20 or 30 of them on eBay at any given time, usually for
> under $200. I also wonder what's the difference between the 124 and
> the Yashika 44. It does look like a good way to get into medium format
> photography for very little money....
>
>
>
The 44 uses 127 film.
Re: The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!
"Lobby Dosser" <lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon,net > wrote in message
news:p3kli.13764$MV6.11005@trnddc01...
> "William Graham" <weg9@comcast,net > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Ken Nadvornick" <register.nadvor@verizon,net > wrote in message
>> news:XNGdnaVvyqzGXAjbnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@comcast,com ...
>>> "William Graham" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they
>>>> to
>>> find?
>>>
>>> William,
>>>
>>> This is the usual place that 124G owners go for accessories. Various
>>> supplementary lenses, filters, step adapter rings and lens hoods are
>>> available here,
>>>
>>> http :// www .camera-depot,com /TLR.htm
>>>
>>> I own a pristine 124G that I've used a couple of times for the SI. I
>>> have a
>>> lifetime supply of PX625 mercury cells for the meter, which has been
>>> professionally calibrated to match all of my other similarly
>>> calibrated various meters. Within its normal operating range, it's
>>> dead on.
>>>
>>> Great camera, albeit not for sustained, heavy-duty use.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>> There are 20 or 30 of them on eBay at any given time, usually for
>> under $200. I also wonder what's the difference between the 124 and
>> the Yashika 44. It does look like a good way to get into medium format
>> photography for very little money....
>>
>>
>>
>
> The 44 uses 127 film.
Yes. Here is a link to some info I found about it:
http :// www ,fr ugalphotographer,com /cat127.htm
I wasn't aware that 127 film was still manufactured. These "44's", it seems
to me, are another good alternative for inexpensive medium format
photography......
"Lobby Dosser" <lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon,net > wrote in message
news:p3kli.13764$MV6.11005@trnddc01...
> "William Graham" <weg9@comcast,net > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Ken Nadvornick" <register.nadvor@verizon,net > wrote in message
>> news:XNGdnaVvyqzGXAjbnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@comcast,com ...
>>> "William Graham" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does it have interchangeable lenses? And, if so, how hard are they
>>>> to
>>> find?
>>>
>>> William,
>>>
>>> This is the usual place that 124G owners go for accessories. Various
>>> supplementary lenses, filters, step adapter rings and lens hoods are
>>> available here,
>>>
>>> http :// www .camera-depot,com /TLR.htm
>>>
>>> I own a pristine 124G that I've used a couple of times for the SI. I
>>> have a
>>> lifetime supply of PX625 mercury cells for the meter, which has been
>>> professionally calibrated to match all of my other similarly
>>> calibrated various meters. Within its normal operating range, it's
>>> dead on.
>>>
>>> Great camera, albeit not for sustained, heavy-duty use.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>> There are 20 or 30 of them on eBay at any given time, usually for
>> under $200. I also wonder what's the difference between the 124 and
>> the Yashika 44. It does look like a good way to get into medium format
>> photography for very little money....
>>
>>
>>
>
> The 44 uses 127 film.
Yes. Here is a link to some info I found about it:
http :// www ,fr ugalphotographer,com /cat127.htm
I wasn't aware that 127 film was still manufactured. These "44's", it seems
to me, are another good alternative for inexpensive medium format
photography......
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