Yashica!
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Now all those simple things are simply too complicated for my life
-No Doubt
I saw them in concert last night. They were truly amazing.
Large format paper negative of the beautiful Yashica 44.
Rodenstock Apo Ronar 360mm f9. Fomaspeed 311 at ISO 8.
This was my first camera. I got it when I was four years old. It belonged to my father. He took my baby pictures with it. He died when I was two years old.
For five years I viewed the world through the ground glass of his Yashica, trying reconnect with him. When I was nine years old, I earned yard mowing money and finally bought film. My first prints were pitiful black blurry images. But I learned and got better.
I took this camera to my first photography class in college. It was my only camera, and by then I was proficient with it. Electronics were just making their way into SLRs at the time, and the Canon AE1 was the hot ticket. My camera was made fun of and I dropped the class after the first day. I never took another photography class.
Today I shoot with anything in my hands. I don't care if it's a camera phone or a Hasselblad. They are all just tools. Except this camera. It is still special. It is magic.
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Looking west at the Tuscawarus river from the bridge at Crystal Springs, OH
Yashica Mat 124G
Yashinon 80mm HP5 400
Found this old little treasure while remodeling our house.
My Dad said he bought it in Mexico years ago...long time.
The Yashica 44, 44A, and 44LM were a series of small twin-lens reflex cameras, designed to give 12 exposures of 4x4 cm on 127 rollfilm.
Yashica introduced the model 44 in 1958 as Japan's first 4x4 TLR. The camera was offered in several color options, but the gray version (no doubt inspired by the gray Baby Rolleiflex of 1957) proved to be the most popular.
Will I know how to use it?
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This old beauty arrived today. It honestly looks like it hadn't been used and I'm seriously contemplating buying another one for general use and storing this one. It's nearly 40 years old and it looks like it came off the showroom floor. It came with a case which is also mint but has a small dint in the chrome strip on the left hand side. The lenses are crystal clear to the eye and all the mechanics are crisp and precise. The meter works but I wouldn't trust these things so I'm currently shopping for a light meter. Got any suggestions?
Yashica Mat 124G TLR, Expired Fuji Astia 100. April 28, 2008
Just trying out how a cross porcessed slide film image will look from a TLR. I think I prefer BWs and regular negative films ( Which I'll try next) Sorry for the poor shots. :(