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* [http://www.lumieresenboite.com/collection2.php?l=2&c=Yashica_Mat_124_G Yashica Mat-124G page] at [http://www.lumieresenboite.com/eng_index.php Lights in the Box (Lumières en Boîte)], with downloadable user manual | * [http://www.lumieresenboite.com/collection2.php?l=2&c=Yashica_Mat_124_G Yashica Mat-124G page] at [http://www.lumieresenboite.com/eng_index.php Lights in the Box (Lumières en Boîte)], with downloadable user manual | ||
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodharbor/sets/1359526/ A 1972 Yashica Sales Brochure (#72E1) featuring the 635, MAT-124G, MAT and D models], at [http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodharbor/ Goodharbor's flickr space] | * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodharbor/sets/1359526/ A 1972 Yashica Sales Brochure (#72E1) featuring the 635, MAT-124G, MAT and D models], at [http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodharbor/ Goodharbor's flickr space] | ||
| + | * [http://tanyaclark.com/yashicamat.htm Yashica MAT 124G Samples photo] | ||
== Photobloggers Using the 124G == | == Photobloggers Using the 124G == | ||
Revision as of 19:15, 18 May 2006
The Yashica Mat-124G is a 6x6 TLR made by Yashica from 1971 to the mid-1980s.
Four element 80mm F3.5 taking lens, of the better "Yashinon" variety. Ground glass focusing with a 3x loupe for critical focusing and a sports finder. Copal shutter with speeds ranging from 1 to 1/500 and B.
The 124 and 124G are largely identical, save for trim and electrical differences. The 124G pressure plate slides between 12-exposure and 24-exposure settings, while on the original 124 it pulls out and rotates. Before the 124 there were two separate models, the YashicaMat 12 (for 120 film) and the YashicaMat 24 (for 220 film). Both shared the characteristics of the later 124 and 124G.
The 124G features a coupled match-needle exposure meter, although it relies upon now-illegal 1.3v mercury cells. Legal replacements and adapters for modern batteries are easily obtained at camera stores and on the net.
The 124G can handle both 120 and 220 film, and is an excellent introduction to medium format photography. An artificially inflated demand for the 124G has raised the price somewhat in the used market.
All of these cameras accept Bay 1 accessories, such as those made for the Rolleiflex.
Links
- Yashica Mat-124G page at Lights in the Box (Lumières en Boîte), with downloadable user manual
- A 1972 Yashica Sales Brochure (#72E1) featuring the 635, MAT-124G, MAT and D models, at Goodharbor's flickr space
- Yashica MAT 124G Samples photo
Photobloggers Using the 124G
- PhotoRant (profile)
- Photographs taken with a 124G at groundglass.ca
