Mat 124 Yashica

This beautiful yashica mat 124 g 6x6 medium format twin lens reflex camera has a yashinon 80mm f 3 5 lens.

Mat 124 yashica.

The meter functions but we cannot guarantee accuracy. The yashica mat 124 was made up until 1970. The yashica mat 124g is built very sturdily and to what seems to me to be a high standards. The replacement yashica mat 124 g was made from 1970 till 1986 and was the last tlr produced by yashica.

It is based on the similar yashica 24 and yashica 12. The front of the yashica mat 124g contains both viewing and taking lenses. Near mint yashica mat 124 g tlr w 80mm f 2 8 f 3 5 lens from japan 365 379 90 n mint meter works yashica 124g 80mm f 3 5 hood close up lens from japan 465. And really there is just something iconic about the tlr twin lens reflex look it s a pretty.

The last version the 124g was essentially the same as the 124 except that it had gold plated contacts in the meter hence the g suffix. The yashica mat 124g is one of those cameras that has just always caught my attention. The hefty metal body makes this camera feel like a small film holding tank. Japan film type 120 or 220 picture size 6cm x 6cm weight 2lbs 6 8oz 1 100g lens coated 4 element yashinon 80mm f3 5 32 filter size bay i bayonet type i 30mm focal range 3 5 to infinity shutter copal sv shutter speeds read more.

All the controls are logical easily accessible and placed pretty much in the same places where one would look for them on almost any tlr. We have installed a fresh 1 5v battery for the light meter. If the image below looks like your camera. The yashica mat 124 is the penultimate in a long line of medium format twin lens reflex tlr cameras produced by yashica and is clearly a copy of the esteemed rolleiflex tlr.

Produced 1968 71 yashica co ltd. It s a beautiful camera even without knowing what it can do photographically. Even if this type of camera seemed to be obsolete at the time of its appearance the 124 g was a success.