Ok so I like digital.... but this... now this is fun......! My foray into Medium Format, a 6X6 YashicaMat 124 G TLR (circa 1971-1986) ... just got the battery and adapter for the meter yesterday, and all looks well..... the meter readings and the readings from my light meter are identical..... Loaded up with some Provia 100F slide film and we're good to go..... If I get anything worth while I'll share them....

Definitely looks like a classic! WHAT is medium format anyways??!?! Does that refer to print size???

I KNOW you'll have fun with this "NOLDIE" (LOL)

Looking forward to seeing some pix!

L8r!
Joe

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Oh wow!! What a beautiful cam, so full of character! I love those old cameras! Couldn't use them probably but they're so cool to look at!

I have no doubt about the quality of your results.

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Ok....This is really weird...I was browsing the B&H catalog and stumbled upon a 2 mp DIGITAL replica, very similiar to this camera!

What a cool link Joe!! Thx for that!

Michelle that would be much better in my collection. Will await the results of the slides

LOL@Doug!!! I don't think this will work dear! ;P

Looking like the Camera of the Old pro's...and...will be the same in Your Hands Dear :]

what a beauty!

My daughter has a 124 and it takes superb pictures. I looked around on the web at the time she bought it and found several pro's who liked it more than their Hasselblads....one went as far as to say that if it wasn't for the fact that she knew which pictures she shot with which film she couldn't tell the difference between the quality of the images. So congratulations...excellent choice of camera!

@Joe..... Medium Format refers to the film size..... this camera uses 120 or 220 film... 6X6 cm or (2 X 2 ) is the size of the image on the negative. And the images are square not rectangular. If youve ever seen the Mamiya camera adverstisements in magazines that will give you the idea of the difference in size between 35mm and this film. There are other sizes in mf as well I think up to 6X9 At greybeard101..... yes I read up on it quite a bit before I decided what to buy. I've even heard people remark that it's lens produces better quality than the Rollei ones, and the Rollei's go for much more money on ebay...... so I'm pleased.... now it's just a matter of me getting used to using it.

I have the same YashicaMat 124G Looking down into the veiwfinder and then moving left and right take some getting use to. The meter is very good, this photo was taken handheld in a church and did'nt blow the highlights. Plus the detail you can see on the print is far better than on the web

WOW! Impressive!

Awww...... that's awesome Azy...... now I know who to turn to if I have questions. jYes looking at things flipped takes a bit of getting used to.... although it does make one slow down and take more time with composition which is a good thing.... I'm finding it's easy to adjust the aperture and shutter speeds, but the focus knob on the side, I keep forgetting it's there and I keep grabbing to the front of the camera to focus.... I'll get used to it eventually.....

I've still got 2 roll to process. One tip when its a dull day like thick cloud cover (we get a lot of that in the UK) you need ISO 400 to take handheld shots even at f/2.8. I use a tripod most of the time and when I get my scanner back of my sister I will have to upload some pics. Outside of church at about 13:00 hours sun high in the sky

@Chelle...thx for the info! @AZY...WOW those are awesome images! That stained glass one is REALLY something! Looks like these cams pack quite a visual punch!

Oh no now she has another camera! Or so said her hubby.. LOL Have fun with it! Magick Michael

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3/8/2005 Lee Friedlander has been chosen as the winner for the 2005 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. The prize is an annual event to recognise photographic achievement organized and funded by the Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation......Your Yash is closer to 1976....Kisses and Hugs... The Foundations citation in conjunction with the decision was as follows: Lee Friedlander is among the most significant, inventive and influential contemporary photographers, with a lifetime achievement spanning the last fifty years. What distinguishes Friedlanders work is not primarily his technique, but the visual and aesthetic concepts he applies. By recording phenomena of everyday life and by critical observation of the world around him Friedlander has been central in defining a whole genre based on the concept of the social landscape. His work embodies a new documentary paradigm, in which stylistic innovations and freedom from established formal practices has influenced the work of subsequent generations of photographers.

vintage!!! enjoy your new cam 'chelle :]