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From: barad@brand.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Yashica Mat 124-G
Message-ID: <126@brand.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Jun-85 21:16:43 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun  5 21:16:43 1985
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Keywords: Yashica-MAT 124 G

In article <981@peora.UUCP> jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) writes:
>While buying my weekly supply of photographic materials at the local photo
>store yesterday, I saw a gentleman buying an unusual-looking camera.  This
>made me curious, so I also asked to see one of them; it was a "Yashica Mat
>124-G" twin-lens reflex camera.  I had seen these advertised before in the
>catalogs, but since it said something like "good for student or professional
>use," and since it was very low-priced, I always figured there wasn't much
>to them.

I have a Yashica Mat 124G camera and I have been using it for about 6 months
now.  I used to use a Minolta 35mm camera.  With few exceptions (such as
sporting events), I only use the Yashica now (or at least prefer it).  It is
amazing that you can spend only $135 (my price) and get better quality
pictures than just about any 35mm can give you.  The simple reason is that
the negative is about 4 times the area.  If you make an enlargement from a
6x6 (cm) negative, you will not have to enlarge it as much.  You will be
less likely to have grain problems.  This characteristic is taken even
further by a view camera.  A view camera is too cumbersome for my usage, so
I think that medium format is a good comprimise.

Another reason for better image quality is that some films are made better
as roll films than 35mm cartridge.  For example, Tri-X have a much lower
film base density for 120 roll film than 35mm; thus, you can get better
blacks, etc.

I highly reccomend the Yashica MAT 124G for anyone who is interested in
medium format (and doesn't have megabucks for a Hasselblad...)


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Herb Barad	[USC - Signal and Image Processing Institute]

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