Frank (or anyone): Can you tell me if the Yashica Mat LM has a self timer on it? I have actually been thinking serious about the Yashica Mat's, namely the 124, and would like to use it primarily for portraits of my family.
Thanks for confirming my hunch. I think the Brotherhood will have to wair a bit... --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Steve, > > I can't comment on the best 6x7 or 645 set up. > Being an impecunious > clod, those things are beyond my reach right now. > > But, if you want a cheap way to get into medium > format, just to give you > an indication of what it can do (and whet your > appetite for something > better), buy a cheap used 6x6 tlr. As I've > mentioned on list before, I > have an old Yashica Mat LM, which I picked up for > about $50 on eBay. > The meter is pooched (gee, it's only about 45 years > old, what's up with > that?) so I use a hand held, but it's a fun camera, > and still takes good > images. The Yashica D and all the Mats use a four > element 3.8 lens > which is fairly sharp (I know, I know, a Rollieflex > will be sharper, for > four times the money), even though it flares like > hell if you're not > careful. The Yashica A has a 3 element lens, which > isn't as good, but > they can be gotten for less money. > > But, it's amazing what you can get from even a cheap > medium format > camera. Mind you, if you want ~real~ cheap, you > could go Holga <vbg>. > > Anyway, just a thought, before you take the plunge > and join the > Brotherhood... > > cheers, > frank > > Steve Pearson wrote: > > > I'm still on the hunt for a Medium Format setup. > I > > would like to hear suggestions from the group. > Which > > format is best-645, 67? What about 6x6 (I don't > think > > Pentax makes one, but they're probably the least > > expensive to start with). But, in terms of > Pentax, > > which format do you prefer and why? Is one better > > than the other? > > > > I look forward to your responses & thanks again in > advance! > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all > possible worlds. The > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
