I'll second that. I recently got a Mat LM - meter's dead, but it's non-coupled anyway, so I use a handheld. I believe that it has the same lens as your 124G: 4 element Yashinon 3.5 80mm with a Copal shutter.
Boy, those big negs blow up nice - even using TriX. The lack of interchangeable lenses is a drawback - there are auxilliary lenses available, but they aren't worth it - apparently real slow, and not at all sharp. It's a very slow camera to use compared to a 35mm, but within its constraints it's a lovely camera. One of these days I'll get enabled with a 645 or 67, but until then, I'm having fun with my Mat. I got my Mat for under $50US, and it'll be a while until I can get further "MF enabled". Hope you enjoy yours (and the 635) too. regards, frank Len Paris wrote: > Bill, > > The 124G is a very good camera. You should be happy with it. > > Len > --- > > > Thanks (I guess) to those of you who helped me get enabled > into MF. The > > Yashica 635 arrived today, but I haven't shot anything yet. > Why, you ask? > > Because I also drove up the road to Salisbury today and picked > up a > > Yashicamat 124G, complete with case, cap and some old, > outdated film. So > > far I've shot 2 of the outdated rolls of Tri-X (ASA 320) and > processed them > > both. The first roll was somewhat overexposed but the second > looks good. > > (Too much of a hurry with the first). All of this film was > supposedly > > frozen and there are 2 I'm really anxious to try. 1 roll of > Ilford PannF > > 50, and 1 of what I've heard many of you lament the passing > of; Ektar 25. I > > really hadn't planned on the 124G, but the price was right. > Also, the > > previous owner shoots Pentax 35 and I gave him the link to > join us. > > > > Bill KG4LOV > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
