New Yashica MAt 124G needs work...

[maxwell1295]

I grabbed a 124G from eBay last week. The camera is in excellent condition save for the fogged/oily rear lens which research shows as a pretty common issue. I'm waiting on a lens spanner to come in so I can get in there and clean. You can see from the images below that anything bright was completely flared out. At least the lens appears to be sharp and the film advance works perfectly. We'll see how things look once it gets cleaned up. It took quite a bit of post work to get these to look this good.


IMG_0005 by alanabramsphotography, on Flickr


IMG_0004 by alanabramsphotography, on Flickr


IMG_0001 by alanabramsphotography, on Flickr

 

[Ronald_H]

This camera is excellent and well worth cleaning up. Mine needed a full CLA due to shutter issues, but I never regretted it. It's one of my all time favorites. Good luck with yours!


Anne, Yashica Mat by Ronald_H, on Flickr

 

[Rogrund]

Excellent camera indeed. Here's a few from mine:

 

[Dan Daniel]

Once you get that lens cleaned up you should be ingood shape. Here's someone's blog posts about cleaning up his 124-G, inlcuding making your own lens wrench (and how to give a real machinist a heart attack with two nails and a block of wood):

http://www.usedcameradb.com/blog/2009/08/yashica-mat-124-cleaning-1-of-4-taking-lens/

 

[maxwell1295]

Thanks for the inspirational images.

I remember coming across that link with the 2 nail woodblock thingy in my research. I'm pretty daring when it comes to tinkering with and repairing stuff, but no way in hell was I doing that. 😱

 

[maxwell1295]

Finally got her all cleaned up. It's much better now. Here are a couple of shots from the test roll...


Grant by alanabramsphotography, on Flickr


Grill Tools 2 by alanabramsphotography, on Flickr

 

[Rogrund]

Well done! Both the cleaning and the pictures.

 

[maxwell1295]

Thank you!

 

[Mlehrman]

And two from mine.

 

[nikon_sam]

Even with a perfect lens the Yashicamat (and most other TLR's) really works better with a lens hood...

 

[pb908]

cleanup really remove a lot of flare. well done !

 

[maxwell1295]

Thanks! I actually don't mind a slight bit of flare, but what I had before cleaning was really bad.