If you're on a tight budget, you'd be hard pressed to get a better deal than a good condition Yashica TLR, the Yashicamat if you want a crank advance (and automatic shutter cocking), or the D if you don't mind a Rolleicord-type knob wind advance. I have the Yashica 635 (similar to the D) and it continues to impress me. I got one in great condition with the full 35mm conversion kit (pretty useless, in my estimation). When you start researching Yashica TLRs, you'll find lots of threads about the difference between the four-element Yashinon lenses vs. the three-element Yashikors. All I can tell you is that I've had extremely good results with my Yashikor 635. In fact, I used it earlier this year for an assignment for a magazine that I am the publisher of. We used one of the pictures (all shot on Fuji Acros 100) for the cover, and three to illustrate profiles. That was in Japan. I used the camera again recently in American Samoa, and we will be using two of those photos (shot on Kodak 400UC) to illustrate a story on the fiafia dance shows in American Samoa. No TLR is particularly fast, but if you take your time, they can give you great results.
