jusxusfanatic
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Yashica-a VS Yashica mat 124g
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Yashica-a VS Yashica mat 124g
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seany65
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Hmmm.
Yashica-A.............................. Yashica-mat 124g.
First name 'Yashica'=1 ........... First name 'Yashica'=1... 1-1.
No middle name=0 ................ . Middle name 'mat'=1.... 0-1.
Third name 'A'=1 ................... Third name '124g'=2..... 1-2.
................................................................Total = .... 2-4.
The Yashica-mat 124g wins!
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Yashica-A.............................. Yashica-mat 124g.
First name 'Yashica'=1 ........... First name 'Yashica'=1... 1-1.
No middle name=0 ................ . Middle name 'mat'=1.... 0-1.
Third name 'A'=1 ................... Third name '124g'=2..... 1-2.
................................................................Total = .... 2-4.
The Yashica-mat 124g wins!
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jusxusfanatic
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Kinda haha
zuiko85
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Well, the 'A' will have less things to go wrong compared to the '124g'. The 124g will have a 4 element lens the A will have a 3 element lens. There is no complicated winding/shutter cocking mechanism in the A but you have to cock the shutter manually. Light coming in through the red window on the A could fog film. I think it had a cover though.
What else do you want to know. I figure these few things I've mentioned could all be researched in a few minutes on the WWW so don't really know why you are asking this question.
What else do you want to know. I figure these few things I've mentioned could all be researched in a few minutes on the WWW so don't really know why you are asking this question.
CMur12
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A Yashica-Mat in good condition is a pretty good camera. It has a 4-element Yashinon (Tessar-type) lens that takes Bay-1 filters and lens attachments, it has a crank-advance and self-cocking shutter, and it has shutter speeds up to 1/500 second.
The Yashica A is the simplest and most primitive of the Yashica TLRs. It has a 3-element Yashikor lens that takes non-standard push-on filters (as I recall), it has film advance by a knob (and possibly a red window on the back), you cock the shutter manually, and I don't think it has shutter speeds up to 1/500. It would be difficult to find filters and a lens hood that fit this camera.
- Murray
The Yashica A is the simplest and most primitive of the Yashica TLRs. It has a 3-element Yashikor lens that takes non-standard push-on filters (as I recall), it has film advance by a knob (and possibly a red window on the back), you cock the shutter manually, and I don't think it has shutter speeds up to 1/500. It would be difficult to find filters and a lens hood that fit this camera.
- Murray
jusxusfanatic
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Alright thanks guys!
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
I've had previous model YashicaFlex A SII. It was inferior camera by all means to 124G (which I've had three and they all worked fine). Except A was cool and 124g was like toyish Cord.
http://www.yashicatlr.com/DocsLarge/YashicaTLRModels.jpg
http://www.yashicatlr.com/DocsLarge/YashicaTLRModels.jpg
jusxusfanatic
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Nice 🙂
Btw which one would you guys choose personally? I wanna get the A just cuz it looks nice with the white skin and the manual-ness
Btw which one would you guys choose personally? I wanna get the A just cuz it looks nice with the white skin and the manual-ness
CMur12
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You already have cameras capable of producing very high-quality images. If you're looking at getting one of these Yashica TLRs for the experience of it, and not because you need the sharpest, most perfectly corrected lens, I would get the one that calls to you.
If you like the A, get it. You'll enjoy it and you'll figure out how to get the best out of it.
- Murray
PS. I prefer the earlier Yashica-Mats to the later plasticky ones (especially the 124G), but it is the Minolta Autocord that captured my heart.
If you like the A, get it. You'll enjoy it and you'll figure out how to get the best out of it.
- Murray
PS. I prefer the earlier Yashica-Mats to the later plasticky ones (especially the 124G), but it is the Minolta Autocord that captured my heart.
jusxusfanatic
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Alright thamks for the suggestion 🙂
jusxusfanatic
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Alright, getting the yashica-a 🙂 Thanks for the info guys!
Sid836
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I would opt for the A too. The 124G is far better than the A, but the A is better looking and it will breathe some inspiration holding it in your hands. 🙂
(For some reason I feel better with some not so cool cameras in my hands like the zorki-1. There may be something to that or just stupid me)
(For some reason I feel better with some not so cool cameras in my hands like the zorki-1. There may be something to that or just stupid me)
jusxusfanatic
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Yea I'm just going for the look haha. It's going to be my very first tlr, specs are ok too
jusxusfanatic
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And for collection too
jusxusfanatic
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Which one would you guys choose btw? 🙂
CMur12
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I would probably go with the Yashica-Mat, though I would prefer an earlier one to the 124G.
I have a Yashica-Mat EM and a Yashica D. The D has a 3-element Yashikor lens (like the A), which I thought would be especially well suited to portraiture. Like the A, the D has knob wind (without the red window) and manual cocking of the shutter, but it also has shutter speeds up to 1/500 and it takes the same Bay-1 filters and lens hoods as my Yashica-Mat, Minolta Autocords, Rolleiflex T, and Ricohflex.
As such, a D makes more sense for me than an A. But the A appeals to your own personal aesthetic, so I congratulate you on your choice.
- Murray
I have a Yashica-Mat EM and a Yashica D. The D has a 3-element Yashikor lens (like the A), which I thought would be especially well suited to portraiture. Like the A, the D has knob wind (without the red window) and manual cocking of the shutter, but it also has shutter speeds up to 1/500 and it takes the same Bay-1 filters and lens hoods as my Yashica-Mat, Minolta Autocords, Rolleiflex T, and Ricohflex.
As such, a D makes more sense for me than an A. But the A appeals to your own personal aesthetic, so I congratulate you on your choice.
- Murray
jusxusfanatic
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Makes sense, thanks 🙂
btgc
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I haven't put my hands on 124 but when compared with, say, Ikoflex, there's opinion from repairmen that 124 is built from parts of lesser quality.
As always with cameras (especially of this age) one in better condition is going to be better one.
As always with cameras (especially of this age) one in better condition is going to be better one.
oftheherd
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I've never owned the Yashica A. I did once own the Yashica 124 MAT G. I thought it was a wonderful camera. I also know that the Yashikor lens line was not as good as the Yashinon. But I had a 28mm/135mm set of Yashikors for my Yashica TL Super SLR, and by being careful, got some really great shots.
Mostly, I think it is your choice. Whichever one calls to you the most, get it and see how you like it.
Mostly, I think it is your choice. Whichever one calls to you the most, get it and see how you like it.
newfilm
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Yashica 124G, the auto cocking of shutter is big plus you wont need to remember the often confusing moment "oh-had-I-winded-the-film-or-not" and then one of two outcome happens-> gamble to wind on and lost one frame vs double exposure and found out later that is the money frame that you've destroy. 🙂
