Category Archives: Yashica-Mat 66

Electric chair and randomness

Finding this chair at The Old Royal Naval College made my day!
Electric chair
I’m learning about controlling the flare on the Yashica-Mat. It is simply something that has to be factored in. I’m using a 3rd party lens hood and although it doesn’t vignette, it only partially controls the flare. I got sniped on ebay for...

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Yashica-Mat

I took delivery of a gorgeous and immaculate 40(ish) year old Yashica-Mat 66 twin lens reflex (TLR). It has already been labelled ‘The Beast’. In its ‘never-ready’ case it has the look of a ‘grandad’ camera. Like something from another age.
The lenses are bright, clear, clean and free of fungus. The shutter speeds sound good...

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