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Kodak Portra 400
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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The Yashica D-2 (c. 1964) is a late variant of the Yashica D, Yashica's long-running budget 6x6cm twin-lens reflex. The principal upgrade over the original D is a revised waist-level viewing hood incorporating a Fresnel-brightened ground-glass screen, producing a noticeably brighter and more evenly-lit viewing image than the plain matte screen of the earlier D model. The taking and viewing optics, shutter, film advance mechanism, and overall body dimensions remain unchanged.
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A refined Yashica D with an improved Fresnel-brightened finder screen, retaining the Yashinon 80/3.5 and knob-wind simplicity of its predecessor.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 120 film, 6x6cm (12 exp per roll) |
| Taking lens | Yashinon 80mm f/3.5 (Tessar formula) |
| Viewing lens | Yashinon 80mm f/2.8 |
| Year introduced | ~1964 |
| Shutter | Copal SV leaf: 1s - 1/500s + B |
| Flash sync | All speeds |
| Meter | None |
| Film advance | Side knob |
| Viewfinder | Waist-level, Fresnel-brightened ground glass |
| Battery | None required |
| Weight | ~ |
The Yashica D debuted in 1958 and ran through multiple sub-variants over a 14-year production span. The D-2 designation appears on examples dating from approximately 1964, distinguishing them from earlier production by the updated viewfinder assembly.
Yashica's TLR range in this period was tiered: the D and D-2 sat below the crank-wind Yashica-Mat and the metered Mat LM, offering the same core optics at a lower price by omitting the crank mechanism and built-in meter. The Yashinon 80/3.5 lens fitted to the D-2 is optically equivalent to that of the Mat 124G, a fact frequently cited by photographers seeking the image quality of the more expensive body at a fraction of the cost.
By the early 1970s the Yashica TLR range had consolidated around the Mat 124G. The D and D-2 lines were discontinued as demand for budget unmetered TLRs declined in the face of increasingly capable and affordable 35mm SLRs.
The Fresnel screen upgrade is the D-2's practical selling point over the original D. A brighter finder screen reduces eye strain during composition and makes accurate focus assessment easier under low ambient light, which is meaningful when the camera has no meter and the photographer must manually judge exposure against the viewed scene.
For 2026 film photographers, the D-2 occupies the same position as the original D: cheapest entry into Yashinon-quality 6x6 TLR photography. The camera is typically priced at a slight premium over a standard D body to reflect the improved finder, but remains well below the Yashica-Mat 124G. The optical result at a given aperture is identical to the Mat 124G.
The taking lens is fixed. The D-2 accepts Bay I (B1) accessories used across the Yashica TLR line:
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Kodak Portra 160 is a professional C-41 color negative film with fine grain, soft contrast, and natural color.
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