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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-Mat 124G is a 6×6 medium-format twin-lens reflex with a Yashinon 80mm f/3.5 four-element Tessar-type taking lens. It accepts both 120 and 220 film via a switchable pressure plate and frame counter. Built-in CdS meter, mechanical leaf shutter, waist-level finder. It's a deliberate Rolleiflex clone — design, controls, even the focus knob position — at consumer pricing.
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C41
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The TLR for everyone who couldn't afford a Rolleiflex. Same square negative, a third the price, 80% of the look.
| Field | Value |
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| Format | 120 (12 frames) and 220 (24 frames), 6×6 cm |
| Taking lens | Yashinon 80mm f/3.5 (Tessar) |
| Viewing lens | Yashinon 80mm f/2.8 |
| Years | 1970–1986 |
| Shutter | 1s – 1/500s, Copal-SVK leaf |
| Meter | CdS uncoupled (needle in finder) |
| Weight | 1,080 g |
| Battery | 1× PX625 mercury (meter only) |
Yashica's TLR line started in the 1950s with direct Rolleiflex inspiration. The Mat 124 (1968) was the first with both 120 and 220 capability and a built-in meter; the 124G (1970) added a Copal-SVK shutter, a black-and-gold ("G" for gold contacts) cosmetic, and improved electrics. Production continued until 1986, by which point all Japanese TLRs were ending.
The 124G democratized medium format. Photo students, wedding shooters on budgets, and serious amateurs could buy one for half a Hasselblad's price and shoot square negatives identical in dimension. The lens isn't a Planar — it's a four-element Tessar that's a stop slower and shows more falloff in corners — but stopped down to f/8 it's perfectly sharp and the rendering is recognizably "TLR."
It's the camera that turns up second-hand at flea markets, in inheritance lots, and at film-revival pop-up shops. Anyone learning medium format on a budget probably starts here.
Fixed lens. Bayonet I filters and accessories: yellow, orange, red filters; close-up Yashinons (Yashinon 1, 2 close-up sets); bay-I lens hood. The eye-level prism finder for Yashica TLRs is rare but available.
C41
Kodak Portra 160 is a professional C-41 color negative film with fine grain, soft contrast, and natural color.
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