Topic: My latest acquisition is ...

[Fluminian]

... a Yashica Mat 124G! I purchased it for US $120 and it's in great shape
(some brassing and broken light meter don't bother me), Put a Fomapan 200
in it, went to my favourite place, used Sunny 16 system and here are some
images from the test roll:

[Urban Hafner]

Beautiful shots! A Yashica Mat was my first medium format camera and I got some lovely shots with it. I even shot the first 18 weeks of my 52 rolls project with it  but then I realized that I now have a Rolleiflex T and I shot my first real roll with it today. Obviously I haven't developed the roll yet, but it handles beautifully. It feel just so much more reliable (but that could also be due to the CLA).

[Fluminian]

Beautiful shots! A Yashica Mat was my first medium format camera and I got some lovely shots with it. I even shot the first 18 weeks of my 52 rolls project with it  but then I realized that I now have a Rolleiflex T and I shot my first real roll with it today. Obviously I haven't developed the roll yet, but it handles beautifully. It feel just so much more reliable (but that could also be due to the CLA).

Thank you, Urban. I'm very happy with this Yashica, but would gladly change it for a Rolleiflex. I'm not as patient as you are, or
maybe I have more time for this hobby than you do. I would develop that roll right after coming home from the shooting. 

[Urban Hafner]

With two kids and roughly 20 rolls already waiting to be developed? I don't think so

[Fluminian]

With two kids and roughly 20 rolls already waiting to be developed? I don't think so

Aw, I hope you won't have to wait until your kids grow up to develop those rolls. 

[Andrej K]

With two kids and roughly 20 rolls already waiting to be developed? I don't think so

Ah, I know this very well.. Luckily our lot (3 of them) goes to bed early, two nights ago I managed half a dozen MF rolls and a dozen 13x18cm negs before midnight )

[Urban Hafner]

I already have two rolls loaded up in my Paterson tank. But this weekend we moved stuff around in the house (hi Eirik!) so there was no time. But now I have a big home office. And a display cabinet for my cameras.

[Fluminian]

With two kids and roughly 20 rolls already waiting to be developed? I don't think so

Ah, I know this very well.. Luckily our lot (3 of them) goes to bed early, two nights ago I managed half a dozen MF rolls and a dozen 13x18cm negs before midnight )

You must have an automated monkey to help you. I can't do 6 rolls of MF in one night.

[Francois]

Well, warm developer does magic

If I look at my usual process, HC-110 dil.B usually gives me a 5 minute development. I dump the film in the stop bath while I prepare the rest of the stuff, usually 30 seconds or thereabout. Rapid fixer is around 1:30. Rinse takes a while so I can start another batch while one is washing.
Give or take, I can do a full tank every 7 minutes. If you use a big tank (biggest I've got is a 5 reel tank), that means a lot of production.

[Rafael Morales]

I wish you were my neighbor Francois.

[Urban Hafner]

Yeah. Bigger tanks are the answer, I think. I will need a big one for 4x5 (the Mod54) anyway. So that will hold 3 (or only 2?) 120 reels, so 6 rolls. Not bad, I think.

[Andrej K]

IIRC, Urban, the correct Paterson tank for Mod54 is the one to take 3x35mm OR 2x120 reels.
Anyway, the best trick is to let the big drum with LF negs roll on the roller base and play with the small one meanwhile.. there is always enough time to change the liquids between the agitations of the small tank

[Urban Hafner]

Ah, OK. And I stand develop anyway. So with enough tanks I should be able to get quite a lot going.

[KevinAllan]

Another 124G owner here, and for me too it was my first medium format camera. Works great once I'd sorted out a problem whereby the inner part of the taking lens unscrewed itself and rattled around inside the camera !

I think this camera is the one I would choose for that "if you only had one camera ... ? " question.

Some example images with the 124G:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=33186310@N03&q=124g

 

[Fluminian]

Another 124G owner here, and for me too it was my first medium format camera. Works great once I'd sorted out a problem whereby the inner part of the taking lens unscrewed itself and rattled around inside the camera !

I think this camera is the one I would choose for that "if you only had one camera ... ? " question.

Some example images with the 124G:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=33186310@N03&q=124g

Too bad for the rattling part in your Yashica, Kevin. I really like the shots you've taken with it.

[benjiboy]

Another Canon F1N-AE body to back up the one I already have.

[Fluminian]

Another Canon F1N-AE body to back up the one I already have.

Great acquisition, but it seems, you wanted to post in another thread -> "I just picked up ..." .

[Fluminian]

Today I tested my Yashica Mat 124G with a Koda Professional 400 colour fim.
Went to the old train station and here are some of the images taken there.

[ChristopherCoy]

A Kodak Aero Ektar 2.5 178mm.... still to be shipped.

[Fluminian]

Incidentally, that was my first roll of Kodak Professional 400 or 160. It seems much better
than Paradies 200 (Kodak Gold I presume) and although the sensitivity was 400 ASA, grain
was noticeably finer than the Paradies 200.  How does Professional compare with Ektar?

[zapsnaps]

A vintage JL rangefinder, scaled in feet. It's clear, fast and accurate. Sadly without the rather smart (pigskin?) original leather case. I might look out for a matching new-fangled decimal one, I like it so much, as JL made both, apparently.

[sapata]

The train images are looking fantastic! Love the colour tones...

[Fluminian]

The train images are looking fantastic! Love the colour tones...

Thank you, sapata. Do you know anything about the Kodak Professional film?

[02Pilot]

If what is labeled Kodak Professional where you are is the same as what we get here in the States under the Portra label (and it might be based on the look of your photos), then basically you'll find it a very fine-grained, somewhat low color saturation emulsion. It has extremely wide latitude and can tolerate a lot of variance in exposure, moreso than Ektar. Personally my preference is for Ektar, but I generally prefer a more saturated look.

[Fluminian]

If what is labeled Kodak Professional where you are is the same as what we get here in the States under the Portra label (and it might be based on the look of your photos), then basically you'll find it a very fine-grained, somewhat low color saturation emulsion. It has extremely wide latitude and can tolerate a lot of variance in exposure, moreso than Ektar. Personally my preference is for Ektar, but I generally prefer a more saturated look.

You're right 02Pilot. I have found that information in the meantime. I like the film very much, but I'll try Ektar too.

[sapata]

I've never used Fluminian... my choice for colour emulsions were always Agfa Ultra and Fuji Reala in the past, nowadays I feed my cameras with whatever comes cheap

[Fluminian]

I've never used Fluminian... my choice for colour emulsions were always Agfa Ultra and Fuji Reala in the past, nowadays I feed my cameras with whatever comes cheap

I did that too , hence Paradies film, but I wanted to try something more expensive to compare results.
Conclusion: money sings beautifully.