Spooky Film Photoshoot With The Yashica Mat-124 and Kodak Portra 800

Spooky Film Photoshoot With The Yashica Mat-124 and Kodak Portra 800
In today's video I am doing a Spooky Photoshoot on medium format film Using my new Yashica Mat-124 and a roll of Kodak Portra 800. I started by going out at night and taking some more photos of "The Gas Mask Man" character I came up with in a previous video. Then I moved on to some of my more usual street scenes with some fall colors in the background. I finished up the roll by taking some bedsheet ghost photos that I think turned out really well! The Yashica Mat-124 is one of Yashica's last TLR cameras. These cameras were known to be the less expensive Japanese rival of the German Rolleiflex TLR cameras. This camera's Yashinon 80mm f/3.5 taking lens renders beautiful images (even though mine seems to have a significant amount of haze.) I am really happy with my new Yashica Mat-124 and I plan on making many more photos and videos with it! I hope you enjoyed the video! Plenty more to come :)
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[@ReimannPembroke]

What’s your most recent photo/video gear pickup? COMMENT BELOW⬇️

[@tompaste387]

Yashica mat 124G for £75, bargain. Agfa Isolette III mint and boxed BOTH 120 film although a good few years between each

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@tompaste387 those are both awesome pickups!!

[@tylerhuttosmith]

I think I saw that same one! I’ve got a Rolleicord already, so I passed but glad you got it!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Oooh nice! Yeah I was surprised to see such a good deal! I couldn’t pass it up!

[@chumq]

5:17 Nailed it!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! I’m glad you like it!

[@thomas_dries]

The composition in that first image of the cigar shop was just KILLER! I also really like the ghost portraits!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked them!!

[@itsjonathanwade]

Nice money tree. Video is pretty good too

[@ReimannPembroke]

Haha thanks man! Glad someone appreciated the money tree😂

[@TheBigNegative-PhotoChannel]

haha the ghost photos are really good. :D 7:42 has such great colours and the glasses with it. wonderful. you really don't see the fungus. you might only see some of it when you look at the glow in the night shots. I've been wanting a 124g for a while now. 130$ for it is a real steal. 👌

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much!!! Yeah I was really surprised that the fungus didn’t really show up. It kind of just looks like there’s a quarter pro must on the lens which I don’t mind lol you should try to get your hands on a TLR they’re really fun!

[@jaycielinh]

awesome video! i especially love the ghost photos, the colours were great 😁love that we both posted about the yashica on the same day!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you!! Yes I think that means we are now the TLR Twins😂😄

[@rashikgmc9141]

Great video man, dope shots really creative. I absolutely loved the shots at 5:17, 6:00 & 7:07 ! My neighbor has a mat 124G as well and apparently it also has the fungus problem. Keep up the amazing work 🤍

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks so much!! Yeah apparently the fungus is very common but it wasn’t that big of an issue for this images

[@Shingie]

FIRE!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks bro! Appreciate it

[@Bonsees]

Love this! I chuckled a lot with the ghost photos 👻 spooky. It’s fairly easy to clean this if you’re up for it, I managed to clean mine with a spanner wrench and those vacuum pads~

[@ReimannPembroke]

Glad you enjoyed it! haha I thought the Ectoplasm bit was pretty funny. I think I probably will try to clean the lens myself eventually! Thanks for the pointers!

[@Bonsees]

@@ReimannPembroke haha yes that was funny 😂 and good luck with cleaning, though I also think the haze wasn’t that noticeable, so if you decide not to clean it, that’s ok too haha

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@Bonsees yeah I’m not really in a rush to clean it. I think it really just makes flaring a little worse right now

[@youpeach52]

Amazing video, so happy you've picked up a TLR, especially this one!! My most recent pick up is a Mamiya RB67 Pro S!🎞️🧡

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks for watching!! Oh that’s so awesome!!! I want to try out an RB67

[@youpeach52]

@@ReimannPembroke honestly mate if you can find someone to let you borrow one you'll be amazed! I have a Yashica as well and was blown away by that but then the Mamiya blew me away all over again!

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@youpeach52 yeah they seem like really awesome and capable cameras!

[@youpeach52]

@@ReimannPembroke they sure are!!

[@lifeofEPH]

You're officially become GAS lol 😂 Btw, Yashica Mat-124 is a great camera! Wise chosen!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Haha I’m the G.A.S. Guy with a gas mask😂 I know I’m excited to shoot with it more!

[@kevinavalos1465]

Nice shoot man, i recently got a mint Minolta P’s, im into in a “panoramic phase “i think haha

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks! Oh that’s awesome! Panoramas are sweeeeeet

[@MalcolmKingswell]

All part of the journey Reimann , you need to try Cameras to learn what really suits you.I have the Yashica 124G and its a firm favourite of mine …$130 is a bargain have fun Malc

[@ReimannPembroke]

It definitely is part of the journey! Also a fun part of film photography is trying out the different types of cameras and films! Cheers!

[@htt2707]

Most recent pickup was a mint Canon P I got 2 weeks ago. I hold you partly responsible for that - your review video put it on my radar. I already had a Jupiter 8 to use with it. However yesterday I bought from a guy in my neighbourhood a Voigtlander color skopar 35/f2.5 ltm lens - and it looks and feels great on the Canon P.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Omg that’s so cool! I hope you enjoy it! Also that voigtlander lens is my dream lens for the canon p

[@oilyrag525]

If you can find the Yashica lens hood too that will aid image quality in appropriate lighting conditions. Methinks you are lucky to find one with a fully working shutter and timer, and that didn't need collimating either..

[@ReimannPembroke]

I just recently got a bay-1 lens hood for the Yashica! It’s great!

[@mhc2b]

FYI - The "G" in the newer iteration of the Mat 124 stands for "Gold" - referencing the battery contacts being gold plated. Other than that, you are correct that all other differences are purely cosmetic. FWIW - The early 1970's saw the introduction of "black cameras" from most manufacturers, and Yashica was no exception. For quite a few years a black body would actually cost more than the chrome version. The trend to all black bodies still continues today, with the opposite sometimes taking place - some companies now offer "vintage looking" chrome bodies on special models. That said, I agree whole-heartedly that the Mat 124 is more aesthetically attractive than the all black G version.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Oh yeah I forgot about the gold contacts! The regular “non-G” version is a great camera and it’s worth it to save the money and get one of those instead of a 124G

[@mhc2b]

Again I agree. But...the only possible issue would be simply that the non-G cameras are older, which may be of concern to some buyers. KEH, who I frequently buy from currently has a very mintish non-G for $499. Consider yourself lucky with the one you have for $130!! My only real issue with either version is that the focusing screen leaves a lot to be desired - grainy, and not very bright. Which, BTW, is another difference between the two - the non-G screen has (I believe) 3 criss-cross red lines, whereas the G has only two criss-cross red lines.

[@ZainRiza]

“Honey, lock the doors. The neighbour’s pretending to be a ghost again.” Havent picked any new gear, but I’m saving up for a Canon FD 50mm f1.2l. Then I can die happy.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Ahahaha dude I was thinking about what I would look like to the average person while I was taking those photos😂😂

[@ivaa7777JAWA]

Nice

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks!

[@mathiasavp]

Just got the camera myself and I love it! I may be a little late, but while I watched I noticed the gas mask you where using, and you might be doing yourself harm by using it. Old surplus gas mask filters contain chromium and/or asbestos. It can be downright lethal to use it for longer periods of time. If you google ''filtered danger the dangers behind gas mask'', you will see a chart with the different gas masks and what they contain. But that aside, great video and great camera!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks for watching and for the warning! Maybe I can find a different filter for it lol

[@Isher13]

What light meter app do you use?

[@ReimannPembroke]

I use an app called Lightmate!

[@contaxpaulharrison942]

The Fungus on the taking lens is a quite common issue on the 124G, if there is not much of it it might be worth getting it cleaned off.

[@ReimannPembroke]

I think I will either get it cleaned or try to clean it myself sometime soon. If I clean it, I'll make a how-to video

[@neilpiper9889]

Professional photographers always check and clean the rear element of lenses. If you buy online the pictures don't show that,especially on tlrs.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Yeah it’s always good to ask for a picture of the lens with the camera back open and the leaf shutter held open

[@GiuseppeDeGiorgi]

My first medium format camera was the Yashica Mat 124g, I love It, and I think that TLR are really cool looking cameras, especially the Rolleiflex 😂

[@ReimannPembroke]

They are such cool looking cameras! I feel like TLRs probably get the most looks when you're walking around on the street

[@GiuseppeDeGiorgi]

@@ReimannPembroke It happen all the time to me, especially with old dudes that ask me if It takes film or is a "vintage looking" digital camera 😂😂

[@rideepic7478]

Klan shots lol