Such a great camera, I owned the chrome one myself and amassed a nice collection of lenses and sold it unfortunately. If you find a good one hang onto it, they're amazing cameras.
@MattRyanPhoto552 ай бұрын
@@Caballeroshot yeah this one runs like a champ. I was having the focus issues due to the foam under the ground glass and the mirror but I fixed all of that last night
@Caballeroshot2 ай бұрын
@@MattRyanPhoto55 I had the same issue with mine but thankfully the repair is incredibly easy to do. Look forward to seeing more images from yours. ✌🏽
@MattRyanPhoto55Ай бұрын
Thanks, it was a very easy fix and seems spot on now. I will have more footage in a week or less.
@ESPlover7072 ай бұрын
My first medium format film camera was a Yashica D. While I appreciate TLRs, I found that its lens isn't amazing, and I wasn't particularly fond of the slight parallax. I would like a nice SLR system like this one, and it seems much more manageable than something like an RB67. One of the nice things about the Yashica is that TLR systems are relatively compact, especially considering how the leaf shutter affects size and form factor. Great video. Thanks for sharing!
@MattRyanPhoto552 ай бұрын
@@ESPlover707 I love my Yashica-D but you are correct the lens is a little soft when I compare it to this or my Rolleicord. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@das2003Ай бұрын
Ive been told by so many people, that these cameras are great, or at least the "AI" versions, but if they break, you're buggered. There are no spare parts on the market because when the company went bust, the CEO never liquidated the company and sent everything to the landfill.
@MattRyanPhoto55Ай бұрын
@@das2003 I’ve heard the same. However you can buy the bodies pretty cheap for spare parts or simply replacing
@das2003Ай бұрын
@@MattRyanPhoto55 that his true, went to a recent vintage camera fair here in Toronto and saw at least 4 bodies for sale, labeled as "for parts". I was so close to buying one of these cameras, I ended up getting a Hasselblad 500cm.