Rick58
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Throughout the years I had Mamiya, Rolleiflex and Yashica TLR's. The TLR with a waist level finder is just a fun camera to shot with. It's hard to explain, but for me it "just felt right".
I have to say out of the 3 brands, I'd buy another Yashica 124G. The photo quality was outstanding in sharpness and contrast. Be it the modern coatings or the glass itself, it even put the Rollei away with it's 1950's CZ "taking lens".
This goes back so far it makes my brain hurt, but if memory serves me right, Yashica went from metal to plastic gearing during it's 124G run. Talk used to be that the plastic never held up as well as the metal and was more problem prone, although I never had the plastic gears to prove or disprove that.
I have to say out of the 3 brands, I'd buy another Yashica 124G. The photo quality was outstanding in sharpness and contrast. Be it the modern coatings or the glass itself, it even put the Rollei away with it's 1950's CZ "taking lens".
This goes back so far it makes my brain hurt, but if memory serves me right, Yashica went from metal to plastic gearing during it's 124G run. Talk used to be that the plastic never held up as well as the metal and was more problem prone, although I never had the plastic gears to prove or disprove that.