Yashica 124G

Yesterday I stopped into Robert's, our local camera store here in Indianapolis, and picked up my negatives that I had recently shot using a newly acquired Yashica 124G. This was exciting since it meant the first for a number of reasons. My first with a Yashica camera and my first for shoot with medium format film. Everything coming up to this point was basically trial and error. Ok I have to admit that I did use the Internet for some help but I still had many uncertainties. Did I load the film right? Am I advancing the film correctly? These may seem silly to some but these are things that I have taken for granted in my digital packed lifestyle. Let's not even think about exposing correctly. Well, when I got the negatives I was extremely surprised. Hey, that old incident light meter really works! I thought TTL was the only way to get perfect exposures. Granted I had to slow down, think about what I wanted, and finally "click" the picture. But I think that's what makes using the Yashica so charming. Yes I said charming. It's a change of pace and an opportunity to recharge my artistic side as well as my technical side of photography. Remember you have to think before you click.




Now I've heard that we've surpassed film digitally long ago. And in this I mean medium format vs. digital. So it was no surprise when after scanning the negatives they didn't have the detail or near the snap that I get from my Sony Nex5n. But none the less I was still very pleased. In fact, so pleased that I'm going to incorporate my Yashica into some photo shoots.




I think my next roll I'll try Roberts scanning service in conjunction with their developing service. Incidentally there was a large scratch on one of the negatives and it was the lab technician's opinion that it occurred during processing. So Roberts didn't charge me for the processing. Kudos to Roberts on good business practices.

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