Re: Yashica 124G price?

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Stephen Kearney wrote:
>
> Anyone know what a reasonable price would be for a Yashica 124G in
> excelent condition?
> 

I recently bought a Yashicamat 124G with the leather case and square
lens hood for about $200 (plus shipping) from rec.photo.marketplace.
The case was a bit beat up, and the camera shows some wear (notably
around the film crank), but it works fine.  I'm not too sure about the
meter, but I've also got my spot meter, and I've been playing around
with Sunny-16 (after a lot of prodding by Dr. T on photo-3d).  Note
that it is very difficult to get the original batteries for this
camera (only used by the meter), and I haven't tried the replacements
(the Wein cell and I think another one).

The opinion in rec.photo.equipment.medium-format seems to be that
Yashicamats (regardless of model) should be less than $200.  The
Yashica seems to be a well built camera.  Especially compared to my
Lubitels.  :) There is general agreement (even amongst the Yashica
crowd) that Yashicamat prices have gone up a lot recently as the
camera has been "discovered" by people entering the low end of MF
photography.

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