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Can we talk about those old Yashica TLRs everyone loves?
I visited an antique shop in Portland last weekend and saw three Yashica Mat 124Gs sitting on a shelf, all priced over $200 each. Everyone raves about these cameras but I honestly think they're overhyped for what you get. The viewing lens on two of them was hazy and the focus helicoids felt rough on all three. I'd rather spend that money on a well serviced Minolta or a clean old Pentax spotmatic instead. Am I missing something special about these that justifies the price?
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ellis.charles16d ago
Man those cases are probably worth more than the cameras at this point, ha. But yeah $200 for a Yashica with hazy glass and crunchy focus is just the "it's vintage so it's valuable" tax. Seen the same thing happen with old Polaroids people think are gold because they watched one YouTube video.
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