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Comment on Yashica Mat by Ploafmaster General

Ploafmaster General — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:05:42 +0000

The lenses are a matched pair of 80mm German Lumaxar lenses. 80mm for medium format is like a 50mm lens for a 35mm camera.

The f-stops range from 3.5 to 22, but the wicked thing is that there’s no clicking between stops - it adjusts fluidly so I can have more subtle changes in aperture. There’s also something like 12 aperture blades, at least - maybe far more - so the out-of-focus regions of the pictures (assuming they turn out alright) should look more pleasant.

The shutter has a bulb setting (hold it open as long as you like) and goes all the way up to 1/500. The real kicker about the shutter, though, is that it’s whisper quiet - I could take pictures with this thing in the middle of a silent prayer group without disturbing anyone.

I got this off of eBay - and I was anxious about whether it functioned…and I’m still a little anxious to see the results of the first roll…

Comment on Yashica Mat by Jacob Kelly

Jacob Kelly — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:56:52 +0000

what mm lens is it? f stops? Where did you get it..hooker?

Comment on Luxury Subs by Jacob Kelly

Jacob Kelly — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:14:32 +0000

I’ll go in on one with you Mugs…perhaps a time share arangement. I claim 1 hour of my lifetime for 1000 bucks.

Comment on On the way? by Mugs of America

Mugs of America — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:51:24 +0000

It’s an anatomical extension.

Comment on Luxury Subs by Mugs of America

Mugs of America — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:50:06 +0000

Is it wrong to want one?

Comment on On the way? by Ploafmaster General

Ploafmaster General — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:16:08 +0000

@Mugs: You’re only “lorded over” if you allow yourself to be. You didn’t have to come here, Captain Merrywhether.

But the wait is nearly over…I have what I was waiting for, and I’ll write about it tonight.

Comment on Quick Quiz by Adam

Adam — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:14:13 +0000

10 that I know where they go to. I have a couple of other ones (including the first phone number I ever got from a girl…) that I don’t know where they go to.

Comment on On the way? by Mugs of America

Mugs of America — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:58:09 +0000

Ah, so that’s why people have websites. To lord their ownership over people that don’t care.

Comment on Art, Creativity, and Me by Ploafmaster General

Ploafmaster General — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:58:43 +0000

@Valerie: More like your two DOLLARS

Thanks, sweetie. Your insight is especially valuable to me.

Comment on Blogging the Class: Week 8 by Valerie

Valerie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:58:23 +0000

Hopefully the next level class will be better, since it would theoretically have more serious students. We could even take this next class together, since I already have some darkroom experience from high school. I think that could be fun.

Seems like your teacher might have wanted some easy money. I’m surprised he didn’t make up some lesson plans for teaching the class.