Mat 124g Battery

Repace with a wein px635 which is the same voltage.

Mat 124g battery.

The right hand side of the yashica mat 124g is simple. Having only 12 frames to fill in a roll is also a positive thing for me because i can fill it up quickly then send it to develop. Not that the meter is very accurate but i would think it would make it less. The left hand side of the yashica mat 124g contains the focusing knob battery chamber film spool locking knobs and flash mount.

Some cameras like the yashica mat 124g have a contact at the edge of the battery box for the connection rather than using the cap as a contact. When you roll the wire into a circle make it slightly. Yashica mat 124 cleaning 4 of 4. There is a simple film reminder function integrated into film knob.

This is the final post in a series of four related to cleaning my used yashica mat 124. A common complaint with used yashica mat 124 124g cameras is that that meter is inoperative. Rest of my musing. It has been fully tested and all mechanical functions perform well.

This camera uses a 1 3 v mercury battery to power its exposure meter. Battery or not works fine. Why some people put in 1 5v batteries is beyond me. Of course like all cameras from that era the yashica mat 124g took a 1 35v mercury battery.

Use either mallory px 13b eveready epx 13 or equivalent. The last version the 124g was essentially the same as the 124 except that it had gold plated contacts in the meter hence the g suffix. The first post in the series describes the task in more detail and includes links to all of the other posts. It has the film rewind shutter cooking handle and exposure number window and iso control dial.

The yashica mat 124 is the penultimate in a long line of medium format twin lens reflex tlr cameras produced by yashica and is clearly a copy of the esteemed rolleiflex tlr. Yashica mat vs rolleiflex. Yashica mat 124g posted 12 22 02. We have installed a fresh 1 5v battery for the light meter.

This beautiful yashica mat 124 g 6x6 medium format twin lens reflex camera has a yashinon 80mm f 3 5 lens. If you have one of these instead of the 18awg wire indicated in the sketch use a single strand 12awg wire and strip off the insulation. I did mention that the seller bundled the wide angle accessories but i haven t tried it out yet.