Loading 120 Film Into a TLR

[tubewatcher155]

Very easy to follow and very informative. I am borrowing a friends TLR to try out medium format film. This was very helpful.

[hopegal96]

WAIT i have a mat 124g and it doesnt have a green arrow! only a red one!

[agxphoto]

@hopegal96 Look carefully around the corner in the film bay. The green arrow is for aligning the mark for 12-frame rolls. The red arrow is for aligning the longer 220 film. There's a green arrow in there. It'll be more on the underside of the camera.

[JigokuNoRose]

I lost one my spindle thingys at the bottom of the two pegs which is for the film...is it necessarily to have two or is one fine?

[agxphoto]

@JigokuNoRose You have to have both. I usually save one from the last roll of film.

[TL250Rider]

One Fantastic Camera

[PeteFallsEast]

Thanks for the video. I just inherited a Yashica-Mat -- an alien piece of equipment to me. I love it. I love the mechanics of it. I haven't even taken a picture yet. But I've successfully loaded the film!

I also appreciate your use of crystal-clear still photography for the video. Says it all.

[triviani1234]

Maan, you could just record an actual video of it!!

[AaronA74]

Love the "we see a common situation" line in regards to the spool.

Definitely reminiscent of a military training video. Thanks for the info.

[CucuXO]

grate job. crystal clear.

[jonesxxx2]

Thanks.

Have just bought myself one of these to experiment with and your vid provides a good lesson in loading.

Cheers

[hozbwilliams]

Thanks again. You've been Very helpful and generous with your time.

[hozbwilliams]

Thank you! I tried turning that cover before and it was not budging so I thought it best not to break anything. I got the battery out after a little more "elbow" grease. The battery was encrusted in crystals, I cleaned the compartment out and I'll try to hunt down some batteries. Thanks again.

If you have the time,could you tell me what the Day N and day R are about and also the flash M and X. I'm assuming the M is for manual.

Thanks for your time.

[agxphoto]

@hozbwilliams Flash M is M-synch, which was a form of timing for using flashbulbs. They were fired mechanically; it was like a piezoelectric firing of some combustable materials, usually metal shreds with magnesium compounds, locked up in a glass tube. X is for X-synch, which is like modern electronic flash. It stands for Xenon-synch; xenon has to do with the materials in strobes. Almost all flashes that you see today are X-synch; you can hook them up to the Yashicamat with a PC cord.

[hozbwilliams]

I was wondering if you knew where the battery is in the 124G and how to replace it. Thanks for posting. I just got my dad's 124G and I'm interested in trying some landscapes with it.

Thanks again.

[agxphoto]

@hozbwilliams Yes. The batteries were originally mercury, so you may have to hunt around for an "air-zinc" equivalent. The old ones are out because of HAZMAT.

The battery compartment is on the user's left side. It is the circle near the bottom of that panel. It's not the big focusing knob or the two pull-pins for anchoring the film. That remaining circle, about the size of a quarter, is the battery cover.

Press and turn. The battery cover comes unscrewed. I use a "PX-13" battery.

[Kartuzy]

Cheers for that. Really clear and understandable. It was very useful.

[imroy264]

The film format is simply called "120". It is not 120 mm in any direction. In fact its width is about half that.

[agxphoto]

@imroy264 Yes, I see that you are correct. Thanks for writing!

[agxphoto]

Thanks for watching and writing in!

[notspavin]

Thanks for that - very useful.

[alatleephillips]

thank you so much for doing this, definitely helps me with my yashica A!

[agxphoto]

@alatleephillips You're welcome! It was my pleasure. Hope you enjoy that Yashica A. Don't forget to advance the film! If I remember right, the film advance on that one is just a simple knob. You could make multiple exposures all day.

[thomasplace]

excellent job, nice camera....

[lkjlkjlkjlkjlkjlkj6]

very informative video

[rivetr]

Fantastic job! Thanks!

[csutortok]

Thanks for the info! Very useful, especially that I too will buy this exact same Yashica! :)