Yashica MAT and multiple exposures
Alan
Is it possible to get multiple exposures with MAT124 or MAT124G?
Alan
GLMeador
Season's Greetings!
The Yashicamats were designed to prevent accidental multiple exposures. The
shutter is cocked as part of the process of winding the film with the crank. To
cock the shutter separately, it would be necessary to make a hole into the side
of the front plate surrounding the taking lens and installing a wire or small
chain to the internal lever that charges the shutter. A camera repair
technician can do this if the photographer is not familiar with working on the
camera.
Simpler still would be to acquire a Yashica D or 635. These models require
the user to cock the shutter independently from the film advance, so multiple
exposures are possible. The later models feature the same Yashinon lenses as
the 124 or 124G.
Hope this helps.
Happy Holidays!
Gary L. Meador
Odessa, TX
Alan
Alan
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> >From: "Alan" <al...@writeme.com>
>
> >Is it possible to get multiple exposures with MAT124 or MAT124G?
> >Alan
>
> Crank the film advance lever backwards by 1 turn to re-cock the shutter
and
> make double expo.s.
>
> AF.
Gary C. Lewis
I thought it sounded like a good idea and sent hime a message saying
so. BUT.... ......Then I took my Mat124G and it won't work. The motion
of the crank is in one direction only and it cocks the shutter and
advances the film in that half "crank" motion.
If you try to turn it backwards you will break the canera. We will
just have to live with no double exposure.
Gary
~David~M-
position it carefully each time, it will work, though a lot of trouble.
Perhaps we have finally found a good use for the Lubitel or Ciroflex.
GLMeador
>>
You can alwsys send the film through the camera twice. So long as you
position it carefully each time, it will work, though a lot of trouble.
Perhaps we have finally found a good use for the Lubitel or Ciroflex.
>>
Greetings!
Running the roll twice through is possible. The film has to be respooled
back to the original start in total dark or with a changing bag. Keep notes
regarding what image may be on what frame.
The drawback here is that the accuracy of film advance is not the same as a
sprocketed film because there can be some slipping of the little wheel that is
used to measure off the distance as it rides against the roll of film. Do not
count on having the exact centering of the multiple images.
A better way would be to combine multiple images in the darkroom or with
software. There is far better control over the final results. Of course, some
folks like the surprise of finding what their efforts produce when the film is
developed.
I still have several Yashica TLR's. None of the Yashicamats from my original
model circa 1957 to the my 124G from the early 1980's will wind backwards after
the shutter is charged and the exposure is made. It may be possible to modify a
camera to do such a thing to recock the shutter, but again that will require
the work of a technician.
On another note, it is possible to shoot multiple images formed by electronic
flash. The camera shutter is set to B and held open with a locked cable
release. In the darkened studio or location, multiple pops from an electronic
flash can be used to light up a moving subject in a form of multiple exposures.
It is also possible to attain the same effect as "second curtain sync" on a
focal plane 35mm camera using the Yashicamat (or any other camera with a leaf
shutter). What is required is a device to delay the firing of the flash until
the shutter blades are closing and the flash contacts open. The difference with
the Yashicamat is that the subject remains visible throughout the exposure,
unlike an SLR.