Yashica-24

The Yashica-24 is a 6x6 twin lens reflex from 1965, built for photographers who wanted twice the frames of 120 film on a single roll. Its 80mm Yashinon taking lens and Copal-SV leaf shutter made it a practical working camera for portraits and street work. The main thing to plan for is film: the Yashica-24 was designed for 220 roll film, which is no longer easy to buy.

Specifications

• Format: 6x6 cm on 220 roll film, 24 exposures per roll
• Taking lens: 80mm f/3.5 Yashinon, four-element
• Aperture scale runs from f/3.5 to f/32
• Shutter: Copal-SV leaf shutter, B and 1 second to 1/500 second
• Flash sync: X position on the synchro selector
• Focusing: front lens standard moved with a knob on the left side
• Minimum focus distance: 1.2 m
• Metering: built-in CdS match-needle meter, battery-powered
• Introduced: 1965
• Weight: about 1350 g with case

Condition

• Cosmetic: Good overall. Shows minor signs of age and use, with some coating loss on the front element of the lenses.
• Functional: Shutter fires at all speeds. Viewfinder is clear. Film advance and rewind run smoothly. 220 format film is not easy to find anymore, and the camera may have focusing problems with 120 film, please consider before buying.

Included

• Yashica-24 camera body only

The Yashica-24 is a dependable, mechanically simple TLR for anyone willing to source 220 film. Read the film note before buying: 120 film can be run through it in some cases, but spacing and winding may be off. The front lens coating loss is a permanent feature of this copy and affects contrast and flare.