Yashica 635 TLR

The Yashica 635 is the twin-lens reflex that does something no other Yashica TLR does: it shoots both 6x6 on 120 rollfilm and 24x36mm on ordinary 35mm. That is what the name means, and Yashica built the hardware into the body to support it — a rewind knob on the top left, a second exposure counter ringing the advance knob, and a red 35mm frame etched right onto the focusing screen. Made from 1958 to 1971, it had the longest run of any Yashica TLR.

Specifications

• Format: 6x6 on 120 rollfilm, and 24x36mm on 35mm with the adapter kit
• Taking lens: Yashikor 80mm f/3.5, apertures f/3.5 to f/22
• Viewing lens: Yashikor 80mm f/3.5, matched pair
• Shutter: Copal-MXV leaf shutter, 1s to 1/500 plus Bulb, with self-timer
• Flash: M-X sync selector and PC terminal; X-sync at any speed with electronic flash
• Finder: Waist-level hood with flip-up magnifier and sports finder; screen carries a red 35mm frame and parallax marks
• Filter mount: Bayonet I (Bay 1)
• Advance: Knob wind, not coupled to the shutter — deliberate double exposures are possible

Condition

• Cosmetic: Very good, with some minor signs of age and use. Lens is clean.
• Functional: Fully working. The waist-level finder is clean and bright.

Included

• Yashica 635 body
• Original case
• Lens cap and strap
• Empty 120 take-up spool
• 3D-printed 35mm-to-120 adapters

A clean, working 635 with its case and an empty spool, plus 3D-printed adapters so you can run 35mm through it and get sprocket-hole frames straight out of a medium format camera. One body, two formats, and a finder you look down into rather than through.