General Information

Serial #

6074101

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BODY WITH GLASS LENS; LEATHER CASE WITH METAL &SYNTHETIC HARDWARE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

12.0 cm

Width

9.5 cm

Height

17.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Yashica

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

WOULD HAVE BEEN USED POST 1983

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.

Function

USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES

Technical

CARRIES ON THE TWIN-LENS TRADITION FOR PEOPLE WHEO LIKE AN EASILY ENLARGED BIG NEGATIVE, AND WHO LIKE TO SEE THE IMAGE ON THE FOCUSING SCREEN AT ALL TIMES [REF.2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

CAMERA: 'YASCHICA/ Mat-124 G/ 8074101/ MADE IN JAPAN/ [3 NUMERIC SCALES]'/ LENSES: 'Yashinon 1:2.8 f=80 mm/ Yashinon 1:3.5 f=80 mm/ COPAL-SV'/ STICKER ON CAMERA: 'JCII 64/ PASSED/ JMDC'/ PLATE ON CASE FRONT: 'YASHICA'/ MOLDED IN BOTTOM OF CASE: 'MADE IN JAPAN'

Missing

STRAP MISSING

Finish

ALL BLACK CAMERA BODY WITH SHINY METAL TRIM/ CASE BLACK WITH SHINY METAL TRIM AND RED LINING

Decoration

CAMERA BODY SIMULATED LEATHER