The conservatory always has an abundance of flowering plants regardless of the season. This time of year I look forward to seeing and photographing the exotic lilies.
The dry climate side of the site has native plants from the southwest deserts.
The medium format images from the Yashica-Mat have a kind of solidity which is particularly nice compared to what often comes from even the best of the 35mm cameras.
Having the close-up lens kit for the Yashica-Mat adds quite a bit of versatility in subject matter possibilities. An eye-level finder like I have for the Mamiya C-330 would also be nice as shooting high with the waist-level finder requires a more flexible neck than the one I currently have. I do have a steadying hand-grip which fits the camera, but I couldn't find it before this outing and my success rate suffered a bit as a result.
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A Yashica-Mat is on my to buy list, someday. Your work always impresses. What is your work-flow regarding metering? Hand-held meter or just your experience?
The light weight and the control layout make the camera a pleasure to use and carry. The view screen is the brightest of my tlr cameras, which is increasingly important for me. I have a little handheld meter. I usually only take readings once or twice on an outing.
The close-up lenses for the Yashicamat are the same concept as the Rolleinars for Rolleiflex. They offered three magnification sets of Rolleinars, and in sizes for Bay I, Bay II, and Bay III. They made a different unit for the Tele-Rollei for portrait use.
Your negatives turned out really well.
The close-up lenses are easy to use because the accessory viewing lens corrects for parallax. The Mamiya C330 will focus down to about eight inches, but the parallax correction in the viewfinder is a bit hit-or-miss. I have the Mamiya paramender which is a kind of elevator mechanism, but it is pretty slow in operation. I suppose all of that can be solved with a Hasselblad if you've got the money.
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