Post by belgiumreporter on Feb 9, 2021 10:29:17 GMT -5
I've finally found a yashica 44 LM to complete my 44 series. There's only three 44 variations: the cranck wind 44, the somewhat simpeler knob wind 44A and the (knob wind) 44 LM so it wasn't that hard of a job to get the line complete.
The LM differs from the other 44's not only by having a build in Light Meter but also rollei TLR style shutter and aperture controls. There's rumours that there's a fourth model, but those are rumours, never seen one...
The 44's came in a lot of color trim variations, but only the brave will be able to find (and pay for) those.
Yashica TLR's are quikly going up in value over the last 5 years i've seen their prices double or even triple. Don't know if they have reached their peak but as an example : i bought a Yashica mat 124 a few years back for some 80€, back then i've felt i might have paid to much. But then i saw prices increasing to 135 € and thought okay that will be it, i was wrong... the last one i saw was a silly 370€. I hope the TLR's aren't a hype like the Yashica electro35's, after the market got flooded with those the initial high prices dropped very fast and up on till today didn't recover.
The LM differs from the other 44's not only by having a build in Light Meter but also rollei TLR style shutter and aperture controls. There's rumours that there's a fourth model, but those are rumours, never seen one...
The 44's came in a lot of color trim variations, but only the brave will be able to find (and pay for) those.
Yashica TLR's are quikly going up in value over the last 5 years i've seen their prices double or even triple. Don't know if they have reached their peak but as an example : i bought a Yashica mat 124 a few years back for some 80€, back then i've felt i might have paid to much. But then i saw prices increasing to 135 € and thought okay that will be it, i was wrong... the last one i saw was a silly 370€. I hope the TLR's aren't a hype like the Yashica electro35's, after the market got flooded with those the initial high prices dropped very fast and up on till today didn't recover.
