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Parallax Adjuster for Uashica Mat 124


gary evans

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I saw one of these on Ebay a few months ago and let it go.

 

Well, I got my first roll of film back recently with cut off heads

caused by parallax.

 

Does anyone know where I can get a parallax corrector for a Yashica

Mat 124? I've been checking Ebay, but there are no auctions for one

of these for a Yashica. I also did a google search, but couldn't

come up with anything.

 

Any ideas?

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I believe the item you're looking for is called a "paramender." Rollei made one, I don't know that Yashica ever did.

 

Anybody know if the distance between Bay 1 lenses was different from Bay 2/3? The Yashica is uses Bay 1 accessories on the lenses, as do some of the Rollei TLRs. As long as the paramender works for Bay 1, it will work for your Yashica.

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While you are waiting for ebay may I recommend two time tested and cheap solutions?

 

1. Use a red china marker to draw a line on the focusing screen corresponding to the top of the film frame at your typical focusing distance. With my Minolta autocord I found that the red line was a good reminder to recompose ~2.5 inches down no matter what the distance. Advantage is it works without a tripod, unlike the parallax corrector thingy.

 

2. If you really want to use a tripod to get rid of parallax, just use a tripod that has an elevator center column, and devise a way to limit the center column's travel to ~2.5 inches. I would suggest a hose clamp around the center column as a limiting device.

 

BTW, the parallax compensating device you are thinking of is really more useful for macro photography than portraiture

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There is also the 'Paradjuster' made by Minolta for their Autocord TLRs. These definetely take Bay 1 accessories, so the Paradjuster should fit your Mat. They occasionally show up on eBay.

 

BTW - another must have in the series of ingenious Minolta accessories for your TLR is the Autopole - a contraption of two polarising filters where the one in front of the taking lens is automatically kept in the same position as the one in front of the viewing lens!

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My Automat had the parallax correction in viewscreen. My older Standard didn't. A cople of grease pencil marks for close and far focusing were enough to reduce the decapitation factor. I used the old Standard more and had become so used to automatically tilting the camera to compensate that when using the Automat of often overcorrected. I am negotiating for a T at present and don't know if it has the built in correction, but I doubt if it will make any significant difference.
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