124G wide angle and close up lens attachments

[mike_jones13]

There are wide angle lens and close-up lens on e-bay for sale for the

yashica 124G. They screw in the ones already on the camera. Do they

work? Are they worth the money? Or do I really need them in weddings

or portraits?

[wayne_campbell]

As the French would say..."They are junque!"

[justin_cartier]

ils sont bric-à-brac

[Marc453]

Nope, they are a waste of money and time. I had the wide angle and I never got a sharp negative from it. the Yashica was a great MF camera and I shot a bunch of weddings with it during the '70's. You can walk up closer, or back away from your subject faster than you can attach those so-called lenses.

 

Marcus J Sr.

[bob_rannells]

I think the close-up lenses are good. During weddings I used to muse them for close ups of the hands and other things

 

I think the close-up lenses are good. I used to use them for close ups of the hands (ring shots), invitations, etc. The quality is good, I didn't and still wouldn't think twice about using them.

[bob_rannells]

Something got screwed up on my above post.

[doug_bennett]

They're hit and miss. I had a Yashica brand set of both the wide angle and the telephoto, and they were terrible. I picked up a Kalimar (I think) telephoto at a yard sale, and it's not bad at all.

[fernando_mcsoto]

Forget about the wide-angle it is really crap shots. (I sold it after just one roll of film of test beacuse of the heavy vigneting). I also have the telephoto lenses but I have not use them as much as to recommend but them but it seems better than the wide-angle (no vigneting in my experence). I think it is just OK. Better not to use them if you can. The camera has really fatansatic lenses. Try to avoid the lens accessories. Have a look at the Medium Format website of Robert Monaghan. <http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/tlr.html> It will tell you everything aboutit.