Yashica-44a TLR

I finally got a decent shot of my new (to me) Yashica-44a.

I finally got to use my new Yashica-44a TLR. It was gorgeous out today, in the 70's, so I drove around my town and around the country and shot a whole roll of film in my new camera. This was the very first picture I took, a 1965 Chevy sitting in front of the local auto shop. Camera: Yashica-44a TLR (made in 1959) Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5 Film: Efke R100 B&W 127 film Shooting program: Manual (of course!) Aperture: f/22 Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. Date: March 15, 2015, 2.56 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water rinse: 1 minute. Ilford stop bath: 1 minute. Water rinse: 30 seconds. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 1/2 mins. Water rinse: 4 mins. Kodak Photo Flo: 1 min. Yashica Efke100 01ef

Some weeds along a country lane. Just after I took this shot, some deer crossed in front of me a little ways up the lane. Camera: Yashica-44a TLR (made in 1959) Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5 Film: Efke R100 B&W 127 film Shooting program: Manual (of course!) Aperture: f/22 Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. Date: March 15, 2015, 3.28 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water rinse: 1 minute. Ilford stop bath: 1 minute. Water rinse: 30 seconds. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 1/2 mins. Water rinse: 4 mins. Kodak Photo Flo: 1 min. Yashica Efke100 03df

These Chevrolet trucks were quite stylish back when they first came out. This one, however, seems to have been retired and is now rusting away. Camera: Yashica-44a TLR (made in 1959) Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5 Film: Efke R100 B&W 127 film Shooting program: Manual (of course!) Aperture: f/16 Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. Date: March 15, 2015, 3.38 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water rinse: 1 minute. Ilford stop bath: 1 minute. Water rinse: 30 seconds. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 1/2 mins. Water rinse: 4 mins. Kodak Photo Flo: 1 min. Yashica Efke100 04df

There used to be another building attached to this one, but it was removed. Camera: Yashica-44a TLR (made in 1959) Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5 Film: Efke R100 B&W 127 film Shooting program: Manual (of course!) Aperture: f/22 Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. Date: March 15, 2015, 3.50 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water rinse: 1 minute. Ilford stop bath: 1 minute. Water rinse: 30 seconds. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 1/2 mins. Water rinse: 4 mins. Kodak Photo Flo: 1 min. Yashica Efke100 05ef

Apparently, this new restaurant opened in my town recently. It's only 5 blocks from my house and I didn't know it was here until I took this picture. I need to get out more! Camera: Yashica-44a TLR (made in 1959) Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5 Film: Efke R100 B&W 127 film Shooting program: Manual (of course!) Aperture: f/22 Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. Date: March 15, 2015, 3.51 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water rinse: 1 minute. Ilford stop bath: 1 minute. Water rinse: 30 seconds. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 1/2 mins. Water rinse: 4 mins. Kodak Photo Flo: 1 min. Yashica Efke100 06ff

An old barn out in the country past our local reservoir. Camera: Yashica-44a TLR (made in 1959) Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5 Film: Efke R100 B&W 127 film Shooting program: Manual (of course!) Aperture: f/22 Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. Date: March 15, 2015, 4.15 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water rinse: 1 minute. Ilford stop bath: 1 minute. Water rinse: 30 seconds. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 1/2 mins. Water rinse: 4 mins. Kodak Photo Flo: 1 min. Yashica Efke100 08ff

The things that people throw out along the road are terrible! Camera: Yashica-44a TLR (made in 1959) Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5 Film: Efke R100 B&W 127 film Shooting program: Manual (of course!) Aperture: f/22 Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. Date: March 15, 2015, 4.40 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water rinse: 1 minute. Ilford stop bath: 1 minute. Water rinse: 30 seconds. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 1/2 mins. Water rinse: 4 mins. Kodak Photo Flo: 1 min. Yashica Efke100 09ef

An old graveyard out in the country near my town. Camera: Yashica-44a TLR (made in 1959) Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5 Film: Efke R100 B&W 127 film Shooting program: Manual (of course!) Aperture: f/11 Shutter speed: 1/100 sec. Date: March 15, 2015, 4.46 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water rinse: 1 minute. Ilford stop bath: 1 minute. Water rinse: 30 seconds. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 1/2 mins. Water rinse: 4 mins. Kodak Photo Flo: 1 min. Yashica Efke100 10if

A pop-up trailer at the local RV store. I have left part of the unexposed negative area around the picture to show the full surface that comprised the image. Camera: Yashica-44a TLR (made in 1959) Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5 Film: Efke R100 B&W 127 film Shooting program: Manual (of course!) Aperture: f/11 Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. Date: March 15, 2015, 4.57 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water rinse: 1 minute. Ilford stop bath: 1 minute. Water rinse: 30 seconds. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 1/2 mins. Water rinse: 4 mins. Kodak Photo Flo: 1 min. Yashica Efke100 11-2gf

A timed exposure of my neighbor's Christmas lights. It was dark and I didn't realize my bush would cover the right side of their house. Camera – Yashica-44a (made in 1959) Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5 Film: Konica 160 (127 size, expired 03/2006) Shooting Program: Manual Shutter Speed: "b" (bulb) 5 seconds Aperture: f/5.6 Date: December 9th, 2019, 7.52 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Yashica-44 Konica 160 First Roll 00ef

Some mailboxes down the street from my house. This Yashica-44a is a TLR and it takes 4 cm. x 4cm. square images. From a 100 foot roll of expired Konica film, I cut down enough to make a roll. With some old backing paper, I respooled it and got 12 square images just like the original rolls used to have. Camera – Yashica-44a (made in 1959) Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5 Film: Konica 160 (127 size, expired 03/2006) Shooting Program: Manual Shutter Speed: 1/100 of a second Aperture: f/16 Date: December 11th, 2019, 1.41 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Scanned with an Epson Perfection V500. Yashica-44 Konica 160 First Roll 04gf

This fire hydrant is located about 5 feet from the corner of my property. Nice to know it's so close! Camera – Yashica-44a (made in 1959) Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5 Film: Konica 160 (127 size, expired 03/2006) Shooting Program: Manual Shutter Speed: 1/100 of a second Aperture: f/16 Date: December 11th, 2019, 1.51 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Yashica-44 Konica 160 First Roll 06df