Tallone
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I picked these two items up at a yard sale yesterday.
I paid $40 for the camera and $10 for the casserole. Each item should sell for around $80. The camera is a twin lens, large format film camera. It uses 120 film so the negatives are 2.25" square - much larger than the more common 35mm film. The larger format provides for exceptionally sharp images. Yashica is a good brand but, among the Japanese cameras, Mamiya probably produced better quality large format cameras. The German brand Rolleiflex produced a twin lens camera very similar to this that sells for quite a bit more than the Yashicas. By the way, the reason for the twin lenses is the top lens is the viewfinder while the bottom lens has the shutter for capturing the image. The top of the camera opens up to reveal a glass screen where the photographer can see and focus on the image.
The casserole dish is made by Le Creuset which is a popular, high quality brand of cookware. This casserole is stoneware but Le Creuset also makes cast iron and steel items.
I paid $40 for the camera and $10 for the casserole. Each item should sell for around $80. The camera is a twin lens, large format film camera. It uses 120 film so the negatives are 2.25" square - much larger than the more common 35mm film. The larger format provides for exceptionally sharp images. Yashica is a good brand but, among the Japanese cameras, Mamiya probably produced better quality large format cameras. The German brand Rolleiflex produced a twin lens camera very similar to this that sells for quite a bit more than the Yashicas. By the way, the reason for the twin lenses is the top lens is the viewfinder while the bottom lens has the shutter for capturing the image. The top of the camera opens up to reveal a glass screen where the photographer can see and focus on the image.
The casserole dish is made by Le Creuset which is a popular, high quality brand of cookware. This casserole is stoneware but Le Creuset also makes cast iron and steel items.
