Yashica 44 ( grey) in very nice condition. 1958

The Yashica 44 is a series of small twin lens reflex cameras designed to give 12 exposures of 4×4 cm on a 127 roll film.  Yashica introduced the model 44 in 1958 as Japans first 4x4cm TLR camera, the camera was offered in several color versions and proved to be most popular. The Yashica featured crack film advance with automatic frame spacing after then user aligned the number1 in the back red window. However a separate lever cocked the shutter, and there was no interlock to prevent double exposures. The Copal SV shutter offered speeds from 1 to 1/500sec plus B in the standard geometric sequence , the lens is a 3 element Yashicor 60mm F3.5 . The original 44 sold at a higher price than a 6×6 Yashica D,TLR with comparable specifications.