NIKON D200-NIKKOR 18-135@135mm-F11-1/125th-3 FLASH-ISO100
... here's a little gem that will most likely seem a bit perplexing to photographers under the age of thirty ... this is a twin-lens reflex yashica-44 ... unlike its well-known and more complex brother, the single-lens-reflex, or "slr," a camera of this type uses one lens for viewing and another for the actual taking of the picture ... "but what's the advantage in that" ... with no moving mirror, the camera is both simpler and much more rugged ... also, because there is no mirror flipping out of the light path during exposure the photographer never suffers a momentary black-out of the viewfinder ... surprisingly, since the upper glass doesn't have to be color and aberration corrected, and the focus mount is built into the front of the camera rather than the lens barrel, tlr lenses are not more costly than slr optics ...
... the yashica-44 used 127 roll film which resulted in huge square-format color slides that fit into a standard 35mm projector ... alas, such film is no longer produced, so unless a photographer is willing cut-down 120 film to fit 127 spools this type of camera is now good only as a curiosity ...
... so, here's my question: why was yashica forced to stop making this camera in grey, as well as cease marketing it as the "yashica baby gray" ... first correct answer gets a prize ...