I've never handled the kind of Rolleiflex that this is a clone of, but I did get a non-working Zeiss Ikoflex for $1 at a garage sale once, and the workmanship of that makes the Yashica look like something from the steam era. It's still a satisfying thing to handle though.
What I already had was a roll of 120-format black&white film that was still sealed in its foil wrapper, despite being 20 years past its expiry date. Somehow this fit perfectly with the camera. At the time I didn't have a period-correct handheld light meter though, so a modern LCD-display Vivitar 230LX had to do.
The film's 12 exposures were filled thus:
Film #23: Allied Photo-Pan 120 format 160ASA B&W film. Expiry dated
1970 (over 20 years out of date!). Exposed in Yashicamat TLR,
exactly at 160ASA (using light meter), 12 exposures.
Developed in Ilfosol S, 1+9, 6 minutes, 22+ degrees C.
Underdeveloped but printable.
Fr Date Subject
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1 910531 House at 50 Florizel Ave. 1/125 at f/8.
2 910601 Street musicians, Byward Market. 1/250 at f/16.
3 " " " " " " " "
4 " " " " " 1/250 at f/11.
5 " Parliament Hill from Major's Hill Park. 1/250 at f/8.
6 " Rideau Canal locks at Ottawa River, through trees. 1/60 at f/16.
7 " Ottawa River from Major's Hill Park. 1/125 at f/16.
8 " Canoeists, Glebe. 1/125 at f/8.
9 " Looking up into a tree, against the sun. 1/125 at f/8.
10 910602 Focus test picture. 1/125 at f/3.5.
11 " My landlord in the kitchen. 1/30 at f/3.5.
12 " Florizel Ave. 1/500 at f/11.
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