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Comparing these TLR cameras?
Minolta Autocord (not sure exactly what model)
Rolleiflex Rolleicord III
Yashica Mat 124G
It's mostly between the rolleicord and the yashica but I like that the yashica has a light meter in it.
Autocords were excellent cameras, but there are not a lot of them around and they get expensive.
As for Rolleiflex and Rolleicords, they are excellent cameras, but again they are expensive for what they offer.
I have had all three of the cameras mentioned above and right now I have a Yashicamat 124G and have had no problems with it at all, it takes nice pictures.
You might just take a look at the Yashicamat 124 and skip the G. It is the same camera, the only difference is that they light meter connections on the G are gold - big deal. The price differential will be great, though. You can pay up $400 for a 124G in good working order and then pay $150 for the 124 sans G.
As for light meters. I have had no problem with Yashica light meters, but you have to remember that they were built to run on on a battery that is no longer made because it was a mercury cell. The voltage was 1.35 and what is being used today in them is a 1.5. That does not seem to be a massive difference, but testing on a grey card against outboard light meters, I found that the 1.5 can close you down a stop or a stop and a half, thus underexposing your photograph. You can get a 1.35 battery, an Air Zinc Cell, marketed by Wein which will work. They don't last as long as the others, but your result is better.
Rolleicord and Rolleiflex cameras in the digital camera world