Camera and Coffee

[pstevenin]

The new babe

The new babe

The new fuji GW670 and the M6TTL+ 35 Cron at home.

 

[captainslack]

That thing is HUGE!!!

 

[Doug]

Termed the "Texas Leica" for a reason? 😀

 

[Pherdinand]

phew that's really huge. Never seen it live, nor on a shot where there is something to compare it to.
The good old days of pocketable medium format are gone.

 

[Pherdinand]

contax

contax

so i said i can't live without a contax and i got this iia.

 

[StuartR]

Ah, the good old days of pocketable medium format......

1960 Fuji G690

 

[Pherdinand]

It has a well-done three-letter engraving on the top. The legend says [i.e. the former owner], that it was property of a portrait- and wedding photography company. It certainly has seen lots of use, and it stinks like tobacco and something else. The leather is worn badly, especially on the front.

 

[Pherdinand]

On its back, there are a few huge zeiss bumps. One of them is so big,that it 'exploded' already, and dark greenish stuff is slowly coming out through it. It looks very much like a pimple on a teenager's face - although this fellow is far from being a teenager.

 

[Pherdinand]

The Kiev 4 has company thus. They got acquainted by interchanging lenses...the opton sonnar 50/2 came with the contax, the cz sonnar 50/1.5 i bought earlier separately and used on the kiev.
Here they are, shining in the faint gray light of a cloudy december day...
Sorry for the dirty window.

 

[sbug]

Nice Contax. Nothing wrong with it being well used. You'll worry about it less and use it more.

 

[captainslack]

It certainly has seen lots of use, and it stinks like tobacco and something else.

Try putting it in a small box with some dryer sheets. That worked for me when one the cats peed on a spare camera bag. If it'll get out the smell of cat urine, it'll work on anything! 😉

 

[thmk]

My "new" Summitar on my M2 and the current coffee obsession 🙂

 

[l.mar]

so i said i can't live without a contax and i got this iia.

Congratulations --- cool camera!

 

[l.mar]

My "new" Summitar on my M2 and the current coffee obsession 🙂

Another cool camera and lens --- can you show us a pic with the "barn doors" on?

 

[thmk]

Another cool camera and lens --- can you show us a pic with the "barn doors" on?

You call - we play 😀
Here a quick shot with the barndoor hood.

Cheers
Thomas-Michael

 

[Gordon Coale]

Batteries not required

Batteries not required

I think my 35mm kit is now complete bodywise. I've been using the J12 on the Leica IIIc and I'm becoming a 35mm convert after shooting only normal lenses most of my life. I also have a J8 and I-50 for the IIIc and will someday CLA my Summitar. I'm setting up the 85mm J9 on the red FED2. I still need to do some more rangefinder adjustment. The Pentax H1a I got from dexdog (Thanks!). It came with 55/2 and 35/3.5 Super Takumars. I will be looking for a macro and a long lens for the Pentax. In front is my new Weston Master V. Not a single battery needed.

And somedays you just need a strong cup of coffee.

 

[wlewisiii]

I got a Canon 50/1.8 lens in todays mail from Brian Sweeney. Looks to be a really sweet lens. Unfortunately the weather here today is bletcherous at best, so instead I puttered around with the recently rescued Kodak DC3400 and got a semi-decent C&C of my IVSb with the new to me lens on it.

William

 

[Honu-Hugger]

so i said i can't live without a contax and i got this iia.

Congratulations Pherdi! 😀 Good to see you got another and I wish you better luck with this one.

 

[Honu-Hugger]

A recent arrival: 4.25cm Biotar and 4cm Turret finder on a II. To the left a 1961 IIa with a 25mm f/4 Topogon and 25mm Turret finder, and to the right an early model I with a 50/3.5 Tessar. The coffee is warmed up and leftover -- the espresso maker bit the dust yesterday morning (overuse? 🙂).

 

[back alley]

oooo, hot hot hot!

joe