Camera and Coffee

[MelanieC]

Rolleiflex 2.8F and Peet's coffee:

 

[clarence]

Nice angle on that Rolleiflex, Melanie.

I don't drink coffee. I had to drink lots of it when I was in the army and I never liked the way it scrapes the palate.

I have a pot of tea every day, though. Today it's sencha.

A Moskva 5 and a Fed 2f with a Cosina-Voigtlaender 25 / 4 Snapshot-Skopar and a home-made viewfinder.

Clarence

 

[MelanieC]

More views:

 

[thmk]

Fresh T and Coffee

Fresh T and Coffee

This is a snap of my newest toys

 

[Rich Silfver]

Thanks. In a way they may be the photos that 'saves' the Contessa for me. I haven't been too thrilled about the performance of the Tessar lens so far but it did pretty well here.

 

[c.poulton]

Classic set of photos Rich - they have that 60's / 70's look about them that I really like. You could also submit them to the Cameras and Girls thread...

 

[Rich Silfver]

beautiful camera matu

 

[wlewisiii]

Camera and Coffee Shots.

Photos taken with a Contessa 35 RF camera.

Both are beautiful shots; my preference is for the first with the cup in the frame, but still... May I ask if you are still on the fence with this camera? This is the kind of thing out of that lens that I like, but...

Thanks!

William

 

[Rich Silfver]

William, yeah..I'm still a bit undecided when it comes to the Contessa and its Tessar lens. So far I think I've put four rolls through it and I'm still to be 'woved' by the results. Even in pretty easy lighting situations it comes across as a tad flat and not with the amount of sharpness that I tend to favour.

It's small and fun to use though but if it doesn't shape up soon it may be more of an occasional user than I had hoped for.

 

[sf]

My two lens combo ...

Cheers,

Roland.

what is that big thing on the M6? I like the looks of it. Reminds me of my own longer RF lens. . . I like the focusing grip too. Really nice.

 

[wlewisiii]

Rich, that makes sense. One of the nice things about this game is that there are so many different styles of lens to fit everyone's different tastes. I really like the look I see in my shots and think I see in your scans (though it is always difficult to be certain... ) but I can honestly understand your hesitation. Out of curiosity, have you considered a shootout between this Tessar and your 50/1.5 Sonnar? I realize, there is a small bit of speed difference but put the lenses in similar extreams for thier designs and see how they fare from that perspective? I think it might be illuminating... but then, I'm a known Tessar bigot, so take the suggestion for what it's worth...

William

 

[Rich Silfver]

Funny you should mention that as I just a few days ago was thinking about why I like certain lenses and which ones I *really* like so I had a vague idea about doing a little shoot-out between the four normal lenses that I tend to use most;
- Leica Summicron 50/2 (first rigid version, mid 60's),
- Leica Elmar 50/3.5 (mid-30's),
- Tessar 45/2.8 on my Contessa (mid 50's), and
- Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5 (mid 50's)

I'd shoot a few wide-open and a few at f/5.6 and the purpose isn't really to compare the lenses from any technical perspective - but rather to finally make up my mind about what lens *I* prefer out of the four and what lens should be 'the one' to bring when I want to shoot something well.

Now I may actually do it

 

[wlewisiii]

I hope you do that. I really should do the same -
50/2 Collapsible Summicron
50/2 Jupiter 8 (classic Sonnar Clone)
50/1.8 (another really great Planar like the Summicron)
45/2.8 T Tessar (Contessa 35)
& if I can borrow another one, an Industar 61L/D tessar recalculation. (Used it often in the past, but don't own one currently)

I would expect little, if any, difference between the Canon & Leica lenses. But the others? That's where the fun begins...

William

 

[Rich Silfver]

If I do it I may throw my Canon 50/1.4 into the mix as well along with an Olympus 35SP.

 

[Paulbe]

Hi Rich--nice shots! Thanks!
Is that Melanie C? Looks like her M3
Paul

 

[ampguy]

hot cocoa for this one

hot cocoa for this one

but she beat me at chinese checkers

 

[edodo]

Capuccino, a leica IIIa, a summicron and a sekonic studio master...

 

[sbug]

edodo, beautiful camera and that is a gorgeous shot!

 

[Silva Lining]

Some pics of my Leica M3 D/W with a Canon 50/1.2. This is my favourite shooter at the moment, although it is a bit weighty

Here's another, with its original Elmar 50/2.8...a bit more pocketable and goes everywhere with me.

 

[Rich Silfver]

Happy Birthday!

Today it is TWO years since this thread started.

We've seen some great cameras and coffee come through this thread over the past two years!!