cameratos
Member
just got 2 used G1s one with 90mm and the other with 28mm.They were in mint condition and got it for $200 a piece; which was incredibly cheap.However when I tried to look at the camera loaded with 28mm I noticed there was a kind of a stain in the lower right hand of the view finder. When I tried the auto focus,the stain reflected some sort of mechanism.The other camera with the 90mm looked fine and clear.So what I did inter changed the lenses from each camera.The viewfinder where I had the 28mm previously and now the 90mm was clear from the smudge looking stain.Where the the camera now with the 28mm showed the stain but significantly smaller on the same lower right hand side.Therefore I assumed it must be the lens in relation to the camera then..but i thought this is not an slr but a rangefinder.So what do you think it is.I will make my first test shot tmorrow see if the stain affects the negatives....
FallisPhoto
Veteran
I'm not entirely sure about this, but since (according to the Contax G users page) the Contax G1 and G2 both use a small auxilliary lens that zooms (via a pin that presses on the base of the lens) to adjust for focus differences and differences in the field of view for diffferent lenses (that have different focal lengths), and since the "stain" seems to be showing up only with the wide angle lens, do you think the "stain" could be the lens barrel itself, as viewed by that small zoom lens?
BTW, congratulations on the deal.
Edit: Here's the link to the Contax G users page: http://contaxg.com/contaxuser/
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