Let's see some pictures !

[S.H.]

... taken with classic Contax bodies or Zeiss RF lenses... Those things are not only for collectors 😀

Here are some of mine :

Contax II + collapsible Sonnar

Leica M3 + Zeiss-Opton Sonnar 50 1.5

Leica M8 + Zeiss-Opton Sonnar 50 1.5

 

[KoNickon]

Based on their prices, they definitely aren't for collectors -- they are a great bargain (if you get a working one). Nice pictures -- C'est un El Camino?!

 

[S.H.]

No, it's a Ford Ranchero 😉

You are right about the price : it is possible to have a nice Contax lens for less than 100€, about the price of a Leica IR filter or a hood. Barnack Leicas cost much more. I paid 80€ for the collapsible Sonnar (small scratches, but quite usable) two weeks ago. But I think prices are rising.

 

[S.H.]

Well... nobody here 😕

Here is another taken two weeks ago, Contax II + postwar planar 35.


Untitled by s81h, on Flickr

 

[S.H.]

Still nobody 😕 . Come on...



'53 Kiev II + Collapsible Sonnar

 

[farlymac]

Sorry, I don't use mine enough, and I think I've already posted them all before.

PF

 

[leighmarrin]

accordian-player by leigh marrin, on Flickr

Kiev 4am with an uncoated 5cm/f2 Sonnar.

 

[mrisney]

Oregon Coast, Contax G2, Zeiss 21mm, Kodak Portra 160NC


I kinda like that the horizon is crooked, as it makes the image authentic, real.
Otherwise it would look too perfect, and something cooked up for a calendar or a PC screen saver.

 

[farlymac]

Here's one I might not have posted before.


Mason Creek Valley by br1078phot, on Flickr

And it falls within the paramneters of the OP's request.

Contax IIa
Opton Sonnar 2.0/50
Ilford FP4 Plus 125
Orange Filter

PF

 

[Crazy Fedya]

50mm f/2 Sonnar Opton on Contax IIa

50mm f/2 Sonnar Opton on Contax IIa

Next 3 are taken with 50mm f/2 Sonnar Opton on Contax IIa. Kodak Ektar 100 was used.

 

[Crazy Fedya]

35mm f1/8 W Nikkor on Contax IIa

35mm f1/8 W Nikkor on Contax IIa

35mm f1/8 W Nikkor on Contax IIa with Kodak Ultramax 400

 

[richardhkirkando]

Scan-120420-0003.jpg by richardhkirkando, on Flickr

Contax I & Tessar 50/2.8, which I'm selling - it looks *really* nice, but as a user, I'd like to get a II or a III instead.

 

[JHutchins]

Contax II w/ 50/1.5 Sonnar. Lens has an oil haze on the internal surfaces & is even now away being overhauled. More once it's back...

 

[Mudman]

I love that last one.

 

[S.H.]

So I'm not alone! Thank you all, keep up the good work 🙂




'53 Kiev II + Collapsible Sonnar

 

[srichmond]

 

[farlymac]

00340007_3 by br1078phot, on Flickr

Lima 4-8-4
C&O 614

Shot on Ferrania 100, somewhat underexposed due to faulty meter.
Contax IIa with Opton Sonnar 2/50

PF

 

[JHutchins]

Same lens as my other two shots in this thread -- a coated (marked with a red T) 1939 1.5 sonnar. Just got it back from a cleaning a couple of hours ago so I put it on a Fuji X Pro 1 and took a quick test shot of a friend I ran in to at a coffeeshop:

 

[JHutchins]

The lens and camera, by the way, qualify as one of those strokes of amazing luck one sometimes gets. I went into the camera store in Anchorage to buy a few rolls of Tri-X and looked at the used cameras as the clerk was getting my film. There was a Contax II with the 1.5 Sonnar on it. I asked him if I could look at it when he came back with the film. Everything seemd to be working just fine, shutter well behaved at all speeds, rangefinder looked good &c. Looked at the price -- $150. With lens. I had not intended to buy a camera that day. Sometimes intentions are revised.

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Excellent revision of intensions. Good luck.