Show us your SLR ..... WHAT?

Feel free to post some stuff from that combination... I wouldn't mind seeing the what the contax 85 can do in your hands... Just sayin!

I used it for some time with Contax 139Q, quite a few pictures are in my RFF Gallery. I adapted it to 1N cause its better balanced combo and flashing AF point is easier to use for manual focus.
 
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I mainly use Rf cameras - but for something a SLR works better, macro, long lenses and 100% framing precision. I have always considered the Nikon F as being one of the great designs. A "modular" camera - add and remove things as you need it.
 
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Coming back from japan last month. While there I decdied to top off my SLR "stash" with 3 F3's and what has to be one of the cheapest lenses ever - at least from a camera store, an early 135f3.5 for Yen 200 (roughly $2.50).
The F3 and the MD4 is another sample of brilliant industrial design. Even though it is a substantial package - it balances very well in the hand - and it has the nicest "burp" sound when you fire it.
 
I finally got a Hasselblad after years of contemplating.
It feels very, very strange after shooting mostly Leica M, but man, I do love that gorgeous viewfinder!!!

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I finally got a Hasselblad after years of contemplating.
It feels very, very strange after shooting mostly Leica M, but man, I do love that gorgeous viewfinder!!!

I'm experiencing the same thing with my new Mamiya RB67 (along with back pain!) Wonderful, isn't it?
 
I'm experiencing the same thing with my new Mamiya RB67 (along with back pain!) Wonderful, isn't it?

Ethan, this is absolutely wonderful so far - like being in the first week with a new girlfriend. You don't know, where it's heading, but it sort of feels good ;-)

I have not seen the negatives yet, just shooting a bulk package full of TriX 400 @ 3200 (hope, it comes out at least as good, as my regular TX400 @3200 135 film).

This thing was expensive, so I am hoping, once, I see the negs, I will have that "woahh! - effect" and once, I make the first prints @ 13x13 another "woahh! - effect" and hopefully, when seeing my first really big prints from it yet another …

These cameras nowhere near are feeling as smooth and refined, as a Leica M, but they do feel classy and I am after the neg in the first place.

I really dig the way, Hasselblad implemented the metering and exposure controls on these 200 series bodies. You are actually always informed about your lighting in EV, which is a lot nicer, than 35mm camera meter readings (although the Hasselblad is nowhere near as quick and intuitive to use, than the 35mm cameras - for now at least).

Good luck with your 6x7 ;-)
 
It has been awhile since I got added a SLR to my cameras. I recently bought this Minolta XD-11 and a 24mm f/2.8 Rokkor-X lens.

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Sweet!!! Nice to see this rather uncommon version of a common camera & it looks to be in very good condition. Strong robust construction, as evident by the many that are still in use today by us film loyalist. The "101" was a strong contender, "way back when", when I was researching to purchase my first SLR. The Japanese camera companies that were fighting to capture the heart of consumer market, produced these remarkable cameras, glade I was there to experience it.
 
Wow Doug, look, how cute and compact that S2 looks behind that chunky Pentax glass!
It gets more apparent every time, I see a picture of the S2 in the wild, how beautiful and simplistic the S2 actually looks!
 
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