Zeiss Contax Month - April

[Mauro]

Can I join with my Kiev 4 + Helios 103 lens?

 

[Dralowid]

Is it not a Kyiv 4?

 

[Bingley]

I’m in!! My IIa needs some exercise…

 

[Cascadilla]

These are from either a Contax IIa or IIIa with 8.5 cm f/2 Nikkor:

 

[vutran]

Zeiss-Opton Sonnar 50/1.5 on Minolta CLE with FP4+

 

[horosu]

My father.

Leica M10-R, Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5 for Contax IIa

 

[chipgreenberg]

Old Town Chairs_ by

Chip Greenberg, on Flickr
Contax lla, 50mm f:2 Sonnar. Portra 800

 

[chipgreenberg]

The Chairs. Trinidad CO by

Chip Greenberg, on Flickr
Contax lla, 50mm f:2 Sonnar. Portra 800

 

[chipgreenberg]

The Hydrant. Alamo by

Chip Greenberg, on Flickr
Contax lla, 50mm f:2 Sonnar. Portra 400

 

[chipgreenberg]

Madrid 1 by

Chip Greenberg, on Flickr
Contax lla, 50mm f:2 Sonnar. Portra 800

 

[lxmike]

Pre-war 50mm Sonnar + Agfa Vista 200

Hanging Fruit (Contax II, 1937) by Steve, on Flickr

I like this a lot

 

[Bingley]

I’ve been traveling but hope to develop and scan a roll from my Contax IIa taken over the last few days. In the meantime, here are some photos from a road trip in June 2021.

Near Baker, NV. Contax IIa, Zeiss Biogon 35/2.8, Portra 400 @ iso 200:
To Utah by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

The lower Truckee River as it enters Pyramid Lake. Contax IIa, Zeiss Sonnar 50/2.0, Kodak Color Plus 200:

Lower Truckee River by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[Bingley]

Burr Trail Outpost, Utah. Contax IIa, Zeiss Biogon 35/2.8, Kodak Color Plus 200:

Burr Trail Outpost by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

Slot Canyon Interior, Burr Trail, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah. Contax IIa, Zeiss Biogon 35/2.8, Kodak Color Plus 200:

Slot Canyon Interior by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[Bingley]

Zion Canyon and the Virgin River, Utah. Contax IIa, Voigtlander Skopar-S 25/4.0, Kodak Color Plus 200:

Zion Canyon by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

Traffic Regulation, Hwy 50 near Ely, NV. Contax IIa, Biogon 35/2.8, Portra 400 @ 200:
Traffic Regulation by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[Bingley]

Calf Creek from Utah Hwy 12, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah. Contax IIa, Zeiss Biogon 35/2.8, TMax 100 @ iso 200:
Cracks in the planet by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

Wall Street, Navajo Loop Trail, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Contax IIa, Voigtlander Skopar-S 25/4.0, TMax 100 @ iso 200:

Wall Street by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[Bingley]

And one from Yosemite, almost exactly a year ago. Escape from Quarantine, Merced River, Yosemite National Park. Contax IIa, Zeiss Biogon 35/2.8, TMax 400 @ iso 200:
Americans en tableaux: Merced River, Yosemite. by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[Shafovaloff1]

Bingley, very nice work. Made me want to get going with a 35mm 2.8 Biometar toss-away I cleaned up [after taking me over a year trying on-and-off to figure out how to take it apart....fungus under front element was gunk from someone bathing it with cleaner!] with some Portra 400 in a Contax 1 (f) I overhauled.

 

[Bingley]

Bingley, very nice work. Made me want to get going with a 35mm 2.8 Biometar toss-away I cleaned up [after taking me over a year trying on-and-off to figure out how to take it apart....fungus under front element was gunk from someone bathing it with cleaner!] with some Portra 400 in a Contax 1 (f) I overhauled.

Thank you very much! The post-war Biogon is a special lens. Looking forward to seeing your pics with the Biometar!!

 

[markjwyatt]

Well, I have not used the Contax, but I did shoot my Voigtlander SC Skopar 21mm f4 on a Kiev 4a. Since we are allowing Kievs (which are Contax's or derivatives in later models), I thought I would add a few shots. Basically, I wanted to photograph Prado dam. It is very wide, and I can be close or very far (going back drops off and there are obstructions). I tried my Mamiya C330f with the 55mm f4.5 lens close-up, and it just was not wide enough (I did create a composite shot from 2 negs). As a back-up I brought the Kiev 4a and SC Skopar 21mm, and was able to get the whole dam pretty close with no issues. It is not as high resolution, but still a decent shot. In both cases (120 and 135) I used Ilford Delta 100 developed in ADOX FX-39 II.


Prado Dam whole by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

Here are a couple of other shots from the rest of the roll (more coming):


Karma Revero, front by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr


Karma Revero, side by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[Bingley]

Here are some Contax photos taken earlier this month out on the San Mateo County Coast south of Half Moon Bay. Contax IIa, Zeiss Opton Sonnar 5cm f1.5, Cinestill Double X in D96 Monobath: