ZEISS IKON BLOG by ZeissFan

[Trius]

Mike: I honour your work, your effort and your accomplishments. The use of Mickeysoft is a bit disturbing, though ... 😛

Grape: Class reply, I agree Mike is capable of producing some great shots with what appears to be a classic in hte making ... it's just a timing thing.

OT: Visited the Atget exhibit at Eastman house today, albumen prints. Not only were those prints (along with more contemporary silver geltain prints by Chris Rauschenberg) wonderful, but when you walk into the exhibit hall there is period Parisian music playing. Wow, it just transported me. I had a pretty stressful morning prior to getting to GEH, so the exhibit respite was just wonderful.

Earl

 

[Charlie]

Mike & Huck,

First off, many thanks to Mike and Huck for their comments on the ZI. After months of sitting on the fence, I ordered a ZI and 28mm from popflash.photo last week. First impressions are nothing but great. I don't want to echo what everybody else has written but the camera seems made for someone who wears glasses and likes to shoot with a 28. Easy to focus and easy to frame a shot. The designers took great pains to build a camera that is simply a joy to use. Took it to Oaklawn Park, a thoroughbred race track in Hot Springs, Arkansas, over the weekend and shot a roll of people shots on Fuji 800 film. Can't wait to process the film!

Regards,

Charlie

 

[Huck Finn]

If you think you like it now, Charlie, you'll like it even more as time goes on. I spent the weekend with friends of mine in Vermont. She is a professioanl photographer & immediately wanted to look at the ZI when she saw me taking some shots. She immediately put it up to her eye. She couldn't believe how bright the finder is & how easy it is to see with it. By the way she never expressed any interest in things like the color of the camera, perceived build quality, etc. She just wanted to know how good it is at taking pictures. Enjoy!

Huck

 

[billsr]

Hey, Grapenuts!

Hey, Grapenuts!

xxxGrapenutsxxx, Just try taking some stunning pictures in beautiful Downtown Pittsburgh in the dead of Winter and let us know how you make out. I think Mike Elek has done some remarkable work, considering the working environment! Bill

 

[shadowfox]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for introducing me to the difference b/w Zeiss and Leica cameras (i'm newbie to rangefinder and my first one is the mini-mighty Olympus XA 🙂

I like the Kodak Gold 200 set, but the bokeh on the Basketball Hoop shot is kinda 'pattern'-ish, i was surprise looking at it, I thought 'wow... if that's what that expensive camera produces...' but then I look at the Rusty Fence shot, and I like that one a lot.

So good job, one thing that street photography has taught me is to look for good things even in the most ordinary scenes captured on film.

 

[Wolf Rainer Schmalfu]

Brand new Stereo ZEISS IKON

Brand new Stereo ZEISS IKON

At www.aphog.de you can read my report about the brand new ZEISS IKON Stereo-Camera. Unfortunately, it's in German language only.

It's a nice solid piece of camera built in co-operation with ZEISS and RBT-Raumbildtechnik in Esslingen/Germany.

Cheers
Wolf😉

 

[rxmd]

Hi Wolf,

At www.aphog.de you can read my report about the brand new ZEISS IKON Stereo-Camera.

Here's a direct link to the article. Nice piece of equipment, made from a regular Zeiss Ikon and a rangefinderless Zeiss Ikon SW body, with distance and aperture rings are linked through a system of levers, so that both lenses use identical settings.

Of course, they wasted the opportunity of creating a camera with a really huge rangefinder base 🙂

Philipp

 

[nzeeman]

i was wondering for a long time - where is zeiss fan. why site is not updated so long. it was one of my favorite sites on the net. i really loved that blog with nice photos.

 

[Arvay]

I came across the blog on 17-01-08.
On 18-01-08 I bought a ZI 🙂
To say the truth I was looking for a M6 but the problem is that I can hardly find it new or close to new here in Russia.

Thanks for the blog and for reference! I'm enjoing ZI now

 

[PJRiley]

I am a working news photographer, and a newbie RF'er. I just bought a Zeiss Contax lla in great shape and have a ZI in my sights down the line. I know what Mike's day job entails; when you're in the news business it's non-stop.
I stumbled on his blog through google, and his Contax pages took a big chunk out of finding my way around the camera. So, I went on to check out his ZI blog...kudos to him for taking the time to do that for us after a day at the office!
BTW Mike, you could be a news photographer; it's just the same as being a street shooter at the end of the day. 😉

 

[RobScumaci]

Thanks for the link and the sticky.

 

[Huck Finn]

I am a working news photographer, and a newbie RF'er. I just bought a Zeiss Contax lla in great shape and have a ZI in my sights down the line. I know what Mike's day job entails; when you're in the news business it's non-stop.
I stumbled on his blog through google, and his Contax pages took a big chunk out of finding my way around the camera. So, I went on to check out his ZI blog...kudos to him for taking the time to do that for us after a day at the office!
BTW Mike, you could be a news photographer; it's just the same as being a street shooter at the end of the day. 😉

He is a news photographer.

 

[clicker]

Nice job Mike, thanks for your input.

 

[sfox]

Zeiss Fan

Zeiss Fan

He is a news photographer.

And editor.

 

[FelixKH]

This thread may be old, but I am a new owner of a Chrome Zeiss Ikon I bought from a 2nd hand shop in Singapore. Learning to use it and just finished a roll of black n white film. Lens was a TT 7Artisan 50mm F1.1 bought from another 2nd hand shop.
WhatsApp Image 2021-03-24 at 18.55.38 by Felix Tan, on Flickr
WhatsApp Image 2021-03-25 at 13.38.42 by Felix Tan, on Flickr

 

[Out to Lunch]

It's nice to see this 2006 thread come alive. Cheers, OtL

 

[kshapero]

Love to see some pics on how the ZI bodies are holding up. If memory serves me, the chipping from normal use was not a pretty sight on the chrome or black models.

 

[jawarden]

Love to see some pics on how the ZI bodies are holding up. If memory serves me, the chipping from normal use was not a pretty sight on the chrome or black models.

I've had a black one from new and there is no chipping but the paint on the film advance has worn through of course. The cool kids call it brassing but I'm much too square for that. ;-)

 

[kshapero]

I've had a black one from new and there is no chipping but the paint on the film advance has worn through of course. The cool kids call it brassing but I'm much too square for that. ;-)

ZI's are not made of brass. I think it is a metal alloy of some sort.

 

[jawarden]

ZI's are not made of brass. I think it is a metal alloy of some sort.

Yes I think the body is magnesium but whatever it is it's not brass. But it's brassing. (Used as a verb)