Contax Compact Cameras
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Posted 08/08/2022 - 21:24
I'm so glad I that I bought my collection a while ago, and those cameras I'd like now are so expensive that even the idea of getting one is a non-starter. My only real regret is not getting a Pentax 67 a decade or more ago.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
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Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website
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Posted 09/08/2022 - 08:46
Yet there still seems to be the odd model or two that haven't been elevated to the dizzy heights (yet!) - again LCE have a Contax, this time the Contax N1 with a Vario-Sonnar 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 Carl Zeiss lens for £299. This model was their Autofocus Film flagship with a pretty high spec and build - I don't know a great deal about it, but I'm pretty certain it was a very expensive model at launch and well regarded. I've always had a fondness for Contax (having sold quite a few in my time) but never owned one, if I was teetering on the edge of dabbling back in film I'd probably have bought this one.
Anyone on here ever owned this one?
I understand where you are coming from Kris - I can remember when nobody seemed to want the Pentax 67's and they were selling for peanuts. Now they are just so expensive, I enjoyed mine for a couple of years - but I'm sure I sprained my wrist a few time from using it out in the field
LennyBloke
Anyone on here ever owned this one?
I understand where you are coming from Kris - I can remember when nobody seemed to want the Pentax 67's and they were selling for peanuts. Now they are just so expensive, I enjoyed mine for a couple of years - but I'm sure I sprained my wrist a few time from using it out in the field
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Posted 09/08/2022 - 10:43
LennyBloke wrote:
Yet there still seems to be the odd model or two that haven't been elevated to the dizzy heights (yet!) - again LCE have a Contax, this time the Contax N1 with a Vario-Sonnar 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 Carl Zeiss lens for £299. This model was their Autofocus Film flagship with a pretty high spec and build - I don't know a great deal about it, but I'm pretty certain it was a very expensive model at launch and well regarded. I've always had a fondness for Contax (having sold quite a few in my time) but never owned one, if I was teetering on the edge of dabbling back in film I'd probably have bought this one.
Anyone on here ever owned this one?
I understand where you are coming from Kris - I can remember when nobody seemed to want the Pentax 67's and they were selling for peanuts. Now they are just so expensive, I enjoyed mine for a couple of years - but I'm sure I sprained my wrist a few time from using it out in the field
Yet there still seems to be the odd model or two that haven't been elevated to the dizzy heights (yet!) - again LCE have a Contax, this time the Contax N1 with a Vario-Sonnar 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 Carl Zeiss lens for £299. This model was their Autofocus Film flagship with a pretty high spec and build - I don't know a great deal about it, but I'm pretty certain it was a very expensive model at launch and well regarded. I've always had a fondness for Contax (having sold quite a few in my time) but never owned one, if I was teetering on the edge of dabbling back in film I'd probably have bought this one.
Anyone on here ever owned this one?
I understand where you are coming from Kris - I can remember when nobody seemed to want the Pentax 67's and they were selling for peanuts. Now they are just so expensive, I enjoyed mine for a couple of years - but I'm sure I sprained my wrist a few time from using it out in the field
I spotted that too, this morning... The Vario-Elmar piqued my interest as I've seen someone using one with excellent results (but a 28-75mm f/3.5 if I recall rightly?). That said, I don't NEED more lenses right now.
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Posted 09/08/2022 - 10:56
Benz3ne wrote:
I spotted that too, this morning... The Vario-Elmar piqued my interest as I've seen someone using one with excellent results (but a 28-75mm f/3.5 if I recall rightly?). That said, I don't NEED more lenses right now.
I spotted that too, this morning... The Vario-Elmar piqued my interest as I've seen someone using one with excellent results (but a 28-75mm f/3.5 if I recall rightly?). That said, I don't NEED more lenses right now.
How is that relevant on this forum
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Posted 09/08/2022 - 12:22
LennyBloke wrote:
How is that relevant on this forum
Benz3ne wrote:
I spotted that too, this morning... The Vario-Elmar piqued my interest as I've seen someone using one with excellent results (but a 28-75mm f/3.5 if I recall rightly?). That said, I don't NEED more lenses right now.
I spotted that too, this morning... The Vario-Elmar piqued my interest as I've seen someone using one with excellent results (but a 28-75mm f/3.5 if I recall rightly?). That said, I don't NEED more lenses right now.
How is that relevant on this forum
spot on...
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