The mountis the Contax/Yashica bayonet -- I did test at full aperture on a bus at 30 feet and a 'candid' at around 10 feet away and a flower stopped down to f8 at 3 feet away which I had already taken with Pentax.

I have been given another lot of FILM Camera gear including a 1982 CONTAX RTS II Quartz and a Yashica FR1 with various Yashica lenses, flashes, etc etc
Well, I tried the 50mm f1.4 Zeiss Planar at f1.4 and under a x6 Magnifier I cannot see any difference from my earlier 1973 50mm f1.4 SMC Takumar on my Spotmatic F ---

Yes-- that is CORRECT -- it's not like putting in photos for a Monthly Competition at the Camera Club to be 'Judged' by usually an 'Amateur' Photographer who has no experience of 'Professional' requirements -- maybe that is why I never 'win' anything lately !!

I have not got ANY of those models !!

I left the orange Maldon player in to give the Sports Reporter the chance to see how the defence was beaten then HE could crop if necessary if he decided to use that one. Paper comes out on Wednesday -- will see what was used --

I had to cover a 'Pre-Season' Friendly 'match between Maldon & Tiptree v Chelmsford City at the Maldon ( Essex) Ground -- I got a few with my 2007 K10D- I used two lenses -- a 100-300mm f4-5.6 SMC Pentax-F with manual focus and a 75-150mm f4 SMC Pentax-M also manual focus -- I sent off 20 to the Essex Chronicle Sports dept today -- there was a bloke there with a CANON and HUGE 300mmf2.8 thousands of ££££ lens and second body with short zoom and I had only my little Pentax --

Regarding the 'SMELL' on unpacking new cameras -- I bought a Russian ZENITH B body in 1971 for £ 9-00 and talk about 'smell' -- it still lingers in my camera cupboard --- ( anyone need a quick 'fix' ? )

Usually the newspaper editors 'Crop' photos to 'fit' the available space around the words anyway -- I crop mine then find they are even MORE 'Cropped' when the paper comes out !

I organised a Coach trip to that same 'viewing platform' and Heathrow Airport about the same year -- early 1960's with Barking Photographic Society - I think I recognise one of the members leaning over in the background !!

I went out into Brentwood High Street today with my 1973 'Asahi Pentax Spotmatic F'loaded with outdated Kodak Color Plus 200, clicked ONE FRAME and sat in the sunshine for a while and felt really GOOD about life ----