Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The lens on the Contax T is very good, but it weighs a ton. You could probably stand on it. I paid $400 for mine, but it was in excellent condition. The parts are as scarce as hen's teeth. I'd buy a T3 (if that is the newest model) if I had it to do all over again. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of PMCC Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 3:34 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] OT: Contax T OK LUG brainiacs out there, who knows something about the Contax T (not T2, T3 or T whatever)? Intrigued by the piece on Dante's website, I decided to check one out at the neighborhood camera shop. Nice looking cosmetics and appears (without running and processing a test roll) to work. This one is black. Here's the question: on the inside surface of the camera back there are two shallow vertical slots in which thin metal rails are inset. One of them has been glued back in, the other one is completely missing. They appear to press up against the spring on the black of the film pressure plate when the camera is closed. But neither the camera shop guy nor I can figure out the exact function and thus don't know if its absence is critical. No body appears to fix these things. Can anybody help? Also, what would you as a knowledgeable Contax T user/fan be willing to pay for one of these, as a pocket take-along camera? Other considerations? I know you folks are a fund of arcane information and trenchant opinions, so let's have it. Off line if the crowd objects to excessive onlist traffic. Thanks! rgds Peter Choy California USA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information