Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jan, Thank you! Now I know what do you refer cheers Lluis El 19/05/2011, a las 16:00, Jan Decher escribi?: > Luis, > I will try to post a picture of the Contax IIIa with the Contameter > RF in > the accessory shoe and a Proxar lens attached on the LUG gallery > later. The > Contameter is just a separate rangefinder for the 50, 30, and 20 cm > distances of the 3 Proxar lenses (or the close-up Tessar lens head, > which I > am still trying to find). > Contameter and Proxars are a somewhat cumbersome solution compared > to a > macro lens on an SLR (or a Leica with Visoflex) but it works and is > relatively compact to carry in a small case. Arguably for the almost > same > price & bulk of the Contameter outfit you could get a compact Pentax > MX body > with a fine 50mm Macro lens and just dedicate that to macro. But > then this > list is about complex German precision gear and its use, isn't > it?.... ;-) > Jan > > =====From: Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> > Jan, > The Contax IIIA is a lovely camera, it was my father's camera and > I've shot > my first pictures with it, my father's outfit was the same as yours, > both > are great lenses. I like very much your two pics with the 135. > I don't know what is a Contameter, do you refer to the lightmeter? > Saludos > Lluis > =====El 18/05/2011, a las 4:18, Jan Decher escribi?: > ...lower images demonstrate the effect of the 50, 30 and 20 Proxar > lenses on the 50mm Sonnar and the postwar Zeiss Ikon Contameter > close-up RF. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bigon07/Contax/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information