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Subject: RE: [Leica] Hybrid Leica M/Contax G systems
From: "Mehrdad Sadat" <m.sadat@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:00:55 -0700

dave, your son is lucky one to start with contax as the first system. it is
very important to teach "our kids" about the finer things in life!! I have a
full line of both contax and leica r system and i have decided both are my
favorite.



_____________________________________
Thanks, Mehrdad

[-----Original Message-----
[From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rodgers,
[David
[Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 5:12 PM
[To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
[Subject: RE: [Leica] Hybrid Leica M/Contax G systems
[
[
[Mahrdat,
[
[Speaking of Contax, I just shot my Contax system over the weekend.
[I did two
[location portrait sessions. I used an ST body and 85/1.4 for some b/w 35mm.
[I had all my Hasselblad backs loaded with color film.
[
[I use R now, but I still have a few Contax SLR lenses, and the ST body. I
[couldn't give them away on the used market, so I kept them.
[
[Two things I appreciated about using Contax system. I stopped down to f2.8
[or f4 for most of the shots (I was limited to using natural
[light). The negs
[look super. Haven't printed them yet, but at f4 the 85/1.4 is pretty darn
[good. The Zeiss 85/1.4 MF lens is only worth a fraction of what its Leica
[counterpart is worth on the used market. Don't know how they compare
[performance wise, as I've never used the Leica lens.
[
[Secondly, I used auto bracketing on the ST. I wanted to run some exposure
[test on Acros under various conditions. I'd forgotton how handy it is to
[have auto bracketing. Three quick shots with the motor drive! Fast and easy
[to get just the right exposure!
[
[I wish the ST was an R mount. There's really not any R body that
[compares. I
[actually like the R7 more, but it's close. There are some features
[on the ST
[that I like. The ST is only worth a fraction of what the R7 is worth.
[
[Contax MF is like Canon FD. A real bargain right now. My son signed up for
[photography this, his senior year in HS. (I'm happy but a little shocked.
[He's never shown an interest before and I've never pushed photography to
[him). Guess which system he gets to use?
[
[Dave
[
[-----Original Message-----
[From: Mehrdad Sadat [mailto:m.sadat@verizon.net]
[Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 11:11 PM
[To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[Subject: RE: [Leica] Hybrid Leica M/Contax G systems
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[if you shoot with the r system, u got try some the contax MF lenses. the
[100/f2, the 100 makro, the 85 /1.4, the 50/1.4 and some of the exotic lens
[like the 28/2, 135/2, 85/1.2  and the 55/1.2 are just great not to mention
[the zoom's like the 35-70/3.4, 35-135. compared to a R8 system, a contax MF
[system with good lenses will cost a fraction.
[
[
[
[_____________________________________
[Thanks, Mehrdad
[
[[-----Original Message-----
[[From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[[[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of ternahan
[[Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 5:19 PM
[[To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[[Subject: Re: [Leica] Hybrid Leica M/Contax G systems
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[[I got a G-1 when my R 6 had to be in the hospital after a bad fall for
[[several months. I like the fact that it is so much lighter and try to use
[[the rangefinder by presetting and shooting from the waist or chest.
[[trish
[[ternahan@gentlelens.net
[[
[[
[[> From: "David Kieltyka" <dkieltyka@csi.com>
[[> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[[> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 19:37:07 -0400
[[> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
[[> Subject: Re: [Leica] Hybrid Leica M/Contax G systems
[[>
[[> <DBaker9128@aol.com> wrote:
[[>
[[>> Do other Leica M owners on the LUG follow Davidson's practice
[[>> of mixing Contax with Leica?
[[>
[[> I do. But I use a pair of 1950s Contax cameras, IIa and IIIa,
[rather than
[[> the current G models. (I had a G2 for a couple years...awesome
[lenses but
[[> the lack of a proper manual focusing capability finally got to
[[me and I gave
[[> it up.) My main Domke 803 usually contains a Contax IIa with 21
[[f/4.5 Zeiss
[[> Biogon, Leica M2 with 35 Summilux (pre-ASPH) and Leica IIIf with
[[an LTM 50
[[> f/1.5 Zeiss Sonnar. One of the Domke's pouches holds an LTM 50
[[f/3.5 Elmar
[[> that I sometimes use instead of the Sonnar or 'Lux. An alternate
[[> configuration consists of a 50 DR Summicron for the M2 and an
[[LTM 35 f/2.8
[[> Biogon for the IIIf. The other 803 has a Contax IIIa with 50 f/1.5 Opton
[[> Sonnar, a Leica M3 with 90 Summicron (late 80s version) and
[[either a 135 f/4
[[> Opton Sonnar for the Contax or a 135 f/4 Tele-Elmar for the M3.
[[I don't use
[[> the 135s often but they're great to have handy when I need the reach. An
[[> alternate configuration here is the DR Summicron for the M3 and
[an 85 f/2
[[> Sonnar for the Contax. I always decide which bag I'm taking and
[[which lenses
[[> I'll be using before I go out. I hate changing lenses. :-)
[[>
[[> -Dave-
[[>
[[>
[[
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