TarquinBiscuit
Sometimes I feel like screaming
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Why not? Today I bought a mint black Yashica FX3 Super 2000 plus a Yashica 50mm lens for a give-away price. It's extremely light and small, but matches well with a Contax 28, 35 or 50. The viewfinder is exceptional. Not sure what I will do with the Yashica lens, but with small Contax primes fitted it fits into an anorak pocket easily. I rather fancy it with IR as well. 
Clive
justmono
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JMACNALLY
RIP
Reged: 01/01/2000
Posts: 2009
Loc: York
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I am also finding the older rangefinders a nice change from modern stuff. Yashica are particlarly good and the older ones are very well made.
Johnmac
Shoot pictures, blow-up negs
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parisian
Over the hill and far away...
Reged: 10/02/2002
Posts: 7758
Loc: Môn mam cymru
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Great fun, the rush towards the pixel is taking all the fun out of snappery. Folk are getting far too serious about it all. Last weekend in Dublin I just carried the Rollei and a pocket full of film.
Ahhhhh freedom
Anglesey's answer to Shrek - just not so green.
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El Sid
Going potty
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Great fun, the rush towards the pixel is taking all the fun out of snappery. Folk are getting far too serious about it all.
Can't see it myself.......granted there are the inevitable techno-freaks who will insist on over-complicating the issue and arguing over the most incredible minutae but these were just as prevalent with film..........what paper is best..........is multigrade cheating.............Rodinal rules ok..........and similar crap. People like that aren't really interested in the photograph, just in proving how clever they are with technology but hey, if thats what keeps 'em happy then so be it............it'd be a dull world if we all thought and acted the same (much as the powers that be would like it)........
Look how excited a Will and Erm are getting, much more of it and Erm'll explode.............
Nigel CRIPN
You don't have to be mad to come here....
...but if you do...you are!
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parisian
Over the hill and far away...
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Just what I meant Nigel, over complicating the big issue (capturing the picture) by spending so much time on the technology.
Anglesey's answer to Shrek - just not so green.
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Benchista
Wich Tyler
Reged: 11/08/2000
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Well, I have a Yashica prime 50 that's not miles behind the Zeiss lenses for quality...and I still think that my favourite Contax is the small, light 139.
Nick BSRIPN
And why not?
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TarquinBiscuit
Sometimes I feel like screaming
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Loc: Staffs/Derbys border
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I so like this little camera, which will become my standard IR job for a while, with an almost permanent Sigma 24 on it. It's lightness is the thing - I must take a look at the 139, Nick.
Clive
justmono2005
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equiphoto
Flouncer
Reged: 15/03/2002
Posts: 159
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I dug out my 139 t'other day and put a film through it. First time for months. After using the Aria (which I bought to replace the 139) I didn't like the 139 as much. Not so easy to handle, heavier, and no spot metering.
Peter
peter-robinson.net
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Benchista
Wich Tyler
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I consider the 139 to be one of the very nicest of all 35mm SLRs - it feels just right to me. It's solid, not too heavy, everything seems to fall to hand - I'm very fond of it indeed. Not perfect, but very usable.
Nick BSRIPN
And why not?
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TimF
Taking it strictly
Reged: 30/07/2001
Posts: 16863
Loc: Herts/Beds border
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Agree. I prefer mine to the OM2 in the "small but perfectly formed" SLR stakes.
Tim BSRIPN
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sey
nag picker
Reged: 22/12/2004
Posts: 2924
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Yes Clive. Why not?
Seymour - when the wind blows!
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equiphoto
Flouncer
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Don't get me wrong Nick, I still like the 139 - I've owned it for nearly 24 years so I guess I must. But I've grown to like the Aria and, out of the two, I think, now, I would pick the Aria over the 139.
Peter
peter-robinson.net
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Benchista
Wich Tyler
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Not tried an Aria, but I like the 139 much more than the 167, say.
It's obviously a very personal thing, but the 139 just feels right to me.
Nick BSRIPN
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Nikomat
Reged: 08/02/2005
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Loc: Spain
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Yes, I had one like yours, with the 50/1,9, and is a fantastic camera that can give you big results. Now is by my father's hands to replace his broken VSL1.
I also have a Yashica FX2 with the 50/1,4 plus a 135/2,8 and a 28/2,8, but is a lot more heavy, and really noisy.
What about the first RTS?
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TarquinBiscuit
Sometimes I feel like screaming
Reged: 03/02/2001
Posts: 9417
Loc: Staffs/Derbys border
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Try as I might, I couldn't find a 139 that wasn't messy. So I have bought a 159MM which is also pretty light.
Clive
justmono2005
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Benchista
Wich Tyler
Reged: 11/08/2000
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Loc: Everywhere and nowhere, baby
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Messy? The leathers are ALL messy. I have a replacement kit that I've never got round to fitting....
Not tried the 159 - what's it like?
Nick BSRIPN
And why not?
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BigWill
Gorgeous oversensitive Nikon-loving cream puff
Reged: 08/09/2000
Posts: 33919
Loc: Northern Ireland
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"what's it like?".................sort of like this?
BigWill
I'm sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay!
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sey
nag picker
Reged: 22/12/2004
Posts: 2924
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Enjoy, Clive!
Seymour - when the wind blows!
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TarquinBiscuit
Sometimes I feel like screaming
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Posts: 9417
Loc: Staffs/Derbys border
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Will do, Seymour, and thanks for the pic, Will: I don't know what it's like because it still hasn't arrived; but due today. But I shall report back. This is a useful run-down of Contax SLR bodies.
Clive
justmono2005
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TimF
Taking it strictly
Reged: 30/07/2001
Posts: 16863
Loc: Herts/Beds border
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Not the one I bought a while back. Clean as a whistle.
Tim BSRIPN
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