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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 26, 2016 18:21:51 GMT -5
Just bought another contax RTS, after a bit of restoration it will be ready for display. It came with the real time winder and a soligor 28-200 zoom that will be replaced by a zeiss distagon 35mm . On the soligor, while rather fancy when new, these lenses have fallen from grace as nobody wants them anymore.( as is with allmost all old MF zooms)  |
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Post by conan on Nov 27, 2016 1:06:00 GMT -5
Just bought another contax RTS, after a bit of restoration it will be ready for display. It came with the real time winder and a soligor 28-200 zoom that will be replaced by a zeiss distagon 35mm . On the soligor, while rather fancy when new, these lenses have fallen from grace as nobody wants them anymore.( as is with allmost all old MF zooms) Not a fan of these or its Yashica cousins. I have yet to see one that is fully functional. Reminds me of the old saying “Nice body, shame about the face” – in the case of these its “Nice lens, shame about the body” Shall we say a sign of the times that these lenses are considered worthless but then again 35mm SLRs went through a considerable dip with the introduction of digital. Perhaps in a few years people will discover some wonderful new use for these older pieces of glass and bemoan the fact they could have picked them up for peanuts a few years earlier. |
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hansz
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Post by hansz on Nov 27, 2016 5:07:33 GMT -5
Tnx for the Planar serial number, Francois...:-)
BTW, I sold my 1,7/50, regretted it and bought a 1,4/50 - awfully nice lens (and a RTS came with it).
Hans
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Post by carl19 on Nov 27, 2016 7:19:55 GMT -5
It came with the real time winder and a soligor 28-200 zoom that will be replaced by a zeiss distagon 35mm . On the soligor, while rather fancy when new, these lenses have fallen from grace as nobody wants them anymore.( as is with allmost all old MF zooms) Back in the 1980's I worked in a photographic shop for a few years, and we used to stock the Vivitar 28-200mm zoom lens. They used to sell very well at the time as the alternative from Vivitar was a 28-80mm and a 70-210mm. Optical quality wasn't too bad, but it was still no match for a fixed focal length lens from the camera manufacturer. When it comes to lens construction, I'd say the Makinon lenses were the worst. I remember a 28-80mm zoom they made, and on one occasion it quite literally fell apart when being demonstrated to a customer. |
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 27, 2016 8:05:39 GMT -5
@ Conan, good to hear i'm not the only one having trouble with the RTS, these cameras(and some others) should have an expiry date printed on them, best before 1980 seems reasonable :-)
I have to confess i only bought these RTS out of nostalgia as i remember when the RTS was launched in 1974 ALL the photo magazines had it on the front page and the system was hailed like the second coming.
Admitetly it's specs and porche design looks were inpressive in those days.
But to further use your nice body...metaphore, the RTS is like a beautifull girl you once knew in the seventies, and when you meet her now you're shocked to see how time has took it's toll wich makes you wonder what ever you saw in her in the first place.
@ Hansz glad to be of service :-)
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Post by philbirch on Nov 27, 2016 12:55:54 GMT -5
I've never had a Contax of this type but I've acquired a number of the 28-200's over the years and they've been remarkably good, indeed in a test I did a few years ago the Miranda version was as good at 28mm as any other 28mm I owned with the exception of the Zuiko 28mm f3.5.
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