Newbie and Kontax

[dee]

Hi .
I am new here . I have an Autistic glitch and both Leica II , and ex USSR Leica-likes are my comfort zone . Neither can I answer the M/F question with any accuracy ! LOL .

But mostly , It's Contax / Kiev - sometimes combined !

I am awaiting from Kiev -

Contax II with Kiev shutter , silver body , tan leather .
Contax III repaired and serviced with help from another C III body ...
and that same Contax body combined with a parts Kiev 4 to create a Contax IIIa look-alike .

I have rigid and collapsible Sonnars for the II / III and Russian 1959 50 / f1.5 Jupiter 3 glass in a 1937 mount for the Contax IV ... which will be seriously cool .

All have been restored in the original Arsenal works by the techs who made Kiev cameras .

I shall also be indulging in some altered Kiev II / III cameras in blue metallic paint ,
with a Blue lens to match !
Also , hopefully , a black Kiev III body and Kiev 4 top and meter ...

I quite like my Kontaxes !

[Deleted]

Welcome to the forum.
I have one Contax IIa and several Kiev 4s. I don't shoot them much but I do enjoy the workmanship--especially on the Contax. . As I get older I find it more difficult to manually focus cameras--especially rangefinders, so I do most of my shooting with Autofocus cameras.