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Folding, Rangefinder. Contina by Circolo di Confusione Image rights. Contina Ic —60 Contina IIa by D. Well, that depends. But for shooters who love antique machines, love the history of this hobby, or love Zeiss cameras, the Contina II is certainly a camera worth owning. It fits into a pocket, looks like nothing else out there, and makes very respectable images. By purchasing anything using these links, Casual Photophile may receive a small commission at no additional charge to you.
This helps Casual Photophile produce the content we produce. Many thanks for your support. James Tocchio is a writer and photographer, and the founder of Casual Photophile. Hannah Davis, I mean, excellent review. If a cell phone, compact camera, or bigger sensor camera has a Zeiss attached to me is enough to feel confidence. Thanks for a very detailed review! I inherited this camera from my uncle, and while it is beautiful to look at, after my first roll I was convinced it was broken due to near all shots turning out a blurry mess, even after meticulous focusing.
This article makes me want to give the camera a second go! Thanks, my friend. If you try another roll, let us know if we can see the shots anywhere online? Thanks again! Zone focusing has its challenges, but it gets a lot easier in time. In addition, rangefinders can fall out of whack in time, and if you trust them too readily, you can get poorly focused images. Once I skipped the tiring step of using the rangefinder on my Super Ikonta and just went with my eyeballed distances, I finally got amazing results, and found the camera easier to use in the process.
Yes, Tessar glass is definitely more renowned than Novar triplets, and yes, they can produce sharper images if you are looking at your images through a loupe, but Novar lenses can produce comparable images, particularly when stopped down. Besides, for certain contexts, a little less sharpness can be an endearing plus. You are s-l-o-w-l-y starting to make me want to experiment with 35mm again, but using a very classic body with a waist level finder like a Exacta or Praktica, preferably with a bokeh heavy lens like a Helios or Meyer.
Oh, you evil man. Great points! I had heard that about the sequence of the shutter speed setting on folding cameras. I hope you shoot some 35! Coincidentally, I was just about to post this article that spelled out some of the reasons why I shoot medium format even as I increasingly entertain the idea of shooting Your question on IG really did get me to thinking as to why I like so much. Thoroughly enjoyed reading this, really in depth and informative.
Great to read up on a bit of history. Very nice report on this good-looking part of history. It was sold with leather case, original lens shade and a haze filter. These are also stored in the case, a rather intelligent solution.
Yes, you have to take time to make one single picture because of all the manual settings that have to be made. By the way — have you tried to put the camera on a tripod? Found the place where the thread is …?? The tripod question is a good one.
Do you know? Good luck with it and happy shooting. Let us know if we can see the shots anywhere! Leave it where it is. On the opposite site of this button, so towards the bottom of the cam you will see another shining round thing, a bit larger. Turn that to the left and you will see the thread for the tripod. Opening the front will now put the tripod mount to where it should be — on the downside of the camera. Thanks for posting this. My dad passed away 20 year ago, and i inherited one of these cameras.
But I wanted to try this vintage camera out, The one I inherited would not advance film, but in a quest to understand it, I just bought a similar model off eBay that is supposed to work fine, and have this exact model. Hey bud. We are always posting more, too, so check back. But that comes with lowered image quality and more grain. FP4 is also available in 35mm.
Another nice review. The Contessa 35 is also a drawbridge folder. The film compartment and bottom are nearly identical to the continuation. But it has an opton coated research lens. It also has a combined range finder and inherited the little monicle over the focus. It is a great shooter, if you find one with decently working shutter. Zeiss Ikon Contarex Special. Zeiss Ikon Contarex Professional.
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