Sunny cold day - Contax IIa - Zeiss Biogon 21mm f/4,5

[davidbrat]

And... THE BIKE, one week later and still there !



Ilford HP5+ & LC29 home developed, as always.

[mmelvis]

The second shot is great with the bridge in the background. Peeking through the tree and seeing the bridge is great.

[rbelyell]

wow. did you know 1 was going to come out that way? love the series, this seems like an amazing system. what are your thoughts?

[davidbrat]

Thanks guys.

Yes i expected 1 to come out this way, i had my Gossen Sixtar lightmeter with me so i measured and exposed in order to have details both on the shadows and the highlights.

Indeed it's an amazing system, the Contax IIa is a great camera although it could be better (adding a wind-lever and bigger parallax-corrected viewfinder would have been great upgrades, sadly it never occurs.) However as i said it's really a great photographic tool, still reliable and easy to use. And the real reason why this system is so fantastic is Zeiss glass of course, no need to explain why, looking to pictures taken with these lenses is enough to understand, they're truly gems even if they're 60 years old !

[trifox]

This is definitely one of the BEST lenses in the WORLD!

wow!!

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