Also, I kept my Zeiss love affair going strong by picking up the 35mm biogon f2.8 and Sonnar f1.5. I tend to learn things the hard way.Īll along I was avoiding spending money on Leica, known for it’s durability, quality, timeless design, and reliability whilst searching for a camera known for it’s durability, quality, timeless design, and reliability. All of which would still be working today.
Leica vs contax g2 plus#
Eighteen hundred dollars gets you into super tasty ttl M6s, mint M3s with glass, two user M2’s, maybe a user black pain, an M4 plus glass…so many great Leica cameras. I had $1500-1800 or more in on Contax G2 bodies and NONE of mine worked. But, as Ken Rockwell often says, the poor man always pays twice. The reason I avoided the Red Dot is because I’m a Dutchman, literally. Four bodies to the scrap heap.Īll because I didn’t have the cojones to pony up for one thing: a Leica. Keep in mind that the G1 was what started my contax odyssey. One guy said he could, he sat on my camera for 6+ months, and kindly returned it with no charge and no repair after several phone calls complaining about the lack of progress. If they still serviced Contax G2 bodies, I would probably still be shooting them.īut they aren’t. New York City Contax G2 Zeiss Biogon 28mm f2.8 Fuji Neopan 400 Paris, France Contax G2 Zeiss Biogon 28mm f2.8 Fuji 400hĭetroit, Michigan Contax G2 Zeiss Biogon 28mm f2.8 Kodak Ektar How did they do this? Zeiss magic – no other explanation. The images are so wide and so distortion-free it makes you ill. The finder it comes with makes everything seem better than real life. Wide as you could want with no distortion, but wait…the 21mm f2.8 is unbelievable. Some of my favorite travel/landscape shots of all time were taken on the 28mm Biogon f2.8. The 45mm Planar F2 should be the measuring stick for all normal lenses. Images so sharp and so filled with vibrancy, plus that Zeiss 3D POP! It is hard to argue against. Until you’ve shot with Zeiss, it is kind of hard to explain. It has absolutely amazing (affordable too!) glass. There is no finer camera in the world than the Contax G2, in theory.Īuto-focus, auto film-advance, a meter that is legendarily accurate. If only carrying one camera and it has to be small go with the XA.Īnd, more than anything else: Contax G1, and G2
The XA2 is my favorite as a secondary camera. Olympus XA, XA2, XA3 – I still shoot these. Here are a few standouts (35mm stuff only): Since the switch I’ve shot with dozens of cameras in search of the right fit. In short, I like making the decisions before I shoot, rather than after. I hate trying to get the image trying to look how it did in my eyes when I took the shot. I had 35, 50, 85mm primes and a couple off-brand wide angle options. My last digital camera was the Canon EOS 60D. I switched to film full-time five years ago. Street stuff, portraits, candids, architecture, light & shadow…usual stuff. I love to scour for cheap deals on flights and SHOOT 35mm like a madman when I get there. I am a film photographer currently based in Holland, Michigan – United States. Let’s join him on his search for the right rangefinder. Steve shares with us his journey through all manner of cameras until he found what he was looking for. Lessons in Life (or Searching for the Right Rangefinder) by Steve Karsten
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