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my M5 is the best available-light camera for me. SL metering with 50mm summiluxm, allows A.L sensitive portraits, with emotional impact. great design. pluses for me, include: larger shutter dial, rotates proud of camera body, operates with side of forefinger, while camera is at eye-level. - no distraction from framing subject. compares to M2,M-4.2,M6 I've owned has quietest shutter, least flare-prone viewfinder (clear rangefinder spot). fastest film loading. fast film rewinding. great shape for holding steady. best metering system on a Leica M ever. (SL concept similar to that on Leica SL fit SLR camera) MINE IS 2-LUG. OWNED SINCE LATE 70'S. TOTALLY RELIABLE. saw old newsreel, Vatican photographer used one to photograph Pope, in a.light. - its quiet! read it was last camera to be constructed using fit and adjust assembly technique at Wetlar. fit and detail finish superb on mine. I cannot fault it. takes my later1979 purchased 21mm f3.4 super angulon ok - see above for serial no. advice or better contact Leica A G. tip, use silver-oxide cell, adjust ASA/DIN to calibrate in standard exposure conditions for film being used.

probably performance related. in testing - development, the combination of the two features, indicated this arrangement necessary. the fact that Sony offers these useful features, aiding versatility, is one reason Sony is years ahead of every other maker.imo.

no, N system not around long enough, I guess. if yused on other camera bodies, maybe use an extender from the cmera's maker. I switch from FF to app-c capture to achieve 1.5x mag, as todays big mp sensors, allow extensive cropping, which of course can also be done in post-processing.

no. te N system's short- life availability, meant that Ziess never got around to it. no.

the TLA200 worked perfectly on my G2, ttl mode selected. clean flash &camera contacts with isopropyl alcohohol, (from chemist - drug-store)dry, leave for a little while(to ensure it all evaporated). try with good batteries.if you get perfect exposures, everything is aok on ttl setting, compared to manual, maymum power flash, which might have overexposed the same scene, with hotspots.

hi all, war and politics - the entire contax camera factory was moved to kien, ukraine by the russians, at some point. I have no knowledge of lenses being made in kiev. obviously viewfinder/rangefinder optics built there. later, the Kiev cameras were produced, contax designs. after the ravages of WWII, soviet oppression, it is amazing that the workers at Jena, produced anything- material shortages, the need to prioritize the s.union market - due to russian priorities, when they needed to earn hard currency from sales to the more prosperous west. I remember looking at photo mags in the 60's seeing the ultra-wide 20mm flektagon avertised, I think for the Exakta, still being produced in DresdenI wonder if anyone has a7'd one of these? due to Comecon (the S.U's common market), I guess much of the output from Kiev and Jena, went to markets in the soviet orbit. poor old Meoptam in CZ(THE COUNTRY), had the same situation. they all survived, because they had to, to live. so quality-control is likely to have suffered. however at the time, they re obviously not in the same market sector as the contarex/contaflex cameras, from the west. 50-60 years later, we are all expect top QC. we have the luxury and time to experiment with such equipment. prewar and post war, ziess were about 20 years ahead of anybody else, in lens design, including leica. who caught up somewhat, when CAD became available in the70's.remember most early leica lenses were based on ziess formulae, elmar - tessar, summicron - planar,sonnar, biogon, distagon - elmarits.- imaging progress owes a lot to ziess. their designs helped to rebuildjapan's ecomy, of course.

weflickr has V.1.05 ! search for it, as I could not sucessfully copy link. has explanation -instructions in english V 1.0 and V.1.05, so you can go back to 1.0 if 1.05 not to your liking.

hi contax tvs-d fans, found this on flickr: search flickr for 'contax tvs digital firmware' I'm sticking to 1.0 personally. my two work just fine.

well, he thinks he is well-informed(KR). I found his non-photographic stuff more interestng, cars,homes,cd,dvd, light-saving light bulbs. leicaman piece is funny. he regards himself as a phtographer, an artist, self-proclaimed, of course. as he says , do not take kr too seriously. he is a chancer, con-artist. he will love this, as all publicity is good. oh, if you lve outside the USA, ordering equipment via his site, is a bad idea, because you will pay dealer pricewhich includes USA duties. that plus shipping costs willincur your country's import duty and taxes. - so very expensive route. you may have guessed, I have not donated, he threatens a growing family, I would not encourage him and his morticia, to produce another pugsley. oh, he is wrong about the nikon FA - crap leica M5 - brilliant camera. his suggestion to shoot film, is not what he does, of course buying any leica will mean paying $$$ + for a CLE- mantenanc, every 5-6 years, even then the speeds will be inaccurate, mostly. overall a walter mitty camera bug. he likes disneyland colors. test charts would be more artistic. - all IMO.

<p>talking to a onsultant to ziess, in another optical field, he told me agreed wih me that ziess is a grat company, but sometimes suffer from NIH (not invented here) syndrome, to play catch-up, is not there histotical modus operandi. - the are innovators. maybe germany's senior optical brand/company,most of leica lenses, were leitz takes on ziess optical formula, elmar = tessar, planar = summicron. sonnar = elmarits.sfter the 1972 contarex electronic, there failed negotiations with asahi, sucess with yashica - the latter, were one of the few producers of optical glass and increasingly expert in electronics technology for integration into cameras,<br> as of november, 2016, nothing for ziess enthusiasts, other than buying ziess lenses with popular mounts.<br> contax ended in 2005. boils down to whether ziess will do what leica did with panasonic, ask sony to make a body - A7 with upgraded features? - sony always keeps to using its own name, tho, on products, to take advantage of its brand power .with plenty of used leicas arund, demand for a top-grade 35mm film body is not really there, never was. sony has sensor technology.I doubt if ziess would view the return on auge launch cost as worthwile even with a digital body. too late methinks.I hope not, timed with the next global economic upturn., when that can be predicted.</p>

<p>the main cause of vignetting is due to the shutter being of the behind-the-lens leaf type.<br> the shutter blades position and varying open/close speed through out their travel, are the culprit.<br> I expect similar effect on the kodak retina-retina reflex cameras, but have no direct experience.</p>

<p>I have done the dirty deed, left 35mm behind.<br> I always thought kodachrome would be a hard aact to follow, in 35mm. but idigital capture can pretty much match it now, I hink. even some of the smaller sensor formats can impress when used for large prints.</p> <p>the advantage to professionals, of immediately being able to review their images, must be immense.<br> most 35mm cameras with pedigree will end up in glass cases,imo. sad. Isay use your F100, as someone will cntinue tomake movie film. how good it will be,is anther matter.<br> more important than digital v.analogue film is the quality of images - compositioetc. looking at 1950/60s' leica photografie magazines, standards have not been maintained.</p> <p>I also like agfacolor ct18 film</p> <p>I windered bout the ld eastg erman ORWO brand of film. I looked at that mine of misinformtion,wikipedia. in its latest incarnation, its still producing film, whether putting it into 35mm cannisters, 70m onto 120 rolls, not menioned.ORWO -OriginalWolfen, had access to agfacolor clour film technology, the transition to digital might be slower<br> for secialist use, like aerial photography the transition to digital might be slower</p> <p>I also like Agfacolor ct18 reversl film.</p> <p>the issue ofarchival qualities of film v. digital. the former will require the hardware of the future to be cmpatible. I think it is wrong to rely solely on one process<br> as for</p> <p> </p>