But if you don’t try you will never know. Yes, a zoom! I know, I know it’s heresy going from prime lenses to a lazy zoom. The thing is, I don’t really like changing lenses that much during a shoot and I wanted a lens that I could leave on the RTS III most of the time, a kind of catch-all flexible lens. That’s pretty much all my photographic bases covered. I have three Zeiss lenses already, a Distagon 28mm ƒ/2.8 wide-angle, a Planar 50mm ƒ/1.4 standard and a Planar 85mm ƒ/1.4 for portraits. Talking of lenses, something I did not mention when I wrote about my CONTAX S2 last year, and because I decided to get a lens specifically for the RTS III it’s worth a mention here. A semi-shot roll of film can be reinserted and with the lens cap on, shutter set to maximum speed, aperture set ƒ22 and for extra security, close the eyepiece curtain, you can simply shoot back to the previously noted frame number +1 and that’s it a mid-shoot film change. In this way, it is possible to wind a semi-shot roll back and by taking note of the unfinished rolls last exposed frame number swapping films is practical and possible. Okay, so it’s not quite the same thing but the RTS III automatically winds the film back into the can leaving the film leader sticking out. I shoot both colour and black & white and with my medium format system, the ability to change film backs on a shoot is something I particularly value. Then there is my favourite feature, being able to change films mid-shoot.
Aperture and shutter speed is displayed via an attractive light blue and white LED that works perfectly until you use it on a sunny day when you can’t see anything! It’s got +1 EV or +0.5 EV bracketed exposure, a vertical titanium shutter, built-in dioptric adjustment and a 100% viewfinder with interchangeable focusing screens. Mirror up? No problem, I can even close the eyepiece with a red-spotted internal curtain to stop stray light getting in that way. There is no need to only use a centre weighted meter, flick a switch and a true 3mm spot meter is also available. Now, I could foolishly squander an entire roll of film in less than 8 seconds in a glorious hail of 1/8000 click-clack shutter fire.
#Sticky rubber on contax g2 data back manual#
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