In your bag No: 1188, Alessandro
Another secretive bag today. Alessandro shares with us little detail about himself, but does share with us a superb bag, containing a true masterpiece of a camera. Oh how I wish Contax could still make cameras. Check this one out.
Hi all,
My name is Alessandro and I work as a video editor.
I’m relatively new to JCH, but I’m a long time vintage photographic gear user/hoarder, so I kinda feel at home.
I partially got back to film recently (after some digital-only years) as it felt natural, having used only old manual lenses for a long time.
Here’s what has become my somewhat standard bag recently:
Camera:
Contax RTS
Lenses:
– Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 4/20 (with c/y adapter)
– Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/28
– Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.7/50
– Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/85
– Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 2.8/135
Film:
Some rolls of “Wells” 50 iso B/W film by italian Six Gates Film
Other:
the always present moleskine, this time in a star wars attire
Bag:
A nice little Domke f6 ruggedwear.
I usually also fit my Nex 5R with viewfinder and C/Y adapter, but I was using it to take the photo.
Thanks for sharing your bag with us, Alessandro. I love that Contax, what a beauty.
No links today, so just comments please.
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Japancamerahunter
what a beautiful set up- i would so pick up a contax outfit if i wasn’t such a minolta junkie!!!
I love to use those Carl Zeiss lens one day if I could get my Hands on to them.Really lovely setup of different focal lengths.
Holy crap man, I love that setup, that customization is epic!
Im jelly !
Yeah, the custom leatherette looks great.
It wasn’t me though, I found it like that at a flea market.
And that leatherette – together with the shiny distagon 28 that was mounted on the body – is the main reason why I bought this beautiful camera.
WOW, how lucky, can I ask you how much did you paid for the RTS ?
it was €130 for the camera and the distagon – which is quite a good deal.
The lens was perfect, I replaced the light seals (even if they weren’t extremely bad), and the bottom plate was replaced with a yashica one, but apart from that it worked perfectly.